Schools that require self PHOTO?

razordad
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:25:16 +0000

DCoy54, my S complied with the invitation on the Elon application form to upload a picture of himself in connection with completing the online application. For other schools, including some that utilize the common application (e.g., Wake Forest), he included a nice color photo on the top corner of the first page of his “Student-Athlete Profile” (i.e., resume), which he mailed in to the schools. It was not a separate (detachable) photo, but was done as part of his printed resume. There were one or two schools that, in their instructions, expressly asked that applicants not send in separate resumes (e.g., UGA), and S honored those instructions and did not send the resume to those schools. I believe he just used the head shot that was taken for his high school yearbook. He’s a real good-looking kid (looks like his mother!!) and I’m sure he included the photo on the resume because he thought it could only help him. For what it’s worth …