<p>I will be doing my apps in the fall and I will be applying as a native american but I have blonde hair and blue eyes (my grandma was a registered member of a Native American tribe and she has kept all of us registered). Do colleges ask for pictures as part of the application? If so, do you think they will not consider me as a native american just because I have blue eyes even though I am part native american and a member of a recognized tribe?</p>
<p>Lmao…that’s pretty hilarious. No, they won’t discriminate against you as a non-native-american, necessarily.</p>
<p>as for pictures, it really depends on the college, but i think most don’t see it. </p>
<p>Btw, wouldn’t you be like biracial or something instead of full native american?</p>
<p>i dont think it matters. if you are registered then its legalized and you get the benefits</p>
<p>Most colleges, if not all, don’t require pictures. In my knowledge, the only college that requested a picture on the application was Columbia U., but it was optional.</p>
<p>3365 is correct. The registration documents tribunal membership, so Old College Try being biracial doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>I am very proud of my native american heritage. The problem is that my physical features do not reflect my heritage. When I tell people that I am part native american, they usually laugh and think I’m lying. Because native americans are the least represented minority in american colleges, this is a big deal. My cousins all attended Stanford and my sister got into Yale as native american students, but each of them have features more like what people expected. But I am 17 years young than my sister and 15 years younger than my youngest cousins. My sister typed her apps; that’s how much technology has changed. Given how easy it is to attach digital photos to electronic apps, I was worried that the colleges I want to apply to would require a photo and then question my native american claim. Since my grandma is dead, I’m not sure how I would prove it. I have proof that I am on a tribal roll, and I was hoping that would be enough.</p>
<p>I have never heard of a college app requiring a photo of yourself.</p>
<p>The only thing close to it would be an interview.</p>
<p>The universities in the caliber you seem to be interested in often offer or require interviews, so this issue will likely arise for you even without a photograph on the application.</p>
<p>crosspost with keven :)</p>
<p>Interviews are optional at the five schools I am applying to. My sister told me to avoid them for several reasons and I will take her advice. I’m not worried about interviews. Next years apps will be on-line soon. I’m happy to hear that everyone seems to agree than none require photos. I can now worry about other things.</p>
<p>I can’t believe you’re worrying about such a thing. Really paranoid…</p>
<p>s had to send a picture with app for Georgetown two years ago</p>
<p>i REALLY hope you’re not relying on affirmative action here.</p>
<p>Wait, if you’re really attractive, and maybe have some good ECs and grades, wouldn’t colleges want to accept you to diversify their campus, plus the fact that they want to have more attractive looking people? </p>
<p>In that case, wouldn’t photos be good?</p>
<p>Why did your sister say avoid them?</p>
<p>I went to Stanford, Class of '89. My year was the last year they requested photos. With the photos the admission officers had simply wanted to associate faces to names and to better personalize the whole selection process, but later decided that they may subconsciously be favoring the more attractive applicants so did away with it.</p>
<p>I’m also bi-racial but don’t look it, and used this as one of my application essay topics. How people don’t know my heritage by looking at me, how this has led to uncomfortable moments (e.g. when someone I think is a friend makes a disparaging comment about my “hidden” race), how I will always regret letting some comments slide, how I’ve learned to stick up for myself, etc.</p>
<p>Lol, I guess it’s time to photoshop my picture and send it in anyway!</p>
<p>Um…I think we’re all forgetting that Brown asks for a picture of yourself and an essay about the picture.</p>
<p>Since when does Brown have an essay “about” the picture?? Unless they changed things last year, they just want to associate the application with a face to make it easier to remember, it is not used to judge your racial profile. </p>
<p>OP,
It’s not a problem that you don’t look NA. You’re a registered member which means you can legally check the box. What really counts is whether or not you associate yourself with the NA community, not how you look. My kids are URM, one looks it, and the other doesn’t, does that make her less so?? AOs are smart people who understand that there are many shapes, forms and degrees of URMness. You have the ability to show who you are via your ECs and essays, that’s what counts, not your facial features.</p>
<p>YouDon’tSay:</p>
<p>My sister recommends that I not interview because I stutter. When I get nervous, which happens a lot, I stutter more.</p>