<p>I have no idea where to start with this. Should I use a template or write a narrative? Any replies would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Sznappydog - have a look at some other resumes online (google?). The key sections will be Education (honors, awards, extracurriculars), and Experience (jobs, internships). If you’re really confused, go with a template; narratives tend not to be received too well by readers. Bullet points are essential!</p>
<p>Always use a template to write your resume.</p>
<p>Why does everyone on this forum want to write a resume? I don’t understand how it’s helpful to rewrite what you already put on the activities section of the application, nor how it would be helpful to admissions officers. What’s the point?</p>
<p>I mean, maybe there is one, I just have no idea what it is. Please enlighten?</p>
<p>Agree, raelah. From the research I did on this topic last year when my son was applying, resumes are not appreciated by admissions officers who must wade thru a lot of material. Make your summaries more succinct and fit the info in the application. If something is very important and totally doesn’t fit anywhere else, put a few lines into the additional info section if there is one.</p>
<p>Maybe for top schools or common app schools resume’s aren’t necessary. However for two 2nd tier schools I applied too, their EC explanation was very lackluster. They didn’t even let you put what it was. You had to scroll to a general EC that it could fall under. Then the explanation wouldn’t even let me put in more than one second. A resume more than makes up for this situation. Also my CC recommends that all students do a resume. I think its more of a personal choice than anything however.</p>
<p>This is somewhat off topic, but, do I have to fill out the boxes for extracurricular and jobs on the application if I attached a resume telling them the same stuff? I know I have to on the common app, but what about other apps?</p>