puma1552

One of my programs wants a resume, and told me don't feel compelled to keep it to one page--rather, expand it out to 3-4 pages.

My other schools simply say to upload a resume but give no guidelines; for a grad school resume is it typical to have an expanded 3-4 page resume or do they usually still only want a standard 1 page resume if they don't specify otherwise?

TIA.

wahoogrl08

I would say to keep it short and simple, unless you have a lot of academic, work and research experience and have had your work published frequently.

ThePhilosopher

The only reason it would be more than one page is because of this ^ or because there is something on there that you feel needs explanation initially which you couldn't explain in an interview succinctly.

sarbruis

As I understand it, resumes should be kept pretty short (1 page-ish), but CVs typically are as long as needed (ie, you shouldn't make it 4 pages if you can fit everything succinctly in 2). As this is for grad school, they're probably asking for a CV, which has all your academic accomplishments on it.

cosmicfish

The only good reasons to have a resume more than 2 pages long is if you are over 40 and applying in the same field as your last 20-odd years of work and study. 2 pages or less, limited to those areas relevent to your proposed study, or that otherwise portray you in a particularly strong light.