<p>What is the appropriate length of a resume? I know employers would normally not read beyond 2 pages, but how about admission readers?</p>
<p>Also, what is considered 'significant' enough for inclusion in the resume? Would that include representation in competitions that you did not win anything in?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Usually two pages is ok for someone with career history (i.e. not a new person out of college). That being said, a HS student's resume should really be one page. Your readers aren't that interested in every single thing you've done.</p>
<p>Especially just participation in events...</p>
<p>But in seriousness: people joke about people with nine page CVs. For lengthy resume submitters, it just smacks of a person who doesn't know what the reader is looking for and can't prioritize the essentials. A bad impression for sure.</p>
<p>For admissions purposes, your resume should include important information that is not included elsewhere in your application. In other words, don't include your grades, your test scores, or any other academic information. Include a resume only if you were not able to include all important information about you. </p>
<p>On the resume, explain only the items that need explanation. For example, "Treasurer, Senior Class" needs no explanation (although you may want to list it again for completeness of ECs). But you may want to list the plays and roles you did rather than simply "Theater" as would be on the main application.</p>
<p>A resume also makes sense if you have activities that fit a "theme". For example, when my d started thinking about her activities, we realized that most of them fit into three categories: Dance, Teaching and Theater. In writing the resume, we divided them up, eliminating all overlap: Assistant teaching dance went under Teaching, while summer dance programs went under Dance, and so on. That gave the reader a bird's eye view of her passions without having to figure it out (or missing the teaching aspect, for example).</p>
<p>Be kind to admissions officers; they have thousands of applications to read. The easier you make it for them, the kinder they are likely to be to you.</p>