<p>I'm having trouble deciding. I am planning on applying to Vanderbilt EDI, and I need every little advantage I can get. However, the application pretty much allows me to put everything. Sure I am in a couple of more clubs and it did not offer me a space for awards, but that is just student of the month twice, soph, and junior academic awards, principals list every 6 weeks, most intellectual senior superlative, and salutatorian. It gave me space for jobs and major clubs etc... so what else is there? I don't want to repeat things that are already on my application, but I do want to show that I cared enough to think of everything possible to make my application stand out, and surely a resum</p>
<p>no resume .</p>
<p>I say put it in...it can't hurt</p>
<p>What about this.. I don't want to do a resumé that repeats, but what about a page attached that explains my extra cirriculars are what they entail etc.?</p>
<p>I really like the Rock Hard Aps before and after EC resume examples. Although Katherine Cohen's is over the top and most students don't need that much advice, I think she did a world of good in the examples in that book for her clients who needed to get across their ECs in a quick coherent manner. It is never a good idea to overstate your activities or the hours involved or to list clubs you do nothing for, but it helps to have a cogent sentence next to each activity to quickly pinpoint what you have learned and what you have contributed to a team, job, artistic endeavor or volunteer effort. Students who have worked for money can also take this chance to state what skills they used.
In high school, ECs are learning experiences as much as opportunities to give back. You don't have to hold an office or be the quarterback on the team to do something meaningful, so you should make a simple statement about the heart of your work in each endeavor.</p>