<p>can i send my resume to Penn?
is there a link where i can upload it?
or are they just gonna feed information off of the Common App activities we filled in?</p>
<p>if you're doing the application online, then i don't think you can upload your resume, especially on the common app. so yeah, they look at the info on your activities portion of the common app. </p>
<p>if you're doing the paper application, then you can attach a resume.</p>
<p>they (and almost all schools) really don't want resumes.</p>
<p>I would send a resume, portfolio and anything else you think speaks volumes about your talent and work ethic. I wouldn't dare ask anyone in the administration about it either, I would just do it. Hopefully upon receiving those materials and reviewing them, you would really enhance your chances (it could backfire if your work isn't considerably above avg. and your resume doesn't jump out at them though). It worked for me.</p>
<p>Should i be sending in a paper application, then?</p>
<p>What about a summary of what you did in extra-curricular activities?</p>
<p>I'd apply online, then send in supplementary materials on my own.</p>
<p>Schools don't generally want resumes. </p>
<p>Here's is one thing I also don't understand: how can somebody just pinpoint his or her success to one little thing (I'm referring to you, datdude)? You and anyone else don't know what got you in. That's the end of that, unless schools like Penn send out personalized acceptance letters, which I only think Brown does out of all the Ivies.</p>
<p>I'd rather not personalize these things. There must be someone on this thread more deserving of your attention than me. If this is an attempt to have one of these "cyber-disputes," I honestly have too much work to do for that because I'm trying to KEEP my spot here. I'm offering advice about things I did that helped me get in because I was and still am very confident that my resume, portfolio and extracurrilcular activities helping me get in, along with my GPA. lmicheellee posted a thread and I responded to it. Now, if there's a problem with that, oh well. We tend to get over these things, don't we?</p>
<p>Yes. I respect ALL opinions.</p>
<p>But i'm getting mixed answers here....=/</p>
<p>Ask your counselor. Every counselor I've met with has said that you should not include a resume because colleges don't want to see it.</p>
<p>"just wanted to say that people shouldn't be discouraged from sending some extra stuff in, if it actually stands out. for example, i sent in an extra supp rec, an article i wrote, and a resume."</p>
<p>That was posted by EskimoGirl on the thread "College Admissions Advice." It was the second or third post and I thought it made a lot of sense, not just because I basically said the same thing, but because it says anything to enhance your chances is a good thing.</p>
<p>This is the first time I have ever heard that college don't want resumes. We had two lessons about crafting good resumes in my College Guidance class at school.</p>
<p>The regional admissions rep for Penn visited my school this past Tuesday and I talked with her one on one. When I brought up the subject of submitting a resume, she basically cut me off and said Penn strongly discourages doing that.</p>
<p>I would certainly not dispute what a regional rep would say. However, there is more than one school of thought on the subject. A nontraditional applicant with more work and life experience or a high school applicant with an impressive list of extracurricular activities outside of what the Penn app asks for may want to send a resume or other supplementary materials if they feel it will enhance their chances. Now, there is the possibility of someone hurting their chances in the process, but it is a chance the applicant must decide on taking or not. Personally, I sent my portfolio, complete with resume - on two separate occassions. Yes, I do believe it helped me. It was totally unsolicited, but I felt there was more to me that would help my chances than what the Penn app asked for. I don't think I'm being naive to say it worked as far as I can see.</p>