I’m currently a sophomore a high school and i do not know what to include on my resume. I have never had an actual job before but I have done volunteer work so should I include that?
Google “sample high school resumes” and you will get many examples.
It’s fine if you haven’t had a job yet, and do include your volunteer work. As happy1 said, you’ll find lot of examples online. Here’s one to get you started: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/blog/college-resume-templates
Thank you so much! That helped a lot!
Also maybe think about using your resume to introduce to the adcoms things they may not otherwise know about you. For example, you may do art at home. It’s okay to put that on your resume. You can also use one or two sentences above a resume section and tell the adcom what that activity means to you. For example one of my kids spent a lot of time doing political protests. The protests were listed. Since I was concerned that the adcoms might see this applicant as a firebrand who might come and tear up the campus with protests, we worded a short statement that told the adcom what politics meant to this person – that community came first and political change was the objective on the national level, not the immediate community. For art, I saw one person just write a sentence that expressed how art was something she did at home and that it did XYZ for her. One sentence.
I think of the resume as one more way to speak directly to the adcoms.
The top of the resume you can put a short statement about what you hope to gain from attending THAT COLLEGE. The more personalized that statement is, the better.
Thanks so much! You had some really helpful advice!
Not all colleges want a resume. They certainly don’t want one that repeats what’s in the Common App Activities section. You want to keep the info you submit relevant to what they need to know. It’s not about baking or what you collect or some big deal about Pep Club.
This idea of a resume really seems to emanate from certain parts of the country, where GCs encourage it or a few colleges specifically ask for one. And some explanations can go in Addl Info, not hidden in a resume of everything, where a reader has to spend time to find someting new and important. If it’s important, get it in Activities. Your app read will be surprisingly short. Show them you get the point. None of this is about a complete bio.
Take a look at the CA.