The College Résumé

While college résumés usually include the same information as the college application, a résumé has three advantages:

• You can provide a full account of your academic and extracurricular achievements, including things that did not fit on your application.
• You can copy information from your résumé to your application without having to worry about forgetting things.
• Your résumé will help teachers write their letters of recommendation.

Here are some things you should consider when creating your résumé:

• Keep it simple
• Type it neatly and make it visually appealing to the reader.
• Try to keep it to one page.
  
  
• Include all relevant information about:

• Academics:  Include your academic information, such as AP classes you took and standardized test scores, etc. Also include any classes taken outside of Yavneh.
• Extracurricular activities:  Include all extracurricular activities and note ranking positions in any of them, such as captain. Remember that dedication to activities is more important than quantity.
• Honors and awards:  Include all honors or awards you have received, including high placing at tournaments, competitions, scholarships, etc. Put a short description by each one so the reader will know what you won.
• Community service:  List the different types of volunteer work you have performed and provide the total number of community service hours you have completed.
• Work experience:  List all of your paying jobs (volunteer work should go under Community Service).
  
  
• Make it readable and understandable

• Be concise.
• Leave out irrelevant information.
• Short phrases are better than long sentences.
• Do not be cluttered.  Don’t try to shove too many items into a tiny space to make it look like you have done more.  Clean and neat is always better.
• Use clear headings.