<p>Thanks vcv for the information - very helpful. I can't believe 3 to 4 pages for a resume - I agree, way too much!</p>
<p>I like the tip about the brief summary at the top; however, I was going to write something about who I am on the "what else you want us to know" supplement.</p>
<p>For my resume, I was trying to organize it another way but I'm not sure if it is conventional. Instead of listing each activity with a brief sentence next to each; I was going to list 4 of my ECs in which I have clubs associated with each, leadership positions, awards, cc, etc. This is just like how it is asked on the application but there is not enough room on the application to list my involvement with each EC. Would it be bad to write "see attached" ? I really want to convey the depth of my involvement, but there is so little room. It is not as simple as writing "president, organized X activity, received award for X project, etc. The ECs I have been active and passionate about have been for years and in 4 years, one usually accomplishes a great deal. </p>
<p>I guess the "other stuff" (national honor societies, model congress, etc.) I will have to omit all together since I cannot honestly say I particpated in them every week for more than 1 hour. I just hope that I gain a little respect from the adcoms for leaving them off instead of them thinking "gee, she wasn't in any of the honor societies?". But really, there is no place to write these unless I included them in a resume under "other". Still totally confused (like others) about this.</p>