How Much Do a Kid's Looks Factor Into Admissions Decisions?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had an AD tell us that including a photo with our application helps their office to remember the children they've met. The AD said it was optional, but extremely helpful, especially if they meet you in the fall but don't make their decisions until February.

Do you think this is true, or is there an alterior motive

NP. I think it is true. They see a lot of kids, and I am sure that by decision time, they blur together a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had an AD tell us that including a photo with our application helps their office to remember the children they've met. The AD said it was optional, but extremely helpful, especially if they meet you in the fall but don't make their decisions until February.

Do you think this is true, or is there an alterior motive

NP. I think it is true. They see a lot of kids, and I am sure that by decision time, they blur together a bit.

Also, it would be a little silly if there were an ulterior motive--they see all of the kids in person as part of the application process anyway, so if the goal were simply to select the beautiful ones, they could easily just make far more subtle notes at the assessments and not bother with this. It is important to keep kids straight when discussing them, though, and also to make sure that if one admissions person is talking about little Liam, the other person is thinking of the same little Liam and not a different Liam (or a non-Liam altogether!)

Our preschool requests photos of enrolled kids and their families after acceptance (so clearly not motivated by anything admissions-related). The director uses them to try learn the kids' names and associate parents with kids before the first day of school. I always thought that was a nice gesture (especially since after several years there, I'm still not 100% with either kids' names in other classes or parents who go with particular kids, even in my own children's classes!)