La Vie En Rose for 2006 October 13

Here is the thing that bothers me most about the application I just turned in (besides the early deadline). They wanted my picture. Attached to the front page of every copy of the application I sent in. Which added like an hour to my prep time since I had to find a good one, print out 6 copies, and cut them to fit into the little box (actually I recruited Chaz for this job). But why does it matter what I look like? How do my looks have anything to do with my academic ability? I'm sure they just want to put a face to the words but it all seems a bit odd to me. (I used the picture of me on the train from Novi Sad.)