I have sweet ass purple hair.

I cut, dye and style myself. It only takes 6 minutes to do in the morning. Its totally unique and I love it. However I was informed today that I would need to "grow it out, comb it down and dye it back" before grad school interviews. I am torn... on the one hand I wanna say fuck you, why does that matter, I like who I am. On the other hand, I don't wanna miss out on the future I have worked so hard for because I refuse to play the game. Amazing.