<p>hey..great website...just happen to run across it....I'm doing some research for my son...he's been in Key Club for 4 yrs..and has won several awards and has been in the newspaper about 10 times in our town..for various reasons...always for community service, school functions...things like that... he is applying for Early Decision and having an interview,and someone told me to have Staples make up a small folder with several but not many of his clippings and one or two awards and present it to the admissoner officer that day......does anyone think that is a good idea..he has also won the Mayor's award...very impressive stuff..and i would like them to see some of it...and he wants to continue this in the university he is applying to....so it is something he is very dedictated to....any feedback is apprectiated.....thanks</p>
<p>I would go with a resume or "brag sheet". One page that the interviewer can glance at during the interview. If a person has to flip pages, they might miss something important.</p>
<p>What's a BRAG SHEET???????????? dont mean to sound dumb but???????</p>
<p>"Brag sheet" is just a kind of slang-y way of saying a resume listing awards, etc. Others will have more specific format suggestions (as my S never used one), but I think it would have his name, school, GPA, something about his academic coursework and then - the key part for your S - his community service and related awards, his school awards, etc. In a resume or bullet format.</p>
<p>Sorry,
It is like a resume. Son's listed his goals-type of university he was looking for, programs interested in, activities he wanted to continue(community service) at top.</p>
<p>Then there was academic section-gpa, academic awards.</p>
<p>Activities-Key club-different offices held. Projects/things he accomplished as president. </p>
<p>Band-same-listed stuff he did that was outstanding</p>
<p>Athletic-mentioned he was a second degree black belt.</p>
<p>I remember googling resumes and he played around with the presentation.</p>
<p>Good luck, I am sure others will give you better ideas</p>
<p>This way you can list all the great awards.</p>
<p>oh, and welcome to cc.</p>
<p>There are almost as many presentation styles as there are students. :) Mine produced what he called his "one-pager" which was organized as follows:</p>
<p>Name, Address, Phone
Email address, URL of photography portfolio
Main scholarly interests
- 3 sections (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics/Electronics), listing awards and significant courses studied for each
Extracurricular focus areas
- 4 sections (community service, robotics, photography, graphic design), again listing awards, offices, and significant accomplishments for each</p>
<p>Although it appears mine didn't put his school, GPA, scores, etc. on his, there's no reason one couldn't. A brag sheet is an excuse to gather together things you'd like to highlight about yourself, which might not be easily available otherwise. Encourage your son to have fun putting this together! He might produce a brag sheet and bring along it and copies of the awards or articles he mentions on the sheet, as attachments.</p>
<p>My advice would be to have your S bring the folder along with a brag sheet. That would give the interviewer some options. Make sure the folder/brag sheet are things that S can leave with the interviewer. Having those details can allow the interviewer to concentrate more on what your S says, not on taking notes.</p>
<p>Unless your S has art skills to show off, don't bother with fancy paper or graphics. That can make a student look like they used a professional college consultant, which turns many adcoms off.</p>
<p>Madmom
My S as well is a Key Clubber for all 4 years of HS.He's now a Lt Gov in our state,NY,which gives him lots of administrative responsibility (8 schools and growing).He formerly was the HS club president, and also serves on several state committees and has spoken at the State Convention.Key Club is a wonderful avenue for students to grow in and learn leadership and communication skills.
We reflected all the activitiy/responsibility by highlighting his involvement on his activity resume (what others are calling a brag sheet).We made it the first lisiting under leadership/volunteerism and worked out way backwards from 12th to 9th grade.He will be writing about his involvement for some of the essay/short answer questions on apps as a way to highlight his involvement.Also,one of his recc letters is from his English teacher/Key Club advisor..she knows him so well from all the years,all the trips,all the outside volunteer stuff... which certainly came in handy.You could as well highlight the activity with an outside reference..Key Club officers have so much contact with adults through their Kiwanis sponsors.</p>
<p>At one interview, my S brought along a "conversation starter" with the idea to use it if the opportunity arose. It wasn't "brag" type stuff, though. His great-great uncle was in the class of 1924, so he brought a fi****l of postcards uncle had sent to family, with views of campus. Interviewer loved them, and it helped show S's familiarity with school, and gave them a chance to talk about how much they both loved the school. Had nothing to do with academics at all, but it immediately gave the interviewer and S a common ground. (He got in, and graduated from there - UPenn.)</p>
<p>Our impression of the interviews S went to were that they were meant to get one more impression of the applicant -- not necessarily focused on "how great I am" but rather how applicant fits at the school. That CAN be academically - so a few clippings could augment the interview, if your S plans on continuing the activity at the college and wants to talk about that at the interview. If it is going to take away from what your S REALLY wants to talk about, then I would say save it for the application.</p>
<p>sorry OP just realized you were asking about presenting info during an interview, not on the application...</p>
<p>do your best to make it one-page</p>