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College Admissions Resume: Do I need to emphasize my education or my career?
I'm 22, and am applying for transfer as a Junior into a new University. I'm currently attending community college for now. The application asks for a resume. My current resume is formatted for a potential employer, but...should I change it to emphasize my education instead? Resumes confuse the heck out of me. I've never done an admissions resume before!
Public Comments
- Definitely change it. Put all education information on top, including GPA and test scores, and then job info underneath. Don't forget community involvement, activities -- anything relevant that would get you in.
- When you look at the application as a whole, you want it to cover your whole life and experience to this point. If the resume is job focused, that's fine. As long as somewhere in your application you cover all your education, all your activities, all your accomplishments, all your jobs, all your awards, and every area of your life where you excel.
