<p>I'm a complete stranger to the college admissions process. I'm wondering if it is considered important to have a resume in addition to the normal common app/normal application forms. Does this make you look like a stronger, more professional applicant? Or is it just presumptuous and unnecessary? I'm hoping to apply to Ivy League caliber schools, including Yale and Brown. Please help me understand what's expected of a competitive applicant! Thank you!</p>
<p>Does this make you look like a stronger, more professional applicant? </p>
<p>No</p>
<p>Or is it just presumptuous and unnecessary? </p>
<p>Not presumptuous but some students feel the space allotted in the app isn’t sufficient. Regardless, don’t submit more than ONE PAGE. If you do, then it’ll definitely be presumptuous.</p>
<p>As for what is expected, go to Y and B’s webpages— they spell out clearly what viable candidates look like. Excellent and hungry scholars first and foremost.</p>
<p>Thanks, that helps a lot</p>
<p>Does anyone agree/disagree with T26E4?</p>
<p>Though I wouldn’t go to the extremes that he/she said (saying that it makes you look presumptuous) I would agree 100% with him/her</p>
<p>Most students dont attach an additional resume unless it’s for a supplement (like an arts supplement or something). I had to attach a music resume for that. But in general, there’s plenty of room on the common app for all important achievements, awards, etc. A resume isn’t needed.</p>
<p>At my daughter’s prep school, every application had a resume sent with the counselor’s packet. My daughter’s was two pages and it did not hurt her in the admissions process.</p>
<p>A resume is not essential but many applicants applying to top tier schools attach them. It is just one more attachment mostly to show your activities that don’t appear on the regular applications, like to detail your extracurricular activities (like music, special classes, work, community service, etc.) If it doesn’t add anything to your application, you probably shouldn’t bother.</p>