Pictures Required on Apps?

entomom
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:36:53 +0000

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.

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.