<p>I would send them this photo of myself. (Am I attractive? I get really self conscious about these things)
Senior</a> Yearbook Photo</p>
<p>Btw momoney77 if your daughter is cute, feel free to PM me with a picture :)</p>
<p>Just Kidding. But seriously, I think photos sent to an adcom are not a good idea because it defeats the purpose of an application. Colleges want all students to have a fair shot at getting into their school and an applicants looks are extraneous to the admissions process at best. The only reason to post a picture would be to verify race (which cannot be done with exact certainty anyways). It would be a travesty if adcoms used photos to judge the qualifications of students. period</p>
<p>If she is hot she is in if not out of here!!Just kiding!!!better not to send pictures</p>
<p>pateta00, hahahaha. sanguine, that photo was just...beautiful. lol.</p>
<p>Columbia asked, but i didn't submit it. i got rejected (but definitely not because i didnt send a pic hahaha)</p>
<p>Ok but seriously here. Do you guys think there would be a bias ? I mean, ok the girl is attractive, but it would be a bit indecent if a male admins person would go "hey, she is one hot babe!", and same thing with a female admins person. Does anyone think sending a really good pic, of a girl or guy, can even the slightest bit tip the scales in their favor ?</p>
<p>you should apply to yale and send a pic of bush. i wonder what that would do.</p>
<p>sanguine99, that was really cruel.</p>
<p>Subconciously it might.</p>
<p>ROFLC0PTER. If you have high GPA and high SAT's and send hot, provocative pic, then what? :D do they still think your dense?</p>
<p>just logically, i would think that adding a photo (georgetown's app has an optional space for it, too) would automatically make the app more personal, like putting a face to all those cred's...</p>
<p>I think I remember Wake Forest asking for a picture, I don't know if it was optional or not. I just sent in my senior picture. It worked out fine for though, I was accepted and that's where I'm going.</p>
<p>Pomona also asks for the picture. Obviously, "D" was rejected there since I have already disclosed that she was rejected at the colleges she sent her photo too. I think in the end she was meant to attend the university she chose. I think it's that way for everyone. Pomona is "too small" for her personality type anyway.</p>
<p>I don't know if I would send a picture. If I did and it was supposed to show yours interests or whatever, then I would probably send a gymnastics picture too (and by probably I mean that tends to be the only recent pictures I have :) ). I think that my level of privilege or whatever would be much more given away by where I live anyway.</p>
<p>okay, let's resolve this once and for all. why don't you just post your pics here and we'll decide :D</p>
<p>yeah...penn requires a pic and a lot of schools have it optional. I remember Stanford had an optional one too.</p>
<p>penn is optional. its not required. i dont know of any colleges that require one.</p>
<p>Is it ok to send like a cool picture that reveals some personal side of yourself? I'm thinking about either sending my senior pic...and if its agood idea to reveal another side of my personality I'd send one where I'm trekking on a glacier in argentina, its an awesome pic, so I thought I might be able to use it.</p>
<p>I wonder what happens if you send in your mugshots :p</p>
<p>megaman, I think that sounds better than sending a headshot...I would rather see something like that if I were looking at an application. Since it's optional anyway, then I would think it's probably okay to send a picture like that, as long as they can see you clearly and you're not a little speck or something.</p>
<p>S sent "formal" senior photo (tux shot) with all 6 apps -- accepted at all (incl Wake Forest). Think all schools asked for it, even if they did not "require" it.</p>
<p>Why not put a face on your stats and essay - surely it's not going to get you cut if the rest of the app looks good. At schools where you have visited/interviewed, why not remind them who you are? And why not give them what they ask for? Esp when the photo affirms "normalcy" (no way am I going to guess whether they found him attractive)?</p>
<p>Also sent photos REQUIRED by several scholarship competitions, including the Jefferson Scholarship to UVa (made finals) and National Society of High School Scholars (got 1 of 5 scholarships from 10,000 apps). Also sent a photo array (nine pics on a single page) that "went with" his scholarship essay about a trip to Walden Pond -- got full tuition to his dream school. </p>
<p>Message: they aren't asking for it for nothing - the real world operates this way, folks. At best, they're going to wonder why they told you they would like one, but you refused to give them one. Ignore the admissions myths and manipulations above. Make that portrait appt and send it in!</p>