Let's say I'm wearing a CU sweatshirt

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>... in my picture I submit with my RD application. I came into the possession of a grey "Columbia" sweatshirt recently and am wondering if I should submit my picture with me wearing it, maybe in a pose or place that is representive of something in my app (like that I'm in Germany for the year on exchange). </p>

<p>Too wacky? Unprofessional? Or a positive factor that may offset my so-so GPA, class rank, and SAT math score, while highlighting that I am an open and interesting person, as demonstrated in my essay?</p>

<p>Thoughts? :)</p>

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<p>Lol, it's probably not going to affect your admissions decision at all. The chance that whoever's reading your app even notices you wearing the CU sweatshirt are slim to none. Worry about more important things, dude..</p>

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<p>If I were looking at the application, I'd think of it as sucking up, and not really like it that much.</p>

<p>but who knows.</p>

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<p>It's not an original idea - it's been done by many kids on many applications. I agree with Snivellus.</p>

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<p>Ah, yeah, you're right, I'm sure it's been done before. </p>

<p>In the end, I probably won't wear the hoodie, but I think I will try to portray something about me through my picture. I'm glad they have the option and don't recommend that it be a passport photo like some schools, because it is just another opportunity to show your personality. Even with Columbia's more personable and "original" application, I'm nervous that they won't get to know everything about me and how I'll contribute to Columbia ... between the 500 limit on the essay, the Why Columbia blurb, and the fact that I won't get an interview ... blah.</p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback though. :)</p>

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<p>When I was in HS, I always found it lame for people to own/wear gear of mega-selective colleges that they had little chance of attending. There was this guy I didn't like who desperately wanted to go to Columbia and wore his Columbia sweatshirt all the time. After decision day on April 1st or whatever, I never saw the sweatshirt again. I should have offered to buy it from him for like $5.</p>

<p>I hope this parable answers your question.</p>

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<p>I did it. ;)</p>

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<p>As a renowned exegetic scholar, allow me to entangle the intricacies of C2002's parable.</p>

<p>In the beginning, there was a sinner. This sinner was presumptious enough to signify, through his wearing of a Columbia sweatshirt, that he was one of the "elect," that is predestined to be a Columbia student. The divine Adcoms strike down this kind of arrogance, and so this sinner fell from his state of grace. </p>

<p>This parable, however, is a controversial one, as many theologians--C2002 is one of them--believe that this particular sinner was born to an unjust fate, because of his so-called statistics, and that he therefore was never in the grace of the Adcoms, and so his wearing of a sweatshirt was thus only a sign of his exquisite ignorance, an ignorance that, alas, was not bliss, for anyone who strays from the light of the Adcoms cannot, indeed, be in that glorious state.</p>

<p>In the name of the Lion, the Alma Mater, and the Holy Bollinger, amen.</p>

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<p>^second that post, LoL, thanks musil.</p>

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<p>yeah musil, pretty sacrilegious but funny. And to the OP wear whatever you want. Don't over analyze!</p>

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<p>Good work, musil.</p>

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<p>If I were an admissions officer I wouldn't pay attention to it. High School kids have done plenty of idiotic things which they think will help their application. The admissions officer is probably shaking their head at the moment and thinking "WHAT AN IDIOT"</p>

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<p>I'd think it's kind of... cute .. but thats just me</p>

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<p>If you take the picture dressed up as Daft Punk, I'll mail you a dollar.</p>

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When I was in HS, I always found it lame for people to own/wear gear of mega-selective colleges that they had little chance of attending.

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Yes, this guy wanted to go to Columbia, but I would say that most high schoolers don't wear college gear for the reason that they want to go to the school on their hooded sweatshirt.</p>

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Or a positive factor that may offset my so-so GPA, class rank, and SAT math score, while highlighting that I am an open and interesting person, as demonstrated in my essay?

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<p>well the columbia adcoms aren't stupid...they'll probably figure out that ur trying to trick them into thinking your perfect for the school despite your mediocre stats by wearing the shirt. And the only thing that taking a pic in Germany would do is prove that you were there....but you certainly don't have to be "open and interesting" to travel to Germany.</p>

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I would say that most high schoolers don't wear college gear for the reason that they want to go to the school on their hooded sweatshirt.

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<p>It happened all the time at my HS -- some kid goes on a college tour at his dream school, buys a Prestigious U sweatshirt on the way out, and wears it around school without thinking how dumb he/she will look when the rejection comes.</p>

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<p>wear a penn or brown sweatshirt to stick it to the man, the man being columbia</p>