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This is a pretty bad picture. It is clear you do not brush your teeth well. Make sure you floss for an extra four seconds between your incisors for better results.I just like the picture, and before I go out and get a new "professional" one taken I am just wondering if I could submit this one instead to stand out from all the generic suit and tie pictures that most applicants will undoubtedly submit. Not trying to prove anything or validate an experience (the fact that it ties into one of the themes of my app is just an added bonus). Merely wondering if submitting something less formal is frowned upon, or if submitting this would be fine, OR if nobody will even care/notice either way.
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Honestly this looks fine. I think the picture is used to identify you more than anything else. Had a friend take a picture in a regular shirt and he still got in.I just like the picture, and before I go out and get a new "professional" one taken I am just wondering if I could submit this one instead to stand out from all the generic suit and tie pictures that most applicants will undoubtedly submit. Not trying to prove anything or validate an experience (the fact that it ties into one of the themes of my app is just an added bonus). Merely wondering if submitting something less formal is frowned upon, or if submitting this would be fine, OR if nobody will even care/notice either way.
Thanks for your response
I just like the picture, and before I go out and get a new "professional" one taken I am just wondering if I could submit this one instead to stand out from all the generic suit and tie pictures that most applicants will undoubtedly submit. Not trying to prove anything or validate an experience (the fact that it ties into one of the themes of my app is just an added bonus). Merely wondering if submitting something less formal is frowned upon, or if submitting this would be fine, OR if nobody will even care/notice either way.
Thanks for your response
I think that's amazing what you did, but if you talked about it in your activities and secondaries, I wouldn't risk it with this photo. Some adcoms may not appreciate it, while others might. The point is you don't know, so why risk it?I just like the picture, and before I go out and get a new "professional" one taken I am just wondering if I could submit this one instead to stand out from all the generic suit and tie pictures that most applicants will undoubtedly submit. Not trying to prove anything or validate an experience (the fact that it ties into one of the themes of my app is just an added bonus). Merely wondering if submitting something less formal is frowned upon, or if submitting this would be fine, OR if nobody will even care/notice either way.
Thanks for your response
You'd be better off not using this picture. Medicine is conservative, etc etc...Someone might look at it and dismiss your app without even reading the story behind it. Save the personality for the interview.
having a shaved head isn't some crazy thing. the picture is fine, shows character, and no one is going to discount him for shaving his head. thats just ridiculous.
Actually, most ask for a passport style photo. I would stick with the requirements OPAs a picture itself, it's perfectly fine. The goal is to put a face/personality to the stats and this is perfect. Plenty of people have shaved heads and it looks really good/normal on you. I wouldn't have connected the shaved head to your cancer event if you hadn't told me, so hold off on that (they probably won't even correlate the two either or let alone ask why you chose that particular image). I honestly can't imagine an AdCom questioning your choice of picture. You're dressed up and smiling. Good enough.
the hand on the head? it just adds personality to it. backstory or not, i don't see a problem with it. much better than the mug shot sears portrait center pictures ive seen most pre-meds send it.Having a shaved head is not the problem. It's the posing. I thought that seemed obvious.
Passport style photo! No handsthe hand on the head? it just adds personality to it. backstory or not, i don't see a problem with it. much better than the mug shot sears portrait center pictures ive seen most pre-meds send it.
Passport style photo! No hands