<p>I will be sending a resume to schools that I am applying to, but my guidance counselor said I should include the hours-per-week/weeks-per-year info on the resume, even though that info is already included on the common app. I think my resume looks better and is easier to read without that info, and it's on the application anyway. I thinks the resume shoud just be additional info that is not on the app.</p>
<p>Also, my guidance counselor said NOT to put rank/gpa/test scores on the resume because the schools will see that from transcripts, etc, but I think it makes my resume more impressive to have that information on there. Does anyone know if I should or should not include these pieces of info on my resume? Thanks!</p>
<p>I agree with you and not with your guidance counselor. A resume should grab attention and it would get bogged down with the hours stuff, and as you noted, it is already on the common application. I also agree that is is OK to put in GPA, test scores/rank. I don't think there is any one way to do a resume for a college application.</p>
<p>I don't think any of this will make or break your application but what I think is:</p>
<p>Resume: definitely rank and GPA. Not necessarily test scores, but whatever you want.</p>
<p>Put your work and the general dates you did it like 08/05-09/05. And you can add hours/wk if you want to. I don't really see the point of weeks/year if you have the dates already on it.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the good advice...my resume already has the dates (like from...date...to date, etc) but I agree that it is easier to read and grabs way more attention when the hours-per-week stuff is left off. I'll just add, next to my work experience, that I have over 450 hours of work experience so far, since wording it like that seems impossible to do on the common app.</p>
<p>Put rank, GPA, and test scores. I think your counselor's concern is that: it will take up too much space, and it might be redundant. But if you've got it...flaunt it.</p>