<p>How many of you guys sent Penn brag sheets or resumes? Do schools care if you do or don’t? Also, is there a format any of you guys are using?</p>
<p>I sent a resume only because the Common App didn't have enough blanks or room elaborate on what each activity was, since I do kind of uncommon stuff. I put the activity, my years of participation, a short description, and a description of my leadership responsibilities if applicable.</p>
<p>If your resume is going to be an exact repeat of the chart you filled out when you applied, you shouldn't bother. But if you think an activity needs explanation, or you have important activities you couldn't fit, a resume might be a good idea.</p>
<p>i faxed an activity sheet and i think it'll be pretty critical to my application. can i call to check if they received the fax or not?</p>
<p>I didn't send a resume, but i did send like 4 funny columns i wrote for the paper, just to kind of back up the claim of "editor and chief" and all the other stuff i wrote in the actual application. it really doesnt seem like you have to send a formal resume if you dont want to. i mean its not like they can spend a lot of time on each applicant.</p>
<p>I filled the additional information page on the common app with a sheet with all of my activities and accomplishments in those activites. I think it was very important, I think that I was denied SCEA from Stanford because I didn't put much emphasis on my activities.</p>
<p>lol ungst I pretty much did the same thing.. right up to the Stanford rejection... lol</p>
<p>is there a good template to use for a resume?</p>
<p>They want it to be close to the same as it would be on the common app, so put the activity, the hours per week/weeks per year, and then a description.</p>
<p>It was a pain to do on the common app because there is no formatting. Mine looked like this:</p>
<p>---------------Activity (Grades, hr/week, weeks/year)------------------
• significant detail • etc • etc</p>
<p>I added blurbs on volunteer work/summer programs/career goals as well in addition to going in-depth into my involvement/participation in my main extracurriculars on my activity sheet. You might consider this.</p>
<p>yeah, thats what I did. I broke it into Sports, Band, Community Service, Work, and Awards.</p>
<p>blurbs as in like, paragraphs of description right, not bullets?</p>
<p>I used a little bit of both.</p>
<p>did anyone's go over a page? also, it's not necessary to include awards and recognition right? since we put those on common app's awards? my freidn says that i should use third person (e.g. "started a club, raised funds) as opposed to first person ("as president, i accomplished xyz) anyone know what to do?</p>
<p>Try not to go over a page. I didn't, because I submitted it as extra info on the common app. Try not to be redundant, so if you already told about awards on the common app, you don't need to put it on the resume.</p>
<p>i sent in a 3-page resume and was accepted ED.
However, I made it as appealing to the eye as possible. Easy to glance over and understand everything I said.</p>
<p>did you use bullets, getcrunk? or paragraphs? also, did you talk in third person, or were you like, "i did this this, i did that," i just don't wanna soudn arrogant</p>