include dick pic with personal statement? Forum

[proctor_right_in_the]

Hi guys,

This is admittedly a crazy idea, but I've always tried to do things a little differently than everyone else, and it's worked out pretty well for me so far. I've seen a handful of instances where applicants include some type of multimedia with their personal statement word file (again, I realize this goes completely against convention, and in most cases directly conflicts with the PS requirements of certain schools), and I kind of love the ballsiness of that.

I'm writing multiple different personal statements, and I would only include this particular version with the application that I'm sending to some of the more conservative-leaning schools, (Liberty, for instance) but my favorite version right now includes a picture, at the very bottom, of me with Dick Cheney. I met the former vice president at a fundraising event in San Diego several years ago, and, in addition to illustrating my strong, personal conservative values, I think it nicely sums up what I'm about. I had to wait nearly eight hours to meet him, and he actually spoke with me for a few minutes after the picture was taken. Hard to believe, but he's actually the person who told me going to law school was a great idea, and that he wished he'd attended law school at Wisconsin!

It's one of my best assets. It just seems like a lost opportunity to not include the Dick picture in some way.

[xRON MEXiCOx]

of course

[acr]

180

[ihenry]

Good idea.