Can anyone send me a sample resume or something? I want to know the general structure of how to write one, etc. Do you include EVERYTHING in a resume, and do you list awards and stuff most important to least or chronologically? PM me for my email…
<p>This is a matter of opinion, but I would say that it is better not to have a resume. The adcoms don't ask for one, they are hard to evaluate, and a bit pretentious. On the application, there is a place to fill in everything you would put on a resume. For the EC's, there is a chart where the columns are labeled activity, years, time spent on activity per week, weeks spent on activity per year, and position of authority. Instead of doing a resume, I would recommend that you do a chart in Word that has the exact same format as the chart on the application and attach it to the app in the way you planned to attach the resume.</p>
<p>Notice that most apps want to have the chart filled out even if you intend to attached the more detailed multi-page chart that you have done in Word.</p>
<p>I'm afraid I wasn't clear. The resume is not to send to colleges, but to give to my GC/teachers that write recs, so that they are more aware of the stuff I've done. And also for a general resume to have around...</p>
<p>DO SEND A RESUME</p>
<p>if it is a great resume
if it doesnt show much or doesnt have anything significant...forget it.</p>
<p>Okay, a resume would be a good thing for the GC's and teachers. </p>
<p>I have a book that is oriented towards out to fill out the app. The author is a former admissions officer from one of the top colleges, and he says that adcom people don't like resumes because it is so hard to get the information out of them. He recommends that you give the colleges the information in the format that they ask for it on the app. The main result of this is the EC chart as I described it above. My S did that and it worked beautifully. His EC chart was four pages long, but it seemed to be so much better than having the information in a resume format. I would recommend that you do that with the actual app. I will find the title of the book and post it.</p>
<p>The book is "Acing the College Application" by Michele Hernandez who is the author of the famous "A is for Admissions". She says that you should submit an activity list instead of a resume. In chapter 1:</p>
<p>"Colleges do not want resumes. In fact they consider it somewhat prsumptious on the students' part to think they are important enough to have a resume in the first place. Resumes are for the workplace, not for the college admissions process, so don't submit one. The correct format to summarize all your extracurricular activities - including leadership, work experience, summer programs, sports, music - is an activity chart that mimics the one provided on the common application form."</p>
<p>She then spends 32 pages telling you how to do it in detail. She sounds harsh on the subject, but she was the asst director of admissions at Dartmouth and so I assume that she got sick of looking at resumes. I think the deal is that the chart on the form is too small for everything, and so everyone attaches a resume. What she is saying is to attach a big version of the chart.</p>
<p>What is an activity chart? DO you mean write a paragraph for each activity and describe how you will contribute the activity to the campus community?</p>
<p>yeah thats what michele says</p>
<p>how is that different from a resume? </p>
<p>Can you just submit a sheet with your primary activites with bullet points underneath that describe it in detail</p>