<p>By now, my top choice school is Duke University. After a bad feeling about my ACT today, I compiled all of the things I have done in the past (standardized tests, extra-curriculars, etc.) and talked to my counselor. I mentioned that I used to model for local agencies; my counselor said not to put this on my application. I can't understand why though; don't colleges appreciate outside work. It's not like I'm dumb or anything; I got a 34 on my ACT and have 4.000 GPA (4.857 weighted). I don't know why he would tell me that.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t write it either, but that’s a personal bias–yes, it is a job, but it doesn’t have te same sort of ring as a traditional teenage job. In general, I think resumes should stick to stats, academic ECs (ie, no ping pong club), internships, and jobs. </p>
<p>If you really want to put it–if it was a big part of your life for a while, if it was to you what scooping ice cream is to others–then go for it.</p>
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<p>Agreed. Typically mentioning modeling on a college application might come off as a bit self-aggrandizing.</p>
<p>Why doesn’t your counselor want you to put it on your application? It was a paid job, correct? Just as glassesarechic mentioned, other kids put down their jobs scooping ice cream,so why not put down modeling?</p>
<p>Leave it off. It adds nothing and you never know how an admissions person might view something .</p>
<p>I’d leave it off if you have sufficient jobs to explain your time. If you did it in 7th and 8th grade and have been working at the grocery store ever since, I wouldn’t mention it. Just the same as if you were in Little League in 7th and 8th grade. OTOH, if you’ve been doing it SINCE 7th or 8th grade, you have to leave it on or they’ll wonder what you’ve been doing with your time! But you say you “used to”. If you did it before you were 10, it goes on your parents’ resumes, not yours! </p>
<p>As long as you keep it clear in your mind that you want them to think of you as an intelligent, interesting person rather than a beautiful person, I would assume it wouldn’t hurt. As you say, you have the academic stats to support an application to anywhere.</p>
<p>They might assume things. Some people have certain biases about modeling that I’m sure aren’t true in your case, but it really can’t help all that much and has the possibility of hurting.</p>
<p>It’s really up to you though.</p>
<p>Well the first thing is how many years did you work there? If it was a while ago and just a year or two then it probably won’t help. But if you did it for quite a few years and, IN high school then I would suggest a way of putting it in.</p>
<p>I helped my friends with their college resumes’ and one of them worked as a warehouse employee for all four years of high school, he was worried that saying “warehouse employee” would look bad, so what I did was put the name of the company he worked for, and if any of his colleges wanted more information, he wanted to be able to explain to them. Maybe if you put the name of the modeling agency down, becasue that is not in anyway lying, you actually worked for that agency. If the college would like to know what exactly you did, then you can inform them why you modeled. Then again, I am no expert, or parent, just a senior in high school.</p>