<p>Hey you guys,</p>
<pre><code> Since many of you have already been admitted to college, I would like to get a lit bit of advice for my resume. We have to submit a draft for school soon. But anyways, I was wondering about certain things like…
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<p>Who’s Who in American High Schools:
Is this worth even putting on the resume? It seems like everybody get that. But if I don’t put it, will colleges think that I didn’t get offered to be in Who’s Who? Or does it look ridiculous to put that on the resume?<br>
Advanced Placement
Does it sound snobby to say that I have taken the most APs in my class? I’m sure my college counselor will say that I have taken a rigorous schedule, but can I still put that I have the highest number of APs? Also, I am the only person in my class and in my school taking AP french for the 2005-2006 school year. Can I put this on my resume? Or is this being a snob?
Tennis captain
Okay last year I was number one on the team, so naturally I got to be captain. However, they also have a rule that all seniors are captain, so there was this other girl who was also a captain (even though she was like number 7 on the team and her matches didn’t count). Can I say that I’m captain, or do I have to put Co-Captain? I am not trying to cheat or to be deceiving, I just want to understand what works in the college process and what doesn’t.</p>
<p>I am only posting this on the Vanderbilt thread, because I get the best advice and the fastest advice from you guys! </p>
<p>Thanks Thanks thanks
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<p>Who’s Who
I wouldn’t put Who’s Who since, like you said, it seems like everybody gets that. Not including it won’t hurt you. I didn’t even put NHS because there was no room on my application and it didn’t end up hurting me in admissions.</p>
<p>AP
If you can find a subtle way of saying this (maybe when you talk about any AP Scholar award you got), then I would definitely put it.</p>
<p>Tennis Captain
I would put something like “Number One Player and Co-Captain.” I don’t think it would be entirely honest to simply say “Captain,” although it is ultimately your prerogative.</p>
<p>My opinion is that you shouldn’t put the number of APs/AP classes you took on your resume’–they can see that from your transcript and AP scores and it is not really and honor or extracurricular activity. I would say there is nothing wrong if you put yourself as Captain of the tennis team–after all you are a captain, correct? You can also add that you have the #1 ranking.
You can go either way on the Who’s Who thing–delete it if you have lots of other activities/honors and include it if you are light on things to list.
Good luck.</p>
<p>I understand I can’t put the number of AP classes on my resume, the classes I took, or the scores I got, but does it look unprofessional to say that I have the highest number of APs and honors in my class? I want to say this without making my classmates look bad, i mean they will have taken like 5-6 APs. I think it is relatively important for colleges to see that I’m doing my best to take challenging classes out of the few that are offered. And I know my guidance counselor will not say I’ve taken the most, because she doesn’t do things like that, and she’s not always on top of things, which is unfortunate. I also don’t want to get a recommendation from my AP french teacher, but I want colleges to know that I was the only one willing to take the class. Everybody else who took French stopped at French IV, which is fine. Now that I’ve explained this a lit bit more, could i get a few more opinions? I also am pretty sure that I’m not getting any AP Scholar awards before my senior year, so I’d still have to find a clever way of saying all of this. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I’m confused: you’ve taken over 6 APs but no AP Scholar awards before your senior year?</p>
<p>No I will have taken 8 APs by the time I graduate. I took AP Bio my sophomore year, and I took 3 APs my junior year, so before my senior year I will have 4 APs, but I haven’t gotten my 3 AP scores back from my junior year, so I don’t know about any awards.</p>
<p>I think my son was not notified of AP Scholar awards (based on AP’s previously taken) until early this year–probably around the time college applications were due. You will probably hear from them at a later time, hopefully in time to put it on your application. There is a standard list of awards–you can probably find it in the AP literature-- it is based on how many AP’s, scores over 3, etc. You can find out what award you will qualify for after you get this year’s scores.</p>
<p>ShopGirL2142, you had the same number of APs for each year I did. Yes, assuming you passed them all, you should definitely qualify for AP Scholar (or more likely AP Scholar with Honor). Once you get your scores in the next couple weeks, you could say on your high school resume that the award is pending. You should receive this in the mail around September or October at latest.</p>
<p>The URL bandmom was referring to is here: <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>I would personally recommend putting everything on your resume. My son had a lot of activities and honors and we just decided to list it all and let the individual colleges decide what was important. He sent his resume separately to each college if it could not be sent online as part of the application. I would also recommend putting co-captain instead of captain, because honesty is always the best policy…and you never know when the information on your application might be verified. Good luck!</p>