Profile Photo Guidelines and Requirements

Your picture is an important part of your profile because it gives students their first impression of you.

✅ Good Examples

✔️ Good Profile Pictures Are:

• Friendly and professional-looking
• Clear with good lighting – not dark or blurry
• Close-up and recognizable
• Close-up and recognizable

❌ Bad Examples

❌ Bad Profile Pictures Are:

• Bad lighting
• Too close – or too far
• Too casual selfies
• Showing other people
• Not a picture of you like nature or animal picture
• Wearing sunglasses

📌 Detailed Guidelines:

• Format: JPG or PNG
• Maximum size: 2MB; Ideal size: at least 200 x 200 pixels
• Do not use blurry or unclear pictures
• Do not use pictures with a busy background that detracts from you
• Do not use pictures that contain other people
• Do not wear sunglasses
• Do not use pictures where you are too close to or far away from the camera
• Do not use pictures that are too bright or dark
• Do not use pictures that have commercial logos or personal contact information
• Do not edit pictures in a way that is misleading or obstructs your face

⏳ It may take up to 5 business days to review and approve your profile photo.