weirdest thing on a college application ive ever seen...

Applying to College
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<p>so I was going through the william and mary website and i found their college application requirements and optional materials list. look at their optional materials list.</p>

<p>Optional Materials include:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT II Subject Tests
* Teacher Recommendations
* Your picture
</code></pre>

<p>I was looking at it and thinking, thats so weird... why do they want a picture of you?</p>

<p>heres the link: <a href="http://www.wm.edu/admission/?id=3137%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wm.edu/admission/?id=3137&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>To make sure you're of the Aryan Race....hahaha, idk really. Maybe they make a book of all the acceptees or something</p>

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<p>If I remember, Georgetown I believe also requests a picture, cause I remember, like how superficial can they be (jk), but yeah, it was a weird request.</p>

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<p>they have that on many applications. i think they just want classy people.</p>

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<p>At Wake they ask for your picture. But that of course is just to keep the ugly people out :)</p>

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<p>They do that at UPenn and Brown as well...I think it just adds a personal touch to an application so the admission officer can identify a person with a face.</p>

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<p>It's to discriminate against asians.</p>

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<p>No as weird as the ASU application.</p>

<p>Optional Materials include:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT II Subject Tests</li>
<li>Academic Transcript</li>
<li>SAT and/or ACT</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations</li>
<li>Your Picture</li>
<li>Length of ***** or Bust Size</li>
</ul>

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<p>I am applying GU Early Action (im filling out the app at this moment) and we have to attach a picture in the front of our Application.</p>

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<p>Emory wanted one too, they said that it was better to attach an application with a face. Makes sense.</p>

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<p>It still makes you wonder if someone who's really weird looking would be discriminated against right away just because judging by appearance is a part of human nature...</p>

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<p>Personal touch/making the application a person rather than a number - that's the official reason I've heard. There are other potential uses as well, though: it discourages white applicants from falsely claiming URM status, and at one small college I saw the recruiter look through the photos before giving a campus tour so he could impressively greet applicants by name.</p>

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<p>prolly a loophole for colleges to use who can't use race on admissions....</p>

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<p>I agree jli...but at least it's optional for W and M. So I guess if you want to add the personal touch, then you can, but if you don't want to, then you don't have to. I would think the admissions committee would be mature enough to not use appearance as a deciding factor, but it is true that who knows, a goofy pic of someone could set a completely different tone to their app. Of course if that is "them" then I would think conversely it would work in their favor by making seem more authentic and imparting a more genuine impression on the committee.</p>

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<p>Rice puts an empty square on the application and asks you to fill it with whatever you want.</p>

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It still makes you wonder if someone who's really weird looking would be discriminated against right away just because judging by appearance is a part of human nature...

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<p>For Georgetown? Not a chance. Though we are a very good lookin' group of people, we definitely have weirdies (including, but not exclusive to me).</p>

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<p>So what's the whackiest thing anyone ever filled in for the Rice box?</p>

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<p>"No as weird as the ASU application.</p>

<p>Optional Materials include:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT II Subject Tests</li>
<li>Academic Transcript</li>
<li>SAT and/or ACT</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations</li>
<li>Your Picture</li>
<li>Length of ***** or Bust Size"</li>
</ul>

<p>lmao i chuckled when i read that, it would be funny if a college really put that on there</p>

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<p>I wasn't that wacky; I inserted a picture of Ed Ruscha's "Oof," one of my favorite paintings.</p>