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Application Photo
Started by Yuki!
Very very bad idea to post your actual pic here! Its fine, I advice you to edit your post
Don't use that photo!
When we say professional photo, we mean: a head shot in professional dress (smiling).
A glamour shot taken by a professional is not necessarily a professional photo.
When we say professional photo, we mean: a head shot in professional dress (smiling).
A glamour shot taken by a professional is not necessarily a professional photo.
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I dont get why everybody freaks out about pictures and stuff on here.....
If you're not a tool, and you've got nothing to hide, why bother hiding?
If you're not a tool, and you've got nothing to hide, why bother hiding?
It would be fine without the flower.
How you present yourself is important.
Every applicant has hundreds of photos of themselves.
The one they choose shows a lot about their judgement and maturity.
You must get countless people in their graduation regalia since so many are applying a few weeks after ceremonies. Do you consider that not professional?
Regalia is common (though not preferred).
You would have to see the weird things people are doing in their regalia to get an idea of what I'm recommending against!
Aren't the photos tiny pics of head and shoulders?? What weird stuff could they manage to catch in the frame
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Sexy (French maid type) photos, gang signs, inclusion of mascots...
Whaaaat did I miss??
Smiling ?? I remembered alot of school specifying that you should not smile and have a relaxed face.. (mine turned out like a mug shot and I look like a angry murderer)
Are family photos okay?
Wow not even a smile without teeth? Like you just have to stare blankly at the camera?
I remembered one schools said relaxed face No smiling.
Where?!
Will double check. Will report back if this is misinformation. And my apologies if it is.
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I'm willing to believe it. I have seen stranger requests...
The uggoness. I wish to hide the uggoness.
My sister told me I look like a nanna headed to the republican national convention
Double checked and couldnt find it, but I am 85% sure that I have seen it somewhere. But just for reference to anyone watching take my comments as misinformation and disregard.
Go to CVS and have them take a passport photo for you.
Costs like 10 dollars.....
Costs like 10 dollars.....
US Passport photos are relaxed face, nonsmiling. Maybe that's what you are thinking of.
IPhone is fine.
These pics are usually asked to be a few inches across, or sometimes they request ~400 pixels or simply a very small filesize. Anything fancier than a recent phone's camera pic is gonna be overkill, just throw on your suits and find a nice background
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Couldn't see.
I live alone, and was uncomfortable sending medical schools a "selfie"
The passport photo works better (in my opinion) because they have a neutral white background ready to go instead of whatever color wall you have in your home.
Plus a lot of the secondaries I wrote requested "A Passport-style photo".
Not saying iphone isn't a valid option, I just feel like a real passport style photo might be better.
Unfortunately I didn't have the pleasure to have baby formula as a baby. 🙁 Apply as disadvantage? jk
Pops said try this...
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This photo could work for so many of the secondary essays I had
-Describe a challenge you have faced
-Describe a time you were out of your comfort zone
-Describe an experience that profoundly affected you
He is asking about anonymity on sdn. Not about bad application photos on a secondary.
Is it bad if i sent this one?
