<p>can we send in a resume?</p>
<p>You may, although everyone on CC would probably strongly advise you not too, myself included. There is an exception. If you honestly have something that no other applicant would have and you know for sure that it is extremely unique than go for it.</p>
<p>^why would you advise against it?</p>
<p>YES! As I just posted somewhere else, sending in a resume is okay, it's often done. There are probably a few things you should do about it though :
1) keep it organized
2) keep it SHORT (i would say try to keep it to a page, two max ((my own personal opinion)) they already have tons to read, don't make it too hard on them</p>
<p>I sent one in. I got in. Don't send pages and pages, you'll probably be okay.</p>
<p>Why not just use the additional information section on the common app?</p>
<p>I sent in six pages to Yale...yeah maybe not the greatest idea in the world. My line of thinking was that I worked hard and did a lot of stuff in high school, so why not showcase all of it and leave no stone unturned?? Go with your gut in any case.</p>
<p>You'd be well advised to know that EAD got deferred. Just in case you were thinking about sending in six pages.</p>
<p>If you send in a resume, limit it to one typed page. Make it tell the adcom something they couldn't know from your app.</p>
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that's my question too</p>
<p>quickflood & thykingdom come--</p>
<p>A lot of the reason why people prefer to send a resume in separately has to do with formatting. Common app's not particularly good about indenting, etc etc, and some people (myself included) would prefer to make sure that a resume is clean-cut and formatted impecably for the adcoms to have an easier time reading it.</p>