Photo on Applications...

[LanceP97]

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Hey everyone, I was just curious as to what type of picture everyone put for some of their secondary applications. I know it has to be passport size, but did you just take a professional picture and make it smaller or did you go somewhere and get a passport picture made? This may be a stupid question to ask, but how did you attach the picture? (glue, tape,.etc.) Thanks.

 

[BonBon Doux]

usually a staple at the side or top. and i got a passport pic taken...they don't want glamour shots...hopefully 😉

usually, they want it to be 2"X2" or sometimes smaller.

 

[CalBeE]

Originally posted by BonBon Doux
usually a staple at the side or top. and i got a passport pic taken...they don't want glamour shots...hopefully 😉

usually, they want it to be 2"X2" or sometimes smaller.

Most schools I applied to didn't specify a size, but I think 2" X 2" is a pretty good standard to follow. I'll tape the pictures with clear tapes instead of staples though.

 

[lane]

digital camera + photoshop + kodak picture printer at CVS = 8 pictures for $2.57 😀

 

[peterockduke]

lane is right...

digital camera + kodak station is the cheapest way of doing it....

Personally, I tried to have a picture of myself looking extra constipated.... I really feel like I should do my best to help them visualize that I will be like all their other students.

i actually thought about using a picture of myself immediately after my facial smash... i figure that would be a great way of grabbing an adcoms attention. i guess thats that probably overdoing it... mmm open compound facial fractures... Nummy!

i don't think you can screw up the picture part unless you get paste all over your application or something... (or you're just hideous to look at )

 

[Integra96]

I just looked for a pic that made me look the most like a URM.


Did I just say that?




😱

 

[JohnHolmes]

I just went to CVS next door and had them take 30 passport style photos with their digital camera, print them out on photopaper and cut them for me--only $6.99! Great deal! I think Kinkos was the other place that does this locally (they do it anywhere in the US) but was more than double the price. Generally bring 3 passport photos to interviews, some require them (yale and cornell) when you come for your interview.

Coops

 

[felipe5]

Originally posted by Integra96
I just looked for a pic that made me look the most like a URM.


Did I just say that?

😱

HAHAHAHAHAHA.........in one picture of mine, I wore a sombrero, and I was accepted!!!! 😀

Definately go for the digi-pic, its a very frugal way to go. I got some passports taken for ~$8/ 2 pics, and that was way too much. I've seen people use glamour shots for theirs, and that just makes me want to DIE LAUGHING

 

[SarahGM]

I got my 2x2s at CVS. My interviewer at UNC actually said, "You know, this is a horrible, horrible picture of you."

 

[lisa13579]

OMG Sarah that's awful! Did that really happen??

I did the 4 passport photo thing at Walgreens, then scanned one at work and printed on color paper. Nothing fancy. I used clear tape on all four sides to stick it on.

 

[SarahGM]

Originally posted by lisa13579
OMG Sarah that's awful! Did that really happen??

Oh it definitely happened-- and I knew it was a horrible pic, so I just laughed it off. The guy at CVS was being really snarfy, and I didn't want to deal with him.... so I had just gone with the bad pic instead of having it retaken.

Oh well. Funny!

 

[HawkeyeBFP]

I took mine at one of those little kiosks in the train station where they put your picture on a hat or t-shirt or whatever. The guy was really nice and besides printing out my four pictures that I was paying for he also put the shot on a disc for me (I brought the disc) so I could email it to someone--I think it was Sinai that asked for that? i think he charged me $5.

The background was created by the guy from the next kiosk holding up a white t-shirt behind my head. It actually looked pretty good.

😎

 

[duka]

I thought it was funny when schools specified that you were supposed to "use clear tape in the upper right hand corner" or whatever.. does it really matter?

 

[snowbear]

Originally posted by HawkeyeBFP
I took mine at one of those little kiosks in the train station where they put your picture on a hat or t-shirt or whatever. The guy was really nice and besides printing out my four pictures that I was paying for he also put the shot on a disc for me (I brought the disc) so I could email it to someone--I think it was Sinai that asked for that? i think he charged me $5.

The background was created by the guy from the next kiosk holding up a white t-shirt behind my head. It actually looked pretty good.

😎

Sounds like everyone chipped in 🙂

 

[NE_Cornhusker1]

i used this once [yeah that's an adult beverage in my hand]. so far i haven't gotten in. why? please tell me why?

*warning* hide the eyes of little ones-this isn't too flattering of a picture of me.

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/qazwsx70586/detail?.dir=/2004-01-18&.dnm=me+at+ksu+game+2001.jpg

 

[Integra96]

^^^ That lady in the background looks like she's playing the bagpipes with a fold-up chair.

 

[Brickhouse]

Originally posted by NE_Cornhusker1
i used this once [yeah that's an adult beverage in my hand]. so far i haven't gotten in. why? please tell me why?

*warning* hide the eyes of little ones-this isn't too flattering of a picture of me.

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/qazwsx70586/detail?.dir=/2004-01-18&.dnm=me+at+ksu+game+2001.jpg

OMG that is hysterical.

I had a friend that worked at a photography studio and she did them for me on a digital camera for freeeee! It's the picture I've posted like eleventy billion times in the Lounge. Come by some time and see! Oh, and double sided tape - very smart!

 

[lisa13579]

That lady in the background looks like she's playing the bagpipes with a fold-up chair.

So true!!!

 

[lisa13579]

That lady in the background looks like she's playing the bagpipes with a fold-up chair.

So true!!!