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It really depends on the applicant and the content. </p>
<p>I’m going to go back to my son’s applications because I think of my two kids his resume was more important. He, for reasons, had been working summers for 4 years by the time he applied to colleges and not just in the burger flipping type of jobs. He was working 50 hours/week the last two years with significant responsibility and in an area that was pertinent to his academic interests. Conveying this well was not going to work on the common app. He was also a gold palm eagle scout with two large projects he led and a variety of top leadership positions (ending with assistant scoutmaster at 17). He, by that point in his life, did have a resume that was of job application caliber. </p>
<p>D’s was a little less critical. But the nature of her EC’s did not fit the common ap but of the two, she could have more easily not included the resume.</p>
<p>Each applicant needs to access for themselves how to best use the supplemental portion of their application. Not everyone may benefit by the resume but there are those who do.</p>