<p>Unlike Common app schools, we are not allowed to submit a resume detailing our extracurriculars, awards/honors, community, etc. I don't think I could list even my most significant piano accomplishments in ONE LINE and I certainly wouldn't be able to summarize my high school career in SEVEN lines! Is there anyway around this? I know for music accomplishments I could just send in a CD and the "required" resume and recommendation from my piano teacher. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>There really is no way around this. I remember having a lot of trouble condensing my activities. However, your accomplishments should come through in your recommendations and essays. Also, remember, Stanford wants you to be accomplished in several activities. They do not want to see someone who has insignificantly dabbled in many activities.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this too, since I have some out of school activities that my teachers can't really talk about in recommendations. But I've heard of some people who ignored Stanford's request and sent in resumes/activity lists anyway, and got in. And not only did they get in, but apparently they were heavily sought out (called by professors, sent special letters, etc.) because the adcoms were so impressed with them. So it seemed like the resumes helped them out?</p>
<p>Is there anyone here who sent in a resume and got in?</p>
<p>They really don't want you to send in resumes. That doesn't mean they will auto-reject you if you do, but the admissions officer will be a little annoyed that you didn't follow their request. If you are really good at something you will probably spend many hours a week doing it, you probably have some kind of award, it is likely to come up in teacher recs (btw you can always inform teachers of what you do outside of school or at least your GC), and at least one of your activities will be discussed in one of the short answer questions. I really have a hard time imagining that anyone has done so much and accomplished so much that it can't be written as seven activities and several awards. Activities can be condensed if that helps. All of one's music activities, for example, could be combined. Or everything related to debate (say actual speech and debate, MUN, JSA, etc.). I doubt there are many people who are very actively involved in more than seven activities. There just isn't time for that! And with the awards just choose the most important ones. Don't write in awards about National Merit Semifinalist (they can see you would qualify when you send in your PSAT score and they see the state you're from), Who's Who (it's a joke, not a real honor at all), etc. If you MUST add extra activities/awards then use the same format that they use on the application. And the people who were heavily sought after who sent in resumes could just be very strong applicants who were sought after in spite of, not because of, the fact that they sent in a resume.</p>
<p>Umm or you could not be a tool and not send in a resume?</p>
<p>dont forget too that everyone who applies to stanford goes through the same application process. its not like 7 lines of activities, and 8 lines of awards is unfair to you only.</p>
<p>hey thanks everyone for your responses! to "ajimmykid" it could be unfair to the student who has won more smaller awards as opposed to a kid that has won only a few very big awards. anyway, i'll keep all of your comments in mind when deciding whether or not to send in a resume.</p>
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<p>So for example, if I've both played and coached lacrosse, could that all be condensed, or would that be inadvisable? Right now, it looks like I can choose only one to put on my app. Also, would that have a tendency to appear too messy?</p>
<p>you have to send in your PSAT score? really? i thought it was only SAT/SATII/ACT?</p>
<p>Yeah I do not think that you can send your PSAT scores.</p>
<p>"Don't write in awards about National Merit Semifinalist (they can see you would qualify when you send in your PSAT score and they see the state you're from), "</p>
<p>ok then i was right...marlgirl, you stand corrected. anyone who got National Merit, you SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY write about getting National Merit under awards/honors!!! that's like a very very top award that colleges definitely would love to see. colleges don't see your PSAT score, so don't assume they'd assume you won if you don't explicitly state it. PSAT's purpose is to make you eligible for winning NMQST and giving you a foretaste of SAT, but doesn't actually matter in college admissions unless you got an award/money for your score.</p>
<p>aznxboy, they specifically ask to not attach further materials.. i don't understand why you're still considering sending in a resume too. i seriously imagine it can only be to your disadvantage</p>
<p>I didn't send in a resume but I did send in some extra stuff detailing my most significant EC, but I think it was excusable b/c it was more unusual. I organized a golf tournament fundraiser to raise money for an orphanage in China. I sent Stanford a newspaper article about the event as well as our event program. My admissions officer actually mentioned it when she saw me, so I really do believed it helped.</p>
<p>Be careful about what you send in extra. If it's necessary, they won't hold it against you. For the most part, the EC list, awards list, and essays are sufficient. In my case, that part of the application could only justify my time commitment and why I did what I did; it couldn't clarify WHAT I did. Awards speak for themselves, as do many activities. So be careful about what you send in, and make it worth their while. Don't send in a resume though, as they are awfully clear about that.</p>
<p>I will tell you what I did to get around the resume limitations. I asked my teachers to talk about accomplishments in their letters that I didnt have time to list in activities and also didnt bother relisting the accomplishments that I had talked about in my essays. That way I was able to maximize the amount of information I gave them. </p>
<p>DO NOT SEND IN A RESUME.</p>
<p>^Hey that sounds mighty smart.</p>
<p>^^thanks, collegecanwait, I just thought of that too :) i think i'll do that!</p>