<p>Is there a limit on how long the resume can be? I'm listing all my offices with a sentence or two to explain exactly the "depth of involvement" I have in these activities. I'm also briefly explaining each club so it's not just like "what does he do in this"? and it's meaningless.</p>
<p>Is this where we would put any awards honors as well? Could we list those on another page?</p>
<p>How are you guys doing your activities resume for Olin?</p>
<p>Kevin,</p>
<p>I am pasting a response from the admissions officer from last year regarding the resume. I would group the resume into activities, awards, and other achievements. You should be able to fit everything into these three categories. Based on Allison's response below, I would try to keep it to two pages. The admission's officers have a tremendous amount of paperwork to read through in a very short amount of time, so they would appreciate that.</p>
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<p>So one of the reasons we ditched the whole "give-us-your-life-in-five-boxes-or-less" was because very few of our applicants can give us a GOOD sense of their accomplishments/activities in such a small space. Hence the "upload your resume" feature this year. That said, we are not looking for EVERYTHING you have ever done in your life, neatly arranged in 20 pages! To be honest, most HS students can get all the key/important stuff onto 1-2 pages - you can be creative with formatting to a certain extent... but a resume still needs to be readable and organized and one of the really helpful pieces of information you can add is your LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT: how long (how many years) did you do X and how often (how many hours/week and weeks/year) as well as any leadership opportunities. A resume is more than a list - it can inform us about your follow-through and commitment to things, interest or passion about something, etc.</p>
<p>Wow, I'm feeling verbose today!</p>
<p>To your question more specifically, your resume should share with us how you spend your time oustide of <em>classes</em> not necessarily outside of school. In other words, your school-related activities (clubs, teams, service, etc) are absolutely fair-game for a resume. Usually what happens is that an applicant will forget to include the stuff s/he does outside of school! So tell us about your music lessons, Scouts, part time job, exotic trips, whatever.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!
Allison
Asst. Director of Admission"</p>
<p>Hey ok thanks, that helps a lot!</p>