<p>Is it a good idea to include a resume with applications that don't require one?</p>
<p>For example, if a scholarship says to include everything in the following order:
1. Scholarship Form
2. Essay
3. Transcript
4. Rec letter</p>
<p>Could you just go ahead and put a resume at the very top?</p>
<p>I heard sometimes that just shows you don't follow directions. I know some apps specifically say not to do stuff like that, but is it a good idea for the ones that are more vague and have a very minimal app?</p>
<p>If it were me, I would send only what they ask for.</p>
<p>If the people reading it are remotely reasonably, it won’t be a problem. They don’t have to read it. But they might not be.</p>
<p>I’m mostly just asking because the PTA ones at my school (and a few other local ones) all have really minimal applications but they say that if you need more room you can include a second sheet. I really don’t need more room (no one really would need more room, they give you plenty) but clearly they’re not worried about length it appears. Would slipping in the resume at the back of an application be snobby? I figure the readers can just throw it out right?</p>
<p>If it says that you can add an extra sheet, I don’t think it would be bad. What you want to avoid is adding a resume that simply repeats everything on the application.</p>
<p>I get what you’re saying. The application I’m working on right now just asks you to list the activities you’re involved with in school but doesn’t ask for leadership positions or any details. My resume explains all of that and I’m hoping that’ll set me apart.</p>
<p>I think that is good. My daughter was involved in a couple of activities that were not well known(problem solving group) and her resume clarified that. Her school included a resume with every college application.</p>