<p>I have to write a resume for one of my college applications. Has anyone else had to do this? If you have, do you mind sharing the format you used or a website that showed you how? Thanks</p>
<p>Yes. I did mine by hand, and my GC (who knows what she's doing...) liked it. The key is to keep it concise.</p>
<p>Mine was divided into activities (for a few, I had a larger category, e.g. "math") that listed years of participation.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>Food Activities: If you want to clump different things that are all similar
Waffle Club (9-12)
[ul]President (11-12)[/ul]
[ul]First Place Competitor, Baelorville Waffle Competition (11)[/ul]</p>
<p>Pie Club (10-12)
[ul]'Glutton Extraordinaire' designation, Pie Eating Assc. of Baelorville (10-11)[/ul]</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>The "Food Activities" one is only relevant if you have an umbrella term for activities that are all related, as I said. For example, writing for the school newspaper, teaching a writing workshop for underprivileged kids, and tutoring for cash could all be listed under "Writing" or something if you wanted.</p>
<p>I like the format -- all awards are clear, easy to read, and so on.</p>
<p>Thanks Baelor for your suggestions. </p>
<p>Rice</a> Memorial High School - College Resume Writing Tips</p>
<p>I found this link. is this something that might work?</p>
<p>hey BAELOR i got a question
do we have to write a summary for each of the activities?e.g the impressive stories, the feedback, the gaining from the activities.
thanks</p>
<p>I'm applying to college, so I'm not an absolute authority.</p>
<p>With that being said, most of my activities were self-explanatory. For any competitions, I just listed the full names. </p>
<p>I wouldn't use it to list impressive stories or gaining; there is the CommonApp EC essay and the other essays for that. I'm just using it so they know what activities I do that aren't listed on the CommonApp, and what awards I've gotten and didn't have room to list.</p>
<p>I wouldn't write paragraphs each activity - use the essay section for that. If there are any activities whose names are not self-explanitory, I'd include a couple words in parenthesis just to clarify.</p>
<p>In Baelor's example, for instance, did the club make waffles or eat them?</p>
<p>A couple of comments from a former admissions officer. (1) Make sure even if you include a resume that you complete the chart for extracurricular atcivities on the personal application. (2) It is okay to comment on individual activities in a couple of sentences on a resume, but limit this to ones of importance to you. (3) Unless a school asks for an essay on extracurriculars, I would <em>not</em> provide this detail in an essay, unless it directly relates to the topic.</p>
<p>What if you have a club that no one has heard before, or is unique to the school, or something like that? For instance, a club in my school is called "V.O.I.C.E.: Voices Of Inspiration Causing Enlightenment," which is essentially our poetry/rap/freestyle/creative, vocal expression club. So would I write:</p>
<p>V.O.I.C.E.: Voices Of Inspiration Causing Enlightenment (Poetry Club (12))</p>
<p>Founder: (12)?</p>
<p>Falthor -- Try this and see what you think.</p>
<p>V.O.I.C.E. (Voices of Inspiration Causing Enlightenment)
* High school club for poetry/rap/freestyle/creative, vocal expression
* 25 members, two fundraising activities (obviously I made this up)
* Founding officer (12)</p>
<p>If it's something they'll never have heard of (as in your case), you want to identify the purpose, the scope (e.g., high school, local, regional, national), and your involvement in it.</p>
<p>If it's an award they'll never have heard of, same thing, but it's good to state how many competitors there are and what percentage of them receive the same award.</p>
<p>IvyLeague:
PM'd you</p>
<p>Hmm…what is wrong with going into explanations of your activities and such? Isn’t that the point of a resume: because the commonapp doesn’t allow you to talk about your activities, and because you’re not supposed to explain that kind of stuff in essays?</p>
<p>Thank you for reviving a two-year old thread.</p>
<p>…your welcome. I’d rather not start a new one.</p>
<p>can i get a BUMPPPPP</p>