Not attaching a resume

<p>On the common app. The essay really addresses my D's involvement with an EC for 10 years. She works, that's going in the short answer. Additional information may be about her independence/self sufficiency in light of her brother's mental illness issues and how it took her parents attention away from her so frequently. She did an enrichment program in the summer. Has a couple other service-oriented ECs.</p>

<p>Is she at a disadvantage by not adding a resume? There's just nothing else to put on there....</p>

<p>My son is not adding a resume neither. If there is nothing else, or just some tiny awards, then I think a resume with repeated honors already listed on the Commonapp doesn’t really looks good.</p>

<p>Good luck to your daughter!</p>

<p>Very timely, Sujormik; S is mulling this one also. I think there is a general frustration with the format of the EC page of the CA, those darn character limits make for very truncated descriptions. But then S finished his resume and realized that there really wasn’t all that much more on there and the CA “extra info” space was probably better used for something else. He has an unusual one-off event he’d like to describe–he was the only junior asked to sit on an unusual school committee last year–sort of an honor, not really an EC. He should probably use the space for that. But the EC page looks like such a hodge podge and the resume is so clean and pretty.</p>

<p>No resume for my son, either.</p>

<p>My son didn’t put in a resume, he didn’t feel it would add anything that wasn’t addressed one place or another in the application.</p>

<p>Resume is not necessary is Common App is carefuly crafted/essays etc.
Most important is to list those ECs etc that are most important to student in that order. # hrs weekly. Short descriptions.</p>

<p>Agree with others. And, remember, the personal statement is meant to show-not-tell about a strength, an evolution, some neat thing she learned about herself- ie, something revealing about her, not necessarily something about the EC itself or details about her involvement in it.</p>

<p>Sample of one, my kids did not attach resumes. It may be useful to craft a resume just to remember and organize everything that you’ve done, but it’s not necessary.</p>

<p>No resumes attached to common apps for this family either.</p>

<p>^^^^^^^^^Ditto</p>

<p>My son didn’t attach a resume a couple years ago, and did extremely well in admissions.</p>

<p>Another parent asked me this question and I did not know - where to attach the resume? It seems at one of the campus interviews her son was told to attach a resume.</p>

<p>I did not think it was necessary.</p>

<p>FWIW, the guidance counselor at my D’s school is telling students to attach a resume. I guess I don’t see how it can hurt. The college can always just ignore it.</p>

<p>^The risk is kids who assume they college will read it (even read it with enthusiasm) and put less effort into the EC section itself. Each section of the CA is important, for what it is. Also, with limited time to review an app, you don’t want some unneeded, lengthy extras that a reviewer has to spend time culling through, to see if there is anything fresh. That can actually be aggravating. Apparently some colleges do encourage it- see what the applicant’s colleges say.</p>