vicariousparent

dlbecker: I understand your response, but note above, eatingfood sent in a 4 page 'resume' and was admitted to Yale. I think there is no one firm answer to the question of how long a resume needs to be.

dlbecker

I honestly could not care what Yale thinks. Are they the authority figures of what a resume should look like? If you talk to any competent career center adviser (and I have spoke to many), they say that a college student's resume should not be any longer than a page. A person who got accepted to Yale that had a 4 paged resume is pretty damn hilarious. If that person got into Yale, I should be able to with my college GPA of 3.77 and a 26 on my ACT.

The merit of a resume should never be on length, but on vocab control and the use of action words to describe what you have done.

Also college career counselor > than Yale admissions.

Stupefy

^wow you're pretty arrogant for someone with those stats lmao
this isn't a resume for a job, it's a college application. and i think a resume for this purpose should be as long as need be, since the goal is not to show how good you are at a job, but what kind of person you are

tristan101

Mine was 3 pages total but the last page was my music resume for my arts supplement that I couldn't attach separately as another document. So technically it was 2 pages with 11 size font because I added explanations for a lot of things. Oh well.

cadillac

Didn't even submit a resume.. ya'll making me feel worried lol.

whitecadillac

can you guys explain it to me a little more please?? could i see an example of one?

crystal91

Mine's 3 pages exactly but I'm not too worried about it. I doubt a college will reject me because of a long resume. In fact, they'll probably be, at the worst, pleasantly surprised. Not devastatingly.

tristan101

Ehh now I'm starting to get nervous that I included too much...like a few phrases for almost all the activities. And I listed pretty much all the activities I did...I really hope it doesn't seem like a laundry list because it really isn't.

Gahhh. I hate the college admissions process. So stressful.

Stupefy

^agreed
I just listed the awards/leadership positions in each

achiever

I tried to keep it to 1 page, but it came out to be a little less than two in size 11 font.It included extracurriculars and awards.......

T26E4

1) resumes aren't necessary
2) for a HS applicant, I personally would find one page to be the norm, two is OK. Three plus and I know you're wordier than is needed for a resume format
3) your peers who are graduating from colleges submit one page resumes to their job prospects

seattleyj

I submitted a two-page resume to list/explain significant ECs, all my publications, and various writing awards.

amciw

I didn't attach a resume.

bitturiju

Now, this is my opinion, but I don't think the length of your resume matters.
My friend, who is going to give the IB examinations in a couple of days, has already been given unconditional offers by 4 of the IVY league universities. I asked him what he had on his resume and what he told me was that he didn't have much. About a page of course.
The only extra-curricular activity that he was involved in for 6 straight years was soccer. He put that down although our school had never won any trophies for soccer. In the 6 years that he was in it, he was vice captain twice, captain once, and a regular member thrice. Although his resume seemed very weak, he still got in 4 IVY league universities.
Of course, he was very strong academically. He scored a 2380/2400 for SAT I and something close to a perfect score for SAT II.
So I believe that these universities truly like to see your passion in what you do and not the vast number of activities you participated in, since many people do that to simply have a longer resume.