Stanford Picture Essay: What picture are you using?

<p>We can use any picture we want right?</p>

<p>I'm using a picture of a group of friends and me on top of a mountain snowboarding. What about you guys?</p>

<p>i'm using a picture of Moscow State University in the winter.
<a href="http://moscow.max.ru/moscow-2004/017-moscow-2004.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://moscow.max.ru/moscow-2004/017-moscow-2004.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>i'm takinga picture of myself dressed up as a benign polyp.</p>

<p>i am thinking of the family pic we took when we were together (1997).</p>

<p>I have four sisters, and they all live in four different countries now. </p>

<p>I was in Pakistan then, and my dad had been in U.S. since 1990. 97 was the first time he came back to Pakistan.</p>

<p>the other pic I was thinking about was me meeting him at the airport....the first time I saw him.</p>

<p>I am probabbly gonna go with the former.</p>

<p>Is it ok to have a picture of something abstract?</p>

<p>It does not matter what picture you use. It's what do you have to say about it, and what it tells the adcom about you that counts.</p>

<p>I'm taking a picture of me figure skating, and I'm writing about my passion for skating.</p>

<p>This one, from World Youth Day:</p>

<p><a href="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/sparetheselies/Europe%20-%20Brendan/52-Rhine.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a304/sparetheselies/Europe%20-%20Brendan/52-Rhine.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>that's the picture that i have to choose... im not really sure, though.</p>

<p>A person walking down the street with a backpack on.</p>