<p>I have attended a few different colleges in the past because I am a transfer student. Is it acceptable to put down only my current college and current college GPA on my resume? My resume is geared towards a summer internship for the summer before senior year.</p>
<p>btw I understand that employers could look at my transcript if they need to.</p>
<p>No, you must list all colleges you’ve taken classes at.</p>
<p>You “must” not do anything. A r</p>
<p>Yeah, you definitely DO NOT have to list all colleges you have taken classes at. I transferred, never listed the transfer college, and there was nothing wrong about it. I listed the college I got the DEGREE from…you know…because that is what is enabling me to apply for the said job…</p>
<p>You don’t HAVE TO put anything on your resume. People leave stuff off their resume all of the time, often because it would be impossible to put everything on their resume and still have it fit in one page. I know someone that if she put all of her education on her resume, it would fill up most of the page, just because she has a lot of degrees and has attended multiple universities.</p>
<p>In fact, you SHOULD customize your resume to the particular position you are applying for, whether it be the work experience you include, whether or not you put a volunteering position, what education you list or whether or not you put your GPA on your resume. You shouldn’t lie or try to misrepresent yourself, of course, but either way, general advice is to not even include your GPA if it’s less than a 3.0.</p>
<p>Include things on your resume that portray you in whatever light you want them too. If they ask for transcripts, I would send transcripts from the schools where you have attended for a significant amount of time, or explain your situation and ask what transcripts they want. If they ask you about it in an interview, tell the truth (but I doubt they will).</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about it, talk to the career services center about it. But in my experience, it’s perfectly acceptable to leave anything off of a resume (education, work experience, awards, whatever), unless you are specifically asked to list all of your education for some reason.</p>
<p>Unless you don’t have much to say and want to put other colleges to make your resume look fuller (this summer was the first time I actually had to make real decisions about what to remove from my resume - I think for many there’s going to be very unimportant stuff on their until the end of college) I would NOT include colleges other than the one you’re currently attending.</p>
<p>Could listing a community college hurt your chances at employment? I am a transfer student, female, and have a high GPA. My classmate who is not a transfer and has a .2 lower GPA got the call back from the company we both applied to even though our resumes are almost the same. I have wondered if my gender or the fact that I did CC my first two years hurt me.</p>
<p>Probably neither of those things mattered. Could be a factor of just a factor of how your resumes were divided among different HR people. Or just an issue or timing or something. There’s no real way to tell.</p>
<p>That said, when you go to look for full-time work, just list the degree-granting institutions. Really they want to see your qualifications, i.e. your degrees, not all of your educational exploits, so there is really no reason to put a community college on there unless you got an associate’s degree from there, and even then it may not help you at all.</p>
<p>It depends on the situation . If applying to certain professional schools it is stressed that they want every single college listed where you ever took a course. For most jobs, they just want your year and college you got your degree, except in section where you have to account specifically as to where you were, but even then just writing “college” may suffice.</p>
<p>I did wonder if listing my CC left a bad impression because some HR people may think I was too stupid to go straight to the 4 year college. I had thought being a minority, female with 3.6 would have put me ahead of a white, male with a 3.4 when we have the same courses and technical skills listed. Who knows?</p>
<p>Maybe I am a little bit bitter. I made 17k less a year than what that job offered my friend. But at least I’m employed and can try again next year.</p>