School sends Resumes

Applying to College
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From everything I have researched on CC, I get the impression that attaching an additional resume on the common app is frowned upon because it’s just another paper for the AOs to sift through. This is making me a little nervous because my school automatically sends our activity resumes to colleges-- from the start of freshman year they have us formatting our resumes, and then my counselor said that they will automatically send them for us when they send our transcripts. I didn’t really think anything of it because our school guidance department is really helpful and we have had multiple students go on to great schools, but I’m getting a little nervous about sending extra materials.

So I guess I’m just looking for confirmation-- will it be okay if my school counselor automatically sends a resume with my transcript?

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Does the resume contain information not on the application? If it doesn’t then you should not attach it.

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@TomSrOfBoston No it’s basically a spreadsheet explaining my ECs, work experience, community service, awards and leadership-- so almost exactly what’s on the common app. But I’m not choosing to send it my school automatically sends it for every student, so I just wanted to know if that would negatively impact me??

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No negative impact but an odd practice by your school.

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@TomSrOfBoston Okay great thank you, that’s reassuring. Haha I’m not sure why they do it :confused: