<p>My D has a theatrical resume that she uses for auditions. How much different should the resume be that she submits to colleges? Can it be more than one page?</p>
<p>Each school has specific requests for their resume, that you want to make sure to follow, but in general, the biggest difference is to include the date of all the productions from high school on. You may include pre-HS productions if they are of specific artistic merit.</p>
<p>A college audition resume could also include technical and directing experience. If it ends up being a second page that is okay... or have one resume for performing and another for the non-performing experience.</p>
<p>Older MT college resume thread bumped up for you, alliesmom. Hope it helps!</p>
<p>My D is going to have two resumes -- one for her general high school activities and one just for theater. I read the old thread regarding this. What is the general consensus on the length of these resumes? I can squish her activity resume on to one page with a small font and virtually no margins but its tough to read. Is it OK to put it on two pages? Isn't there a small amount of overlap between the two resumes?</p>
<p>Yes and yes!</p>
<p>First off, I'd listen to Kat. She's faculty in this area.</p>
<p>Next, very, very few theatrical resumes will have to be more than two pages after high school. Four of my own children have had more credits than would fit on a single page, so we reduced it to "representative" credits with a full resume available on demand. As for credits including only high school and beyond, I find that a bit weird. Were we supposed to leave out feature films done in middle school, national commercials done in elementary school, etc? Voice overs for feature animated films? Personally, if I were on the faculty of a theater program, I'd want to know that stuff.</p>
<p>I think that non-school credits from before HS... National Commercials, Feature Films, Professional Stage Performances should be included. Middle School play does not need to be.... although training (dance classes, acting claasses, choirs, gymnastics, etc...) from before HS should also be included.</p>
<p>Does anyone have a good format to do the college activity resume? I was following the common app requirement and was listing hours per week and weeks per year for each activity. Is that correct? I'm also having a hard time with a readable format. For this one, I was only including high school activities.</p>
<p>For the theatrical resume, I was listing things for middle school if they were important. For instance, my D was in a professional production when she was 10 for 52 weeks at a reputable theater in our area. I listed that. She also had some leads in children's community theater productions in our area in middle school and I listed that.</p>
<p>My D broke down her Activities Resume in different categories such as Leadership, Community Service, Employment, Extra Curricular Activities & Special Honors/Awards; her Theatrical Resume shows Regional Theatre, Community Theatre, Film/Television, Commercials/Voiceovers under Experience & describes her training & special skills under Training.
Hope this helps. She kept both to one page each, albeit in small font.</p>
<p>Of course, I am far from an expert on this, but I would say that any format which is clear and understandable and lays things out logically is a good format. I think the college programs just want to see what the kids did and when. All of us are probably (as someone said to me recently!) "pathologically conscientious." :)</p>
<p>Amen-to the "pathologically conscientious"!!! I am sorry to say, I too belong to that club!!! :)</p>
<p>Glad to hear I am in good company, mtsmom! This PC disease (as I jokingly call it) spurs me to get places early; I get quite upset if it looks as if I am going to be late for almost anything! I am afraid that I passed that trait along to my MT D, who also is always early for everything.</p>
<p>I'm also not sure about the structure of the academic page of the resume. So far, I listed my current HS GPA, SAT scores and class rank. I also listed my honor societies, work/volunteer experience and other academic achievements. I also had an "other information" paragraph where I stated that I am graduating a year early and that may throw off my class rank. But should I include my AP test scores (or at least the ones I did well on)? Anything else I am missing? I'm going to try to post it online when I get home (I'm at school right now)</p>
<p>Are other people putting the GPA and such on their resumes? I thought that a resume would only include stuff like honors and awards, extracurricular activities, volunteer work and then, for performers, shows, workshops and programs and so on.</p>
<p>NMR....you are correct. The activity/award resume that goes in with the applications should not have SAT scores, rank, GPA, AP scores, or any of that. Those are on other documents. The activity resume is meant as a fuller picture than the two inch chart on the application for activities and achievements. It normally would include all activities (which may be broken down into categories that are grouped together), awards/achievements/positions, community service, summer experiences, employment, academic honors, etc. It would not list specific shows (though would list theater productions in general, as part of the activities/experiences). Shows/roles (credits) and training would be on the Theater Resume, a different document and one which would be used for auditions. The Activity/Award Resume needs to list grade levels for each activity and hours/week, and weeks/year....in other words, what the apps are asking for but simply a more complete listing and picture than the chart allows for. The resumes overlap a bit (the performing arts activities are on both). The Activity resume tends to be longer than the Theater resume and serves a different purpose. As well, my kids' and clients' activity resumes are annotated whereas a theater resume is not. The activity resume went in with applications. The Theater Resume is brought to auditions.</p>
<p>Hi NMR~my S did not include his GPA on his school resume. He attended a workshop at his high school that listed the typical items to include and they were similar to the ones you mentioned. He saw it as an opportunity to address his school experience outside of what would be shown on his transcript.</p>
<p>Phew! My D has spent a lot of time doing her regular and theater resumes (some college programs ask for a combination in one document) and when I saw the post saying that one poster put his GPA and classes on the resume, well, I thought "Eggads, foiled again! Just when I thought she was almost done!" Thanks for clearing this up. It's nice to know my D is on the right track ... things are slowly coming together just as you said they would, soozievt. :)</p>
<p>NMR..you are right....UMich has its own resume requirements that combine elements from both these resumes and then some (rep list). There is so much to do but eventually, it all gets done. Pace it out.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks for clearing stuff up. I have a question about listing the grade levels I participated in something though. I'm supposed to be a junior this year, but I worked out my credits to graduate a year early so this is both my junior AND my senior year. How should I list that on my resume? Should I simply say "9-12th grade" or "9th- 11th/12th grade"?</p>