<p>Alright, I know it sounds ridiculous, my complete resume with all my student activities and service opportunities with explanations (each covering about 3 pages) is 8 pages long.</p>
<p>I get that everyone is saying keep it two 2 pages, but why?</p>
<p>I just don't get the reasoning...aren't we supposed to say everything we've done. I am constantly at my school doing some activity, so shouldn't that be shown?</p>
<p>your telling me fitting all your activites took 8 pages? Are your descriptions super long or do u have like 500 activities</p>
<p>and yes you really should trim it, keep the most important things to you/ about you on there</p>
<p>Don’t post everything you have done. If it’s something that most schools have, just the organization is enough. Like for Key Club, you probably fundraised, went to garden blah, went to March of Dimes, went to ING marathon, went to AIDs walk, etc. But writing Key Club is sufficient. They know what the club does. If its ARISTA, just put ARISTA. It shouldn’t take 8 pages, and no college admissions officer would be pleased with a detailed description of your everyday of the last 3 years. Say the most important things you have done, things that you put effort and time into: volunteer work, internships, jobs, honors, awards, speech, etc. and describe it in a couple of lines only if you think colleges don’t know about the organization.</p>
<p>Admissions officers go through many apps a day, so if you attach a resume, just state the club you were in and the period of time you were involved in it. If you really want, maybe just highlight one or two important events (e.g national competitions where you obtained a good standing like gold, silver, 1st and 2nd) </p>
<p>They honestly won’t be interested in every single nitty gritty detail like how many hours you spent preparing for each and every activity you did in high school - they simply can’t afford the luxury of time. Just state your involvement and time frame. That’s what I would do.</p>
<p>It’s really very long. Are you going to write a review or resume?</p>
<p>If I were an adcom and someone other than Ghandi submitted an 8 page resume, I reject them on that basis alone. No school wants a student who thinks his background is worthy of 8 pages. Get a clue.</p>
<p>^^^agreed, show some focus.</p>
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Because even professionals who have been working for 20 years do so.</p>
<p>Because admissions officers are busy people, reading hundreds of applications, and do not have the time to read an 8 page resume. It will likely get tossed aside with no more than a passing glance.</p>
<p>Because an 8 page resume shows that you have no concern or respect for an admissions officer’s time.</p>
<p>Because not everything you do has the same importance or deserves the same weight. Admissions officers want to know that you can differentiate between the important and the mundane.</p>