<p>I am a college freshman and I need letters of recommendation and a resume for jobs/internships/etc. What if we don't personally know alot of professors yet? is it okay to have someone that you knew from high school (counselor, mentor, community service director) write you a recommendation letter? And for the resume, including only college courses and college activities would make a very short resume, can we still include notable achievements from high school?</p>
<p>Include high school achievements as well. </p>
<p>Are you applying for positions that specifically ask for letters of recommendations? I haven't heard of that... what kind of jobs are these?</p>
<p>Many internships ask for references and such, especially research ones.</p>
<p>yeah..im facing the same issue..i feel silly asking my research PI for a rec when i have only been there for 3 months...but i might just do it because i dont know who else to ask...i might go back to high school tho..</p>
<p>If you do not want to be laughed at, make your resume one page, single- sided. Your professors have the right to have multi-page CVs. You do not. Trust me, you are not that important as an undergrad.</p>
<p>Include only college achievements. If you have nothing to write on your CV, turn off the computer and do something.</p>
<p>EDIT: Some things to include that almost everyone can include:
-your major
-your GPA
-any honors :deans list, etc.- it's been a semester, you should know stuff like this soon
-any special skills you have
-computer programs you are familiar with
-classes you have taken that will be relevant for the internship (if you can't list any, is this internship really right for you?)</p>
<p>^^lollybo, your input then is that we shouldn't include anything from high school then?</p>
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^^lollybo, your input then is that we shouldn't include anything from high school then?
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<p>Lollybo's advice is very good. The only thing I'd include from high school is maybe work experience/skills learned from your later HS years that could be relevant towards what ever you are applying to. (For example: Include interning at an engineering company senior year in HS because you are applying for an engineering internship now in college.)</p>
<p>If you were an Eagle Scout you should certainly include that information.</p>
<p>lollybo is correct. Unless you're applying for a position as an incoming freshmen (i.e., haven't even had a single semester of college), you really shouldn't use HS achievements. Instead, use what you've done in college. Even as a graduate (with your BA), your resume should not exceed 1 page (rule of thumb: resumes should not exceed 1 page until you earn your MA or have a significant amount of post-graduate professional experience). CVs, on the other hand, will likely hit around 2-3 pages by the time you graduate with your BA (much than 3 would likely be a bit ridiculous for a fresh BA graduate). My current CV (6 months out of UG) that I am using for Ph.D. applications is 2 1/2 pages, including references; however, my resume is 1 page with a reference page attached. CVs for tenured professors, on the other hand, often top 15-20 pages in length. So don't feel like you need to write anything too big and long. Including your HS work in a CV while you're in college makes you look like you haven't done anything significant since then, which is certainly not the impression you are hoping to make.</p>
<p>While I agree with everything in lollybo's "edit" section, I still think you should put down h.s. achievements / experience if you have nothing else. Maybe not so much for achievements, but definitely work experience. How much work experience can you possibly have 2 months into college?</p>
<p>Yeah. I agree with ken285... I am a freshman applying for research positions and I emailed the heads of those programs. They said to include major research and awards that I received in my junior and senior years of high school relevant to the positions I am applying for, since there is usually very little opportunities given to freshmen in their first semester.</p>