<p>could anyone tell me whens the best time to send off RD apps- when shud be the latest date-around 20th Dec?
also,how many pages shud the resume be ideally?
did anyone like make their resume attractive like superficially like font colour and all- i mean doesnt that like take impresson away from the real deal?
also,shud the resume be signed and attested by the Guidance counselor and printed on a school letterhead???</p>
<p>hope some of u could help me out in this dilemma......
thanks</p>
<p>what resume????</p>
<p>Many applicants to good schools do not send resumes. If you decide to send one, make the information that shows you at your best easy to spot -- not cluttered with detail. Use only one standard font and no decorations , colors or distractions. Resume is usually not an official part of the app unless required by the school, just an extra--need not be signed by anyone</p>
<p>The date you mail it is totally irrelevant - they won't even look at them till mid-Jan at the earliest. </p>
<p>Resume - THEY DON'T ASK FOR A RESUME. That's a gimmick. There are seperate places for ECs, work, awards, etc. I woulnd't fret over it.</p>
<p>sent it in asap, i've heard that adcoms like it but that's just a rumor...</p>
<p>Haha, I've heard both that they kinda like it and that they ABSOLUTELY HATE IT because it gives them so much more work to look through the thing (since yes, they usually go through whatever you send unless you've specifically been told not to send something). </p>
<p>You can make the call...I'd think hard though before sending one in.</p>
<p>hmmm then just in case,im sending 3pg resume cos i dont have enuff space in the commonapp
and u think sending it off by 20 th dec is ok???</p>
<p>3-page resume is overkill. If you must send one, highlight the most important stuff on one page that is well-designed to draw attention to aspects not covered in the rest of the app. Only reason for more than one page is if you already had about 25 publications!</p>
<p>lol but the 3 page one is the compressed one...i couldnt go any smaller thenn\ that .it would be at the expense of crossing major awards and all...i can max make it 2 and half...would that be ok/</p>
<p>princeton rep said that anything over a page is way overkill. she said "i dont even have a resume thats over one pages and neither should you"</p>
<p>My g.c. sent mine in along with my transcript. It was one and a half pages long but only covered my 5 major ECs. All the other fluff (NHS, Key Club, Mock Congress,community service, etc.) was left off. I wouldn't call it a resume but basically a supplement to the Activity/Interest section as I could not include these details on the application. I do not believe this was overkill.</p>
<p>travis and the princeton rep are right!!
Sometimes less is more.</p>
<p>It's a well-known fact that Princeton accepts roughly .05% of regular decision applicants. If you didn't apply early, you have almost no chance of getting in and you will then have to work at Burger King (if they let Princeton rejects even work there LOL!) because the only school in the entire world is Princeton</p>