<p>I'm hearing a lot about how some students are including resumes with their college applications. How exactly are these formatted, and what does one exactly include on them? And does including one increase one's chances of admission?</p>
<p>I second thy question! Lets wait for answers!</p>
<p>Thirded.
Also, how would you send a resume with the common app since it's online and they don't let you send extra stuff like resumes on the app? (what, do you send it manually to the colleges individually?)</p>
<p>you add the resume to the "additional info" session of the common app online. I am not sure if it increases any chances. It may depend on what the resume is, if it is an extension of the activities portion...</p>
<p>I'd like to know the best format for such resume that looks clean, nice, and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes of the admission officers. Anybody?</p>
<p>I didn't do so much a resume as an extension of the activities list, in which I made a table on a Word document and put some room on the right for a short description (2-3 sentences) of the activity. Landscape, not portrait.</p>
<p>thanks dchow. anyone have any other advice?</p>
<p>I listed my name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address in the top right, and my high school, unweighted and weighted GPA in the left corner. Then I proceeded to list Extra-Curricular Activities, Honors and Achievements, Work Experience, Community Service, and Summer Education and Activities.</p>
<p>Next to each (I tried to include as much as possible from my 4 high school years, while keeping it to one page), I included title (President, Secretary, etc.) and years done. On my Brown application, I think I also included hours/week approximately. I gave explanations as to why some activities were discontinued, short description of certain awards that weren't straight-forward and of what I did exactly at work/volunteer/summer things.
The activity and title + small description usually took up one line at most.</p>
<p>I heard that some colleges don't like resumes, but I send them to everyone. Sometimes I even sent it twice by accident (once with HS transcript and teacher/counselor recommendations, and again online). As long as it contributes SOMETHING, a small explanation of sorts, I'd think it's okay. I only did this because I wasn't that close with my counselor and she wouldn't've been able to do me justice.</p>
<p>Very nice post! Which are the colleges that don't like to see the resume??</p>
<p>My D and I found resumes critical in her case, because of the number of academic & non-academic awards which indicated level of accomplishment, & also the timeline of her e.c.'s. She did not use online apps, but paper apps. (Partly for this reason.) Also, at the time our operating system & other electronic considerations were not exactly current. Thirdly, the descriptions themselves (which we thought as important as anything) would never have fit. She actually tried on the paper apps, & ended up referring the reader to "the attachments."</p>
<p>It may sound as if it was overload , but the way to do this involves layout, font, & organization. One doesn't have much control over those elements if you're doing it online. </p>
<p>Some people like to squeeze everything onto one page. That's fine if it's readable & flows. We chose to use more white space & to separate by categories -- knowing how little time the readers have when reviewing these apps.</p>
<p>So you really have to assess what your accomplishments & activities are, & their categories. If there's a View & Print to the whole online app., I would first do that to look at how readable it is with your activities, etc. all inserted into "Additional Info."</p>
<p>As I say, in her case, it made no sense to do it that way. Even with a better operating system now, I doubt she would have chosen non-paper apps.</p>
<p>Anyone can PM me for more info.</p>
<p>thanks all</p>
<p>Thanks!!!!</p>