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Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Is it advisible to send in a picture?</p>

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<p>They don't care, won't help you one bit and if your ugly, it may hurt your chances,lol...just J/K ;-)</p>

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Is it advisible to send in a picture?

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<p>.............yes</p>

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<p>For the picture, should it just be a regular shot of your face (school picture or senior picture type thing), or can it be a picture of you doing something cool?</p>

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<p>im thinkin drunk pics are the way to go</p>

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<p>I'm putting a candid picture. Not a school or senior one.</p>

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<p>One that just shows your face?</p>

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<p>Yes, pretty much</p>

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<p>What picture format are you guys using? They say it should be in .doc, .wpd, .rtf, .xls, .pdf, or .txt format. But that sounds like they just said the same thing as they did for the uploading window for the personal statement. Do they really mean that standard picture formats such as .jpg are not acceptable?</p>

<p>Actually, I tried submitting a .jpg, and they wouldn't accept it. I guess just paste the picture into a word document?</p>

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<p>Yes, paste the picture into a word document.</p>

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<p>It's too bad that the quality gets degraded when they convert it to a pdf.</p>

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<p>The picture is a small, tiny, insignificant, miniscule part of your applicaiton. I cannot express how little it means to your acceptance! It's just so adcoms can say "Oh yeah, I remember John when I visited his school!" It's not meant to be a work of art-- it's just so they can remember who you are if the adcoms have met you!</p>

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<p>Haha, I know. So I guess it REALLY doesn't matter for me, because I've never met any Columbia people in person (aside from snatching a brochure at a college fair)...</p>

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<p>Well it certainly wouldn't be meaningless to your application...the fact that they can put a face to a file of written material will in some small way affect how the adcom sees you, whether they've met you or not. But yes, it does mean the most if you've met an adcom at some point and they can recognize you (and hopefully remember if you made a good impression).</p>

<p>Either way, it can't really hurt.</p>