<p>I mean, I have some truly outstanding achievements, but I can't fit in in the Common App.
Now since so many people are applying, my question is this....
Do they even look at your resume?</p>
<p>One cannot say for sure what any individual reader will consider, but supplementary documents like resumes appear on screen with the rest of the pages and print out as part of the application package. Moreover, since the Common App doesn’t really leave room to highlight non-academic honors I would be inclined to think an admissions office like Yale’s actually seeks out resumes to provide light on these as a way of differentiating between thousands of academically similar candidates. You can call further attention to it by mentioning some part of its content in your essay or having one of your letter writers do the same.</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>Keep it to one very succinct page. Any more and you’re going into WAY too much detail. Good luck to you</p>
<p>T26E4, you seem like someone who worked as an admissions officer, or someone who was closely related to that.</p>
<p>One question:
Do I list APs taken, test scores, …etc too?</p>
<p>Not on the resume you post to the Common App. All that information is available elsewhere in the application. It is completely redundant for them and wastes precious space for you.</p>
<p>You might need to come up with a 2nd version of your resume which includes this information to present in some situations such as in-office interviews (alumni interviewers really won’t/shouldn’t care about test scores).</p>
<p>Caveat: if a resume really doesn’t add to what’s already on your application, don’t include it. But it can be very helpful in making your strengths known in a way that the Common App doesn’t allow.</p>
<p>Possible experiences that are candidates for a resume:
–Extensive leadership history in organizations outside of high school.
–Creative/artistic accomplishments outside of high school.
–Athletic accomplishments that are not in varsity sports.
–Significant research that can only be properly appraised by providing a level of detail not allowed by the space limitations of the Common App.</p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>obviously, I can’t speak for the admissions office but I included on on mine because I had activities where the Common App couldn’t truly reflect what i had done(ie, you can list having done an activity but CA won’t let you fill in awards). I’m going to assume it helped my application(mailed res w/ transcript, recs etc) because I think I was accepted more on subjective qualities…</p>
<p>I have spoken to an admission officer at Yale, she said “DON’T attach a resume! But I know you’re going to do it anyway, so keep it short!”</p>
<p>You worked hard to achieve so many things. Create a nice resume with all of your accomplishments and present it to them. Its up to individual colleges to look at it or not look at it. My son was accepted to Yale, he created two page resume because he had many good achievements.</p>
<p>I think they do. Usually.</p>
<p>My regional officer emailed me while they were reviewing my application, and talked to me about specifics on my resume.</p>
<p>They do a very thorough and complete job :)</p>
<p>Agree with wasian_girl. My Admission officer did the same.</p>
<p>They most definitely do.</p>
<p>My admissions officer talked to me about my ECs when we met, and my Yale likely letter also was quite specific with some of my ECs and suggestions of how I could continue them at Yale.</p>
<p>I think that Yale admissions do an amazingly thorough job and look at everything.</p>
<p>They definitely look at the resume 
Keep yours succinct and write down only your major, outstanding achievements and involvements as too much detail is unlikely to help you (as the saying goes “the thicker the file, the thicker the applicant” :P). My resume/additional information section was a page and a half (I included one of my poems and some artwork, i.e. a small sketch), and I’m pretty sure it was one of the reasons I was accepted. My grades, although straight A’s, had percentages that were average/slightly below average for international applicants from my region in Asia. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>“he created a two page resume because he had many good achievements.”</p>
<p>Congrats to your son but if you are doing a resume, ONE PAGE!!! Goldman Sachs and 95 percent of employers only look at 1 page resumes! It therefore doesn’t make sense for a high schooler to have long resumes, regardless of what you’ve accomplished.</p>
<p>A question guys, when applying online through Common App, you attach the resume as the other information upload right?</p>
<p>Yup, you can upload it at the additional information section.</p>
<p>The rule of thumb is one page for each post-secondary degree. So, a Bachelor’s holder (or candidate, in practice) gets 1 page, a Master’s gets 2, PhD gets 3. For heaven’s sake, there’s no reason that at 17 you can have more than 1 page worth of relevant accomplishments. Keep it short – the mantra at the admissions office is “the thicker the file, the thicker the candidate.” I did not attach a resume; I merely elaborated VERY briefly on some of my accomplishments in the additional info section.</p>
<p>How did you get into contact with your regional officer?</p>
<p>Mine contacted me first to ask for elaboration on my resume. But I assume you can search on Yale website to find out who is your regional officer and his/her contacts.</p>