Question regarding photo submitted during registration
 

Really just a curiosity on my part. When I rushed many moons ago, the digital age was not what it is now. I understand from word of mouth that the majority of forms for registration require a digital upload of a photograph of the PNM. That never struck me as any big deal, but then on a dorm tour of a competitive rush school last week, I noticed many posters outside of dorm rooms with sorority XYZ, ABC, DEF....whatever and a photo of the room's occupant. Someone asked the guide about this and she said it was typical for girls who returned from bid day to be greeted with said poster at their dorm door when they returned which I thought was super cute idea. Then on the drive home I guess I really thought about the process and figured the respective sororities printed those pix (probably for their bid boards, yes/no boards, etc) and then used them on said posters. So I am guessing there is some photo release that has to be signed with these pix, but I guess in the age of FB and social networking, it raises a bit of red flag for me. How accessible are these photos? And should I care? (This from a Mom who witnessed my daughter battle facebook when someone used one of her photos (copied from a photographers website) as their profile picture. It is a really long story how my daughter found out, but it was just plain weird)

You're worrying too much. Those applications and pictures are password protected. I'm not sure what you think will be done with a picture of your daughter, especially since anyone can snap a photo of her on the street. We used the photos submitted during recruitment for welcome posters back in the day, too, but we just had real photos and didn't have to print them out.

When you sign up for recruitment, you submit a photo that is used for recruitment - in whatever capacity they deem necessary. This is the picture that the houses use to "learn" the pnm. I imagine the houses used the official registration photo for their posters. However, they also could have scanned in the pics that are sent in with recs. Either way, yes, you are over thinking the whole picture thing. The computer registration info is password protected and much more secure than all of those FB photos floating around.