<p>Should I mention FIDE ratings on my resume?</p>
<p>How heavily rated players are considered?</p>
<p>What if I have a top 200 rank in a National Chess Tournament and I am not rated? Will it look dumb? Will it be considered heavily?</p>
<p>Please help…</p>
<p>I’ll be honest with you - if this is something you’re passionate about, then you should definitely put it on your app. It shows accomplishment and that can’t hurt your chances</p>
<p>Market what’s worth marketing.</p>
<p>If chess is important to you and you spend a lot of time doing it (hopefully you’ve started or joined some kind of chess club/team at school) but your FIDE rating isn’t exceptional, don’t worry about the rating and focus on the qualitative things.</p>
<p>If your FIDE rating is good…I don’t know, 2000+? I’d include both the qualitative things and also mention the rating. </p>
<p>In any case, I doubt most admissions officers know that much about organized chess.</p>
<p>Thank you all for responding…</p>