Printing Secondary photo on regular paper?

[fuzzywuz]

---

Members do not see this ad.

Hey all,

The title says it all..

is it okay to print out secondary photos on really nice and thick white printing paper as oppose to photo paper?

I've made my own and sized my own pictures and would love to save a few bucks...


Just curious


thanks!

 

[enjoydrywax]

If it makes you feel better I sent a picture printed on ****ty computer paper to UCSF for their secondary.

The way I see it is that if these schools care about the paper on which I print my picture, they can go **** themselves because I no longer have any interest in their programs.

 

[nick_carraway]

I'd be against it simply because submitting your passport-sized image online to Long's or Walmart or something and having them print out a sheet (8 per sheet, I think) and picking it up costs like... less than a dollar. It literally costs like $0.30 for 8.

To me, that's not worth the risk of making an adcom ask WTF.

 

[RSAgator]

The applications say it's perfectly acceptable to print a picture, so I printed them (on ****ty computer paper). If they cared for the pictures to be photo quality they would have likely been more explicit about it. I think it's fine.

 

[fuzzywuz]

I guess, the big issue is the type of paper they want it on.

For schools that tell you to mail it in. They usually have a form for you to tape/glue the picture on. What I was uncertain about is do they take the entire sheet and scan it or do they peel the picture off and tape/staple the picture to our file. I think that would make a big difference. If I were to take regular paper, take it to the form. It would be nearly impossible to peel it off without damaging the photo. Also, the quality of my picture would be photo quality. I guess I will call schools to guage what they want as well.

Thanks for the input!

 

[nick_carraway]

I guess, the big issue is the type of paper they want it on.

For schools that tell you to mail it in. They usually have a form for you to tape/glue the picture on. What I was uncertain about is do they take the entire sheet and scan it or do they peel the picture off and tape/staple the picture to our file. I think that would make a big difference. If I were to take regular paper, take it to the form. It would be nearly impossible to peel it off without damaging the photo. Also, the quality of my picture would be photo quality. I guess I will call schools to guage what they want as well.

Thanks for the input!

I know that this isn't possible for everyone, but Japanese stationery stores sell glue tapes that lay down dots of the glue used on post-its to allow you to reversibly stick two things together.

Before I got bought that, though, I just glued the photos on. I assumed that they're just going to xerox the whole page when they want to reproduce your file for interviewers.

 

[TheWildcat08]

i just drew a picture of myself on a napkin and attached it. i think it will show my creative side.

 

[p30doc]

i just drew a picture of myself on a napkin and attached it. i think it will show my creative side.

I did the same but used buffalo wing sauce as the medium.

 

[nick_carraway]

I did the same but used buffalo wing sauce as the medium.

I think redrumi just took TheWildcat08's spot at Harvard.

 

[THX]

I just printed my pictures onto regular paper.

 

[Green Grass]

regular paper here too. man, koko really went overboard. 😉

 

[TheWildcat08]

I think redrumi just took TheWildcat08's spot at Harvard.

how'd you know i applied to harvard? dude, if you're stalking me or are in my house, i just want you to know that i watched a video of kids doing karate so im at a beginner's level of ninjaism.

 

[THX]

how'd you know i applied to harvard? dude, if you're stalking me or are in my house, i just want you to know that i watched a video of kids doing karate so im at a beginner's level of ninjaism.

Yeah I just started my ninja training too. I bought this guy's 'how to become a ninja' home videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlGm-s7Lz8

 

[fuzzywuz]

Thanks everybody!

 

[nick_carraway]

regular paper here too. man, koko really went overboard. 😉

Yeah, I guess I did. Didn't help either! At all.

 

[nick_carraway]

how'd you know i applied to harvard? dude, if you're stalking me or are in my house, i just want you to know that i watched a video of kids doing karate so im at a beginner's level of ninjaism.

Don't worry, man. I'm sure Yale will appreciate your napkin even without buffalo wing sauce.

 

[fioric2]

.

 

[Green Grass]

Yeah, I guess I did. Didn't help either! At all.

haha. You didn't know that at the time though. Don't beat yourself up too much over it. 😀

 

[Compass]

I purchased a life-time supply of passport photos for me and about anyone else I want to do them for, for about $11. HP and others sell good, 4x6 glossy photo paper for about $10 for 100. Now, here's the trick. If you're good with Photoshop, you can make 6 2x2 passport photos with a single photo. If you're not good, you can still get away with 2 2x2 separated by an inch and a half, and then cut it away. Passport regulations are available online, and using a soft eraser, you can basically tune even off-white backgrounds into a picture of yourself. You can also touch up acne or blemishes if you're tricky ^.^

 

[Jersey87]

You can have photos printed at walgreens- I uploaded the photo on their website and had four wallet-size pictures printed for $1.10. Very inexpensive, and online you can pick the store at which you would like to pick them up!