I heard rumors that submitting a picture sometimes can effect your application, especially if you look attractive. Should you submit your picture - if you feel that you’re attractive? Does it really, honestly, help? Or does it not play a role at all?
<p>i think if they offer the option, do it, if they don't, don't. I don't think it effects it much unless your like incredibly out-of-this-world hot</p>
<p>Like in Legally Blonde? haha.</p>
<p>It's been proven that people are drawn to attractive people, so if you are a hottie, do it. :) Better be sure you look good, though.</p>
<p>I'm half-kidding. I'd say it's probably safer not to submit one, but honestly, it really shouldn't matter much.</p>
<p>Well these days, anything that can help is worth it...</p>
<p>lol, try to look... euh... what's the world... reserved.
You don't want them to NOTICE that you were trying to impress them with a picture.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess it could hurt the app. as easily as it could help it.</p>
<p>yeah i'd probably scare the adcoms. they'd burn my picture</p>
<p>When I filed my app for Georgetown, the application requested a picture (optional) and I sent in a photo from a conference I attended. I'm not good-looking and I managed to get in despite the fact :) I think it allows admission officers an opportunity to see the person their reading about, even though it's just a picture. Adds a 3 dimentional aspect in a 2 dimensional way.</p>
<p>lol, yeah mine too, they'll have a bonfire.
Though a word to the wise...
if you submit a picture, beautiful or not, it may go both ways for you. I mean look, if you were a 420 pound self-conscious male and you had to sit in a hot humid room looking at applications all day. Then you see this guy submit his picture with chiseled ab, what would you think?</p>
<p>this reminds me of how evil I am because if I was an adcom I'd rejct people left and right</p>
<p>I think Colby asks for one.</p>
<p>If any schools I apply to require one, I'm either a) simply not applying because it's goofy or b) submitting something silly, like a cartoon or a drawing. They claim they just want them so they can "have a face in mind" when going over applications, but there are other ways to do things.</p>
<p>I think columbia asks for one as well. trust me, if they saw me, they wouldn't admit.</p>
<p>Maybe some schools have AA for ugly nerds. We might have hope!</p>
<p>they should. i mean i could die my skin or something if i was white, but I can't turn off the ugliness lol :p</p>
<p>Because at top schools, nerds are SUCH a URM....</p>
<p>ugly nerds are though! Well I'm an ugly, black nerd. This must count for something!</p>
<p>Common guys whats Photoshop good for =)</p>
<p>seriously now: If you are attractive and they dont request like in the common app is it worth sending? Should I send it a 3x4 (passport size picture)</p>
<p>or possibly I could put a small pic on the resume.</p>
<p>Passport size pictures are 2X2 :) Just a little note because you don't want your picture rejected when applying for a U.S. passport.</p>
<p>2x2 what? is that inches? or centimeters?</p>