<p>Just to clarify: I want to be different.</p>
<p>Not because different is what stands out to colleges, but because I enjoy being different. I enjoy putting in extra effort to stand out in a crowd. And to do this, I am considering having a web resume.</p>
<p>I have considerable html skills, so making a great website would be difficult, but possible. If I were to make a website for the purpose of selling myself, how would I direct a college to the website? Would this work? Would the college even look at it?</p>
<p>I was thinking, on my official paper resume, I could put at the header something to catch the college's attention. Such as:</p>
<p>This is not your average resume. I am that geeky dude who loves adventure and to take risks, and have therefore decided to take a risk right now. I strongly encourage you to visit (mywebsite).com for a much more enjoyable resume-reading experience. Take a break from reading paper after paper, and visit my website. You will not regret it. Otherwise, feel free to read the rest of this boring old resume I threw together quickly since I was much more busy making a resume of awesomeness online. You know it will be awesome. Do it.</p>
<p>It may seem outlandish, stupid, but perhaps thats what the college wants. A little of risk here and there.</p>
<p>I am on this website to make sure i would even have a chance with that strategy. Would this work? And if not, what do YOU think would work?</p>
<p>(Btw I am going into my junior year and am just brainstorming. I have lots of time)</p>
<p>i don’t think the college admissions officers have the time or the effort to look up your website. remember adcoms spend an average 5 minutes TOTAL on an application before making a decision. I can’t imagine they would take the time to take out a latop/phone/whatever to look up your website unless you give an absolutely compelling reason to do so.</p>
<p>Thats exactly what I was worried about</p>
<p>I would consider doing this for major reach schools, but I wouldn’t want to be shut out from even matches incase it backfires.</p>
<p>It is always interesting to hear of someone doing something differently and being a success. But I think a lot of kids do link to a website and likely it is probably a website they made for an actual purpose, not to an online resume. So I don’t think a online resume is a bad idea but not the strongest idea. They only have like, 8 15 minutes to read your application and they will likely have to read the paper app. So are they going to read it and then turn to the online app and see something different of substance or you just want them to admire your web skills? eh. </p>
<p>I do like the blurb in the way you invited them and thought of a break for them. Cute. But I detect an overuse of ‘awesome’.</p>
<p>"I do like the blurb in the way you invited them and thought of a break for them. Cute. But I detect an overuse of ‘awesome’. "</p>
<p>Lego Movie much? :D</p>
<p>Everything is awesomeee</p>
<p>BrownParent, you make a great point. However, showing off my html skills wasnt the only reasoning behind it. My thoughts were to make the resume-reading experience more interactive and enjoyable, so therefore the colleges would be able to get to know me more too. By making the resume more enjoyable to read, I could have more “awesome” information stored in the site without them getting bored. And the site would also be used just to have a “personal site,” so I may end up just making one anyway.</p>
<p>I think I would also dedicate a small section of the resume to the site, but then the rest of the resume would just be normal. In case it backfires.</p>