<p>Does anyone have any real high school resumes so I can start editing mine too? I'm not copying, I'm just want to see a real one as a sample. Thank you.</p>
<p>Resumes aren’t necessary. The colleges feel that the space allotted in the common app or their own supplements are fully sufficient. Some HS students feel they want to send in a resume with details of their ECs and accomplishments – as if the colleges don’t already know what they entail.</p>
<p>But to your question: I’d say absolutely that a HS resume appended to a college app should just list ECs with dates/hours and 2-3 bullet points under each. And the whole thing should be one page max. You’re already pushing the boundaries of making them read too much. More than this and you’ll be past that line, IMHO</p>
<p>How do we estimate hours of participation? That seems tedious. I think the years of which I participated in that activity is sufficient. Hours seems like padding.</p>
<p>I disagree that posting the hours seem like padding. My son has participated in a couple of clubs for three years but that participation does not amount to an hour/week/club whereas his sport consumes 15 hours/week. Filling in the CA is tedious, but the info allows the school to understand the depth of the commitment. (IMHO, that is.)</p>
<p>He had a resume that he took with him to college interviews but the resume did not include participation hours. He included descriptions of jobs and one non-school EC that escaped easy understanding, but he did not provide any detail for athletic team or school clubs, other than years of participation and honors or office, if any. The titles of the clubs are usually self-explanatory.</p>
<p>I thought it seemed like padding because I don’t understand how one could calculate the time dedicated to the EC.</p>
<p>I’m not saying you must list hours. For some ECs, hours is the natural indicator. For many others, it’ll just be:</p>
<p>JV Swim (9-10)
Varsity Swim (11-12)</p>
<p>or Employee, Bob’s Fruit Market (10 hrs/week, July 2012 to present)</p>
<p>or Co-chairperson, homecoming dance committee (11)</p>