Parents-resume question

ecouter11
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:14:34 +0000

Thanks for the responses! This why CC is so awesome

@ Mantori

I have a section like :
Science Internship, Shadowing, Volunteer and Scientific Research Qualifications


Internship in a biochemistry/molecular biology laboratory for summer 2011. Aided…
-Strong interest in medical career fields and a desire to…
-Strong science background that includes current courses in Physics and Chemistry…etc


Do you think I should try to highlight it even more than that? That’s basically the first thing that I have on my resume.

I’ll take it off Work Experience/Volunteerism.

Smithieandproud, most of my extracurriculars at my old high school were the typical math team/science olympiad, so they all pertained in some way.

I have sections like:


Qualifications
-High School Studies and Extracurricular Activities (put my science courses and current schedule) as well as UW GPA.
-Honors and Recognitions (academic awards)
Science Competitions
-Work/Volunteering


I think your method of splitting it into Experience/Additional Background might be better if I had more accomplishments/more things done, because Mantori was right in saying the internship is basically my only qualification for doing research with a college professor. I will be studying AP (which is kind of college level science), but I don’t have much beyond that. (Sorry, I just realized that I didn’t make clear that I am in HS still)

Do you think a statement of purpose is also a good idea? I don’t have one currently and when I showed it to the professor that I’m working with, he suggested I add one. He said that saying something about wanting to get into science and considering it for a career.
Thoughts?

I’m sort of unfamiliar with resumes, since one of my friends helped me to make mine so all this has been really helpful-thanks again!