<p>Is it wise to include future plans on your college application resume? Such as:</p>
<pre><code> "Undergraduate degree in Psychology, followed by JD (and eventual PhD). Eventual work at a law firm, hopefully temporarily with the FBI as well."
Is it too overbearing/too much? If I were to include this, would it be best to cut everything past the JD/PhD mention? Should I not include it at all? I feel like it's just...too much. Yet I've heard colleges like you to have an idea of what you want to do (but do they want THAT much detail? Probably not).
Thank you.
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<p>No, resumes are about what you have accomplished to date. </p>
<p>Truthfully, whenever I hear a student wants to be X, Y, or Z, I take it with a grain of salt unless they have extremely strong academic & EC activities that show it–and then it’s in your resume anyway.</p>
<p>Agree that if you are going to include a resume, and that is not necessary at all, only list your accomplishments. A college CV is not like a job resume where people sometimes list objectives. Your current objective is to get into the college you are applying to, and that is clear from your submitting an application.</p>
<p>There is no recipe.</p>
<p>Write about your career related passions, past, current and (if you choose and if you know) future. Support your descriptions with convincing examples. An essay is often a good vehicle for doing this. Cast the future in terms of what you’d like to achieve, and only indirectly with labels (like doctor, lawyer, or MBA). If you don’t know, or are not sure, you can’t really be specific. So don’t be.</p>