<p>How beneficial is writing resumes?
I'm wondering if I should. Basically all the info that would go on it would be on the common app anyways.
Any thoughts? To me it just seems like another way to layout your ec's</p>
<p>I asked this question of my son’s college counselor yesterday. He said that it is appropriate if you have things that don’t fit on the application, which does not describe my son’s activities.</p>
<p>If you participate in EC’s that are not supported by your school or if you do something that needs explanation, the resume can be good. For example, my daughter was on a Destination Imagination team (problem solving) for six years and was an appraiser for her senior year. Most people do not know that program and her teachers at her school (where she transferred as a sophomore) had no idea that she was so involved in the program, so the resume explained it. Additionally, she gave a copy of her resume to any teacher who was going to write a recommendation for her.</p>
<p>Though some argue against this point, the resume also is a place to show travel. For a kid like mine who wanted to study cultures and languages, the travel she had done was relevant. Some argue that it just makes a kid look like a rich kid. We do not fall into that category, but we were able to travel some because my husband was in the military.</p>
<p>The resume is handy to have as you fill in your applications even if you do not need to submit it separately.</p>
<p>thank you. This is helpful.
There are some school activities that i’ve been involved in, but it needs some explaining. Maybe i would put it there then?</p>
<p>Yes. My daughter kept two resume files: one long one with everything explained and a short version. The short version was sent out. The long version could be used to cut and paste into applications–especially if you are doing some scholarship applications as well.</p>
<p>Resumes also are helpful if you do pre-application interviews. Gives you something to hand the interviewer.</p>
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<p>And to impress them, since very few people (outside the CC bubble) bring resumes.</p>
<p>Ok. What if by doing a resume, my ec section on common app becomes short? I’m thinking maybe I will write a short version on common app n long one for resume?</p>
<p>This is very helpful. One question, though. By explaining, does it mean like writing out what the activity includes?</p>
<p>Put what fits on the common app; that may be all that will be read, so you don’t want to leave things off. You also don’t want to duplicate everything.</p>
<p>For the explaining question, miseren…Some activities are not well known. If you are applying to a school outside of your region, you may have an award or activity that would need to be explained. Also, the longer version of the resume was used as a resource that could be cut and pasted into essays rather than something that you would hand to someone.</p>