<p>now i’m actually going to read your work experiences and comment:</p>
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<p>there is no such thing as stinting…you mean “deploying stents” </p>
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<p>model?? sounds like you were just a sales person</p>
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<p>clearly all three of these can be combined</p>
<p>So there you go, that probably cuts it down significantly. Also I dont really think you have looked at the columbia app. There is a place where you can list these (without explanation of course)…not that any of them need explanation anyhow though, they all seem quite straight forward. </p>
<p>Also, you do realize that you claim to have spent 60 hours a week working in 11th grade!!! (if you aren’t aware a full time job is 40 hours a week and i find it hard to believe that you worked the equivalent of 1.5 full time jobs while in high school.</p>
<p>I have already corrected the spelling of ‘stents’ instead of stints.</p>
<p>Those 3 items you listed are all different and all required a different skill set. They all have commonalities, but they are different non the less. </p>
<p>Also, 4 hours on sat and 4 hours on sunday for the xbox stuff. 1.5 - 2 hours a day for the home networking. The shadowing was done during the summer and is still done on my days of no school. Abercrombia has 5 hour shifts 3 times weekly. and finally, about 45 minutes to an hour a day for cell phone. Thats not too unreasonable. </p>
<p>Also, they are only straight forward because i wrote a small paragraph about each. simply writing XBOX modifications and repair wouldnt always imply internal knowledge of the system as well as the knowledge and skill to write code for it</p>
<p>Dude, you’re totally missing the boat. All the crap you’re planning to list on your resume is frigging boring to read. I’m a tech/gadget geek and reading your stuff makes me dizzy. The adcoms don’t have the time to spend 45 minutes reading about every cell phone you unlocked or whatever the heck you did, nor would they give a crap even if they had the time. You’re applying TO COLLEGE, not for a job as a cell phone repairman or something. It’s not important that you describe in acute detail every single thing you did, and had to know, for every job you’ve had. You want to show Columbia that you’re hard working, dedicated, well rounded, have passions, etc. You can do that in much less space.</p>
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<p>More like, until you’re 40 or something, your resume should be at most one page. Of course, if you’re in academia, it’s appropriate to have a CV listing every publication and speech in your life.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, but why dont you help me fix it rather than tell me mine sucks. Obviuosly im having a little difficulty writing this resume and any HELP would be useful. Telling me that i shuoldnt be detailed about my jobs is ok, but then telling me that they dont care is another story. Should i toss it? I need guidance, not just criticism.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>When i had the bullets ( a decision i made to make the whole things easier to read) people were telling me its not detailed enough and it paragraph everything. What do you think i should do</p>
<p>I’m not going to rewrite your resume for you. People far less qualified than me get paid a lot of money to do that sort of thing. (Not that I’d do it even if you paid me, as I don’t need the money and have no interest in doing it.)</p>
<p>I’ve told you why yours sucks, what not to do and what you want to show. You can figure it out from there.</p>
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<p>They care generally about what jobs you had. They don’t need to know the excruciating details for every single thing you’ve done in the last four years. You need to make a judgment call about what’s most important and how you want to present yourself to Columbia.</p>
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<p>Aren’t you not supposed to use a resume, anyway? I don’t know the rules, but don’t bother if you’re not supposed to.</p>
<p>So just saying what i did is enough. i dont need to give details about it? If thats the case then im supposed to be assuming they understand the skills involved in whatever im presenting to them or are they just gonna read the title and take it for what it sounds like without looking into it and then possibly underestimated the skill required?</p>
<p>the question still remains as well…HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE COLUMBIA APPLICATION?!</p>
<p>looking at it might help you realize how you are asked to present these things within the confines of the application. For instance there is a question that asks you “what did you do last summer” …there you will clearly write in the one line they give you about whichever job you did then…etc etc etc…look at the application first so we’re on the same page!!</p>
<p>And yes, the main point of advice is: resume is probably unnecessary </p>
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<p>hey! mine is already bleeding a bit past a page and i sure as hell am not 40! (it is only because of abstracts though)</p>