<p>So I just finished freshman year and I'm putting together a resume for internships. I'm a mechanical engineering major and I know a lot of places don't take interns until their soph/jr year, but this place says they may have entry level positions for undergrads (even freshmen).</p>
<p>My problem is that I've never really had a job so I'm not sure what to put. Should I put down all of my current coursework in my major and my GPA? Should I include GPAs and standardized tests from high school. Should I put down a professor for reference even if I haven't done research with them?</p>
<p>Also, I have a lot of AP credit for my general intro classes, like gen. chem, physics, calc 1 and 2, etc. Should I make note of that since it doesn't actually appear on my transcript?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Your resume could include: education, coursework, any employment, activities, volunteer work, etc. Put “sample resume for college freshmen” in a search engine and take a look at some samples. Good luck.</p>
<p>Go to talk to your school’s Career Center where they can help you with what you ask here. My son had his resume reworked during his freshman year with help from the Career Center folks. That resume looked a lot better than the one that he and I developed right after he graduated from high school.</p>
<p>Put college gpa, major, coursework, SAT scores, experience, clubs, skills, etc. Don’t bother with HS. No need for references. Make sure the formatting is consistent, organized, and easy to read. Attention to detail counts.</p>
<p>Do not put your SAT scores because no employer is going to care.
You do want your name, address, phone number and email in the header, and then have an objective statement, education info (school, expected grad, gpa), work/research experience, club memberships, coursework and technical skills.</p>
<p>I’d agree with most of what the above poster is saying, except regarding SAT scores. Only in a few professions (mostly in banking/finance/investment careers or strictly academic fields) is it regarded normal or typical to list good SAT scores. Otherwise it is superfluous and and excessive in my opinion- especially as SAT scores are a rather contentious measure of intelligence. Definitely list your HS gpa and meaningful HS awards, but don’t bother with SAT unless it is specified somewhere on the employer’s application.</p>
<p>Fair enough on the SAT’s being heavily used in only a few certain fields. I think it’s much more common for people to pay lip service to how contentious the test is, but still use it for actual intelligence evaluation. Also, as the OP is a freshman, it’s much more the norm for him to be asked about his SAT’s.</p>
<p>That said, it’s less than 10 characters to put on a resume, and the OP should make a genericized resume. Put it on if it’s good, leave it off if it’s not.</p>