When a Brown Alumni asks for my “resume” in advance before the interview, does that mean my activities resume? I’m assuming yes but obvi want to be sure.
Any other tips for a Brown alumni interview? Any good question ideas? Thanks!
I’d think it means a standard resume of a HS kid. Classes, activities, honors. It will give her/him something to base questions on.
If you google “high school resume” or “college resume” you will see what they are looking for. Many students prepare resumes as part of the college application process. It is good as a jumping off point for conversation in an interview. If you have something else you prepared already, that is probably fine as well.
Sigh - interviewers really aren’t supposed to ask for a resume. Brown sure doesn’t expect the interviewers to have seen one in order to write up the interview. Just bring your activities resume.
My children’s HS advises all seniors to prepare resumes for this exact purpose–having a document in front of college interviewers so they have topics to jump off from. I think it’s to the student’s benefit to have something that will naturally steer conversation to a topic that you want to highlight. And it’s up to the interviewer how much they want to use it as a crutch. A lot of people just put it aside, but some people really like having the question prompts. I see no harm in it and a lot of benefit.