<p>Hi I've heard that some ppl give out resumes to college reps at regional information sessions, in an attempt to impress the adcom. WILL it help? I mean, after all, WILL the rep actually look through it and be impressed by this show of dedication? </p>
<p>P.S. I don't know what you guys think, but the trick sounds cheesy to me...</p>
<p>im not sure....its a good question. ill bump this for you</p>
<p>Not sure about at info sessions but I can tell you about one informal interview our daughter had. The admission counselor kept saying,"If you are accepted...." Our daughter asked if she could leave her resume and unofficial transcript (which she always took to interviews). The Admin counselor scanned the papers and the wording changed from, "If you are accepted"..., to "WHEN you are accepted." She then took daughter to meet with Director of Admissions. Made the ride home very pleasant, daughter was in and she knew it.</p>
<p>cmbmom, did you daughter get in to the college?</p>
<p>The informal interview sounds different from an information session, which as I understand it could be very crowded and chaotic. Maybe not the best time to be handing paper to the reps. At an interview, even an informal one, they might appreciate something that will help them remember you.</p>
<p>Errr, giving out resumes at information sessions just sounds kind of pushy to me. I doubt they'd be THAT impressed anyhow.</p>
<p>agree with eg1, information session:no, interview: sure.</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't like this practice at all. I</a> wrote about it last year.</p>
<p>Do people send resumes with the application?</p>
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<p>When students give me a resume at a college fair or info session, I don't really look at it. It gets sent to the file room to sit and wait for an application to show up.</p>
<p>I would say it depends on how much the college will pursue those with "demonstrated interest". Other than the top few schools which are bursting with apps, other college reps are very aware that they need to actively pursue the pool of great potential applicants -- even if they are selective in admissions. Let's say you're a "top" student (e.g. HYPS viable candidate) that attends a LAC info session. By interacting with you, the rep sees that you might seriously consider them -- even over HYPS. You will stay in his/her mind. Handing a resume would be part of it, perhaps.</p>
<p>But this only works if you demonstrate to him/her that you're highly interested. A resume in itself is neutral or unuseful -- only if it's a tool for further communication btn you and the school does it have any utility.</p>
<p>For the ultra selectives (I happen to recruit for one), I doubt the reps have the time given the sheer no. of interested folks.</p>
<p>What if your resume "is" very impressive and your visiting an information sessions for a non top-40 college? Then would it be advantageous to give a resume? (Ex, like next week im attending a info session/admissions visit by Boston University which Im looking @ as a safety, even though I really love the school, so I was wondering if I should tell em any of my special stuff or anything)</p>
<p>some cases..
my sat tutor in korea went to upenn with poor grade(though it was extremely difficult school+17aps and graduated upenn in 3years...)
he said that he mat some1 he knew at info sessions and the "some1" wanted to make sure that my tutor got in..</p>
<p>Okay, so resumes aren't a natural component of the information session, but of course, each of the posters above has a reason why they are special and the admissions officer WOULD be interested in carrying their resume around, driving it home, putting it in the briefcase on a plane, etc.
Demonstrated interest in my mind is paying the application fee and sending in your application. That is the time to send in your resume, particularly if it adds information to your application. </p>
<p>Until then the resume is jsut another one in a pile. </p>
<p>I was at an information session at a college visit where a parent cornered the admissions officer and started a diatribe on how special their son was.
It was clearly uncomfortable for everyone else but the parent. </p>
<p>There is such a thing as etiquette (I would liken it to business etiquette) and there is a proper time and place for these things.</p>
<p>I told my Ds to carry one with them just in case, but don't push it into someones hand unless asked</p>