<p>I have a tendency to be extremely concise in everything, whether it be essays or packing for a trip.</p>
<p>My resume is, therefore, about a page. It details my work experience, all major awards, all major clubs, languages, academic stuff, volunteering hours, and that's it. </p>
<p>I was wondering, is that appropriate for colleges/scholarship programs, or would it be better to have a fat, 4-page resume that laundry-lists? Because regardless of how superficial some entries are bound to be, it shows involvement, at least in writing the long resume!</p>
<p>i didn't laundry list. mine was 1 page with explanations of 5 ec's.</p>
<p>Concision is a virtue, as long as you don't omit anything important. Folks who are reading a high school student's four-page resume are going to be aware that it's padded.</p>
<p>One page is sufficient. I've been on a lot of scholarship committees. The only reason that many students have resumes longer than one page is that they exaggerate or write unnecessary details about their activities. Just make sure that you explain any honors or ECs that the colleges or scholarship programs may not be familiar with.</p>
<p>For instance, everyone knows what National Honor Society is and people can figure out what "Spanish Honor Society" means, but things like Mu Alpha Theta may not be known to local scholarship committee members who aren't in math or science fields.</p>
<p>But is it even worth writing in very common stuff like 'student senate' or 'debate team' or anything - or stick to major awards (not that I have any lol)</p>
<p>Yikes...my resume is 7 pages long.</p>