Create A Resume For Your College Application

1. Create A Resume For Your CollegeApplication I’m Only In High School. Do I Really Need A Resume? It depends. Some colleges require resumes; others forbid them. But with a crazy pandemic school year of partial grades, limited extracurriculars, and no standardized test scores, a resume may be “more valuable than ever” for this year’s college applicants according to independent educational consultant Nancy Greisemer. In fact, more than 300 colleges permit applicants to submit resumes, including some of the most selective colleges such as Brown, Colgate, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Penn, Vanderbilt and Wash U. (As the end of this post, I’ve included Nancy’s comprehensive list of colleges that are permitting resume submissions.)

2. Wait, I Have To Do Even More Work For My Application? Not really. Creating a resume is not really extra work; many of my students find that the resume not only provides a useful framework completing other aspects of the college application process, but it is also valuable in and of itself because a resume….. To help get you started, here’s Nancy Greisemer’s article “How To Write A High School Resume.” Once you have assembled all the elements you need, search online to find a free template. (Canva has some excellent ones.) Remember to try and keep it to one page and to use strong action verbs to describe your activities and accomplishments. Still not sure how/what to do? If you’d like individual help for on your resume, just get in touch I’ve worked with many students on both general and music- specific resumes (required for by some colleges. Learn More: https://www.veridianprep.com/blog/do-you-need-a- resume-for-college-applications