Adding a picture and signature to your common app essay

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hey,
DO you guys think it would be good (or bad) to add a picture of yourself with your common app essay (just a nice one with your face or something) with a signature underneath it to make it more personal to an admissions officer? With common app, I'm applying to Harvard, Rice, and University of Michigan-Ann Harbor.</p>

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<p>To be honest, I think it would come off as a little cheesy or arrogant, rather than sincere and personal, but that’s just me.</p>

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<p>I did picture. I don’t think a signature is necessary.</p>

<p>It’s not arrogant unless you’re very good looking lol.</p>

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<p>Has anyone else tried it?</p>

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<p>i put another related picture in one of my supplements and i got waitlisted there (i stood no chances of even a waitlist there otherwise), but to include one of urself in the commonapp, i dont know, it just seems fairly irrelevant… it does make it a little more personal, but it can go wrong just as easy. personally, i’d avoid it.</p>

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<p>Seems narcissistic.</p>

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<p>I find this thread really interesting that students see a photo as a possible negative. As a parent, I think a photo (just a plain school photo) makes a lot of sense, it makes your application more memorable to put a face to the information sent. </p>

<p>In terms of being an attempt to draw too much attention to yourself, isn’t that what adding additional resumes are intended to do? In the working world, people like to connect a face to the voice they hear on the phone or from a written source.</p>

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<p>Not negative attention. This is like adding cutesy hobbies on your application. It’s a clear gimmick, which reflects negatively on you.</p>

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<p>Then why would a school like Pomona, which is a pretty high level school, indicate that an applicant could include their photo if they wanted if they didn’t think it might add something. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/application-forms/required-signatures.pdf[/url]”>http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/application-forms/required-signatures.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Read the part about their thinking that a picture indicates the applicant is more than a set of numbers but is actual human being.</p>

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<p>This is probably one of those things that you have to answer for yourself. If this is something you want to do, then go for it!</p>