I have just received my first secondary application and it requests a photo. I was wondering if this photo would be sufficient or if I should take another wearing business casual or something like that. I wasnt expecting to have to submit a photo, so I'm completely lost on what is a good photo to submit. please help
Last edited: Jun 26, 2017I have just received my first secondary application and it requests a photo. I was wondering if this photo would be sufficient or if I should take another wearing business casual or something like that. I wasnt expecting to have to submit a photo, so I'm completely lost on what is a good photo to submit. please help
Put on a nice shirt and go have a passport photo taken at CVS or somewhere like that. You need to look nice. This is the photo they will be looking at when discussing you in adcom meetings.
Do NOT use. a Glamour Shots pic, Graduation Photo, Prom photo, selfie in the bathroom mirror. any others I'm forgetting @gyngyn ?
Reactions: 3 usersFor your own anonymity, I don't think it would be a great idea to upload your pic publicly on SDN. From a purely premed standpoint/having applied to other stuff, I think you might want a bit more lighting?
Reactions: 2 usersOkay, So this photo is not acceptable. I have some business casual clothes in which I can take a photo. So maybe take a photo outside with better lighting? And also I need to have someone else take the photo, because selfies are not okay? I have found conflicting info on the forums here. some say selfies are okay and others dont. I am very confused, But I will try to get a more professional looking photo to be safe.
1) its a photo for a professional school application that may determine the rest of your life. Go get a good shot from someone
2) There aint nothing casual about this: shirt, tie, jacket at least
3) Selfies are never appropriate for any kind of application at any time. Selfies should be used for yourself
4) passport photo is the simplest professional way to get this
On the other hand, this photo is simply to make sure you are the person you claim to be when you show up for an interview. I see no reason you cannot wear a T shirt.
On the other hand, this photo is simply to make sure you are the person you claim to be when you show up for an interview. I see no reason you cannot wear a T shirt.
That was what I thought, but I guess I will dress up just to be safePlay the game and dress business. No need for the risk right? You cant win at this, you can only lose.
Selfies are fine though as long as they look decent. Selfies nowadays look even better than stuff u get from the photobooth
Reactions: 1 usersI understand that I must be professional and present myself that way. I wasn't even expecting to have to submit a photo so this caught me off guard. I read that this picture is just so they know what you will look like; I found many people on here who stated that they wore a T-shirt in their photo and it turned out fine. Im going to dress up just to be safe, but you seem to think I am an idiot, which I am not. I have been preparing for this my entire college career. I got on this forum to ask for advice not to be berated by you. Go check out my stats I posted on another forum. I know what Im doing, I just wasn't sure about this picture. It was an honest mistake.
lmao, he wasn't even responding to you, please get off the internet and go back to your safe space Reactions: 1 usersI understand that I must be professional and present myself that way. I wasn't even expecting to have to submit a photo so this caught me off guard. I read that this picture is just so they know what you will look like; I found many people on here who stated that they wore a T-shirt in their photo and it turned out fine. Im going to dress up just to be safe, but you seem to think I am an idiot, which I am not. I have been preparing for this my entire college career. I got on this forum to ask for advice not to be berated by you. Go check out my stats I posted on another forum. I know what Im doing, I just wasn't sure about this picture. It was an honest mistake.
His reply is to the guy who said to wear a T-shirt, not specifically to you.
Every single year this topic comes up and every single year people want to use completely inappropriate photos. This is the first thread on this topic for this application season, so @gonnif post was primarily a public service announcement to everyone reading this thread.
Reactions: 3 usersHis reply is to the guy who said to wear a T-shirt, not specifically to you.
Every single year this topic comes up and every single year people want to use completely inappropriate photos. This is the first thread on this topic for this application season, so @gonnif post was primarily a public service announcement to everyone reading this thread.
Reactions: 1 userBecause you dont get a second chance to make a good first impression.
-Do you want an adcom to open your application and, after looking at professionally dressed and professionally photographed applicants all day, sees you in a tee shirt in a bad selfie, what kind of impression does that make?
-Do you realize that at each individual school at least 80% of applications must be rejected prior to interview and the first impression you make apparently not even making the effort to be presentable?
-Do you doctors coming up to patients in tee shirts and jeans or in a tie/lab coat?
-Do you see that medical schools are trying to decide who will make a good physician and a picture is worth a thousand words, though a bad picture in a tee shirt only needs a few, such as "WTF?" and "poor presentation" ?
-Do you have any idea what I am taking about as, this should be inherently obvious to anyone applying to a professional position as it shows, on its face, an understanding that you behave, act and appear professional?
-Do you know that I find it truly amazing and utterly baffling that bright, overachieving, allegedly mature college students who are applying to medical school need to be told any of this?
My impression is that adcoms are not so shallow. But who am I but a starry eyed premed.
On the other hand I am baffled that a professional forum poster is trying to talk down to someone he doesn't know for approaching a formality rationally.
