How to Tune the Resume - for College

Applying to College
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<p>Hey Everyone,</p>

<p>With the mechanics of the college application process coming up, I'm wondering how to put my extracurricular activities and such in proper detail on the application and as a seperate resume.</p>

<p>Though I won't go into the specifics of it, the biggest items I'm involved in is that I'm a big figure in US Party Politics, being a national organizer for a branch of one of the major parties, and obviously have done a lot here. I'm also head in my state of another lobbyist firm that (duh) lobbies washington and is quite well recieved by the government. I do some other things in my school too such as SG President and such. I've worked on lots of campaigns as an intern and have been offered jobs (good old political patronage)(well-paying too) whenever the political currents are flowing my way. </p>

<p>I already have a resume I use when I apply for internships and various other things. But the question is that how should I pitch this on a college resume. For my regular resume I use for jobs and internships and appointments, I have it perfectly tuned already because most people who I give this too already are familiar with the various organizations and lobbyist firms. A College admissions officer however likely would not be familiar since they likely have very few high school'ers with such activities in high school. How much explanation should I give? How many achievments shoud I list? (Because I do have a good deal of concrete achievments from my work in lobbying and organizing). </p>

<p>How do I pitch it too so that I don't seem like a political machinist to the officers too? I'm afraid a little bit of that, especially due to my lobbyist connection, but I believe since it's such a major part I shouldn't leave it off. I'm also a bit afraid that I'm so high up and involved in the politics of one party that I am probally the biggest magnet possible for actual partisanship, because I do have a name for myself in one of the parties. Thus, if I get a person of the opposing party, I would be the most likely person to get my butt whooped for that. Advice??</p>

<p>I'm wondering too a bit how I can swirl these into my essays also, if possible, because then that there would likely attract even more partisanship, though I think my passion for politics is very well-demonstrated through them.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump .</p>

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<p>I would attach a Word document onto the Additional Information section of the college application.</p>

<p>You should make a table that lists the type of activity, the number of hours a week, the number of weeks per year, and a short description (around 3-4 sentences) about what you do so that colleges know, and an indication on a separate column of whether you intend to pursue this in college.</p>

<p>For example,</p>

<p>Team Read 11-12 6 30 Team Read is an after-school tutoring program where I help 3rd-graders read at ______ Elementary School. I get paid as a Coach. As Ambassador, I am also involved in fundraising, organizing events like book drives, and thinking of better tutoring methods. No.</p>

<p>That's what I did on my application. There's a reason why there are only seven or so spaces for activities: colleges don't have lots of time to read about everything you do, so just put the most important and time-consuming activities and briefly explain what it means.</p>

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<p>dchow08:</p>

<p>So did you leave the extracurricular activities section blank, since you had uploaded your activity list as a Word document in the Additional Information section? Or did you fill in that section, but attached the document as well?</p>