PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

So, think of your resume as the kickstarter for your success. It is the picture of your life's accomplishments.

This little piece of paper, only about 1-2 pages long, plays an important part in getting you admitted to college or university.

It is a personal picture of your abilities, traits, and interests, academic and outside school as well.

It’s an opportunity to shine. Everything you do will help build your resume.

As you read on, you will gain all the pieces to the puzzle that will demonstrate just how to build that beautiful document that lets you shine!

It is also important to get recommendation letters from your professor(s) or supervisor to include in your resume. Recommendation letters are just letters that your teacher leaders write to the university “recommending” why they should admit you. Sometimes jobs, volunteer opportunities, and internships ask for this.

You always want to build relationships with your teachers so they can provide you with glowing recommendations.

Nurture relationships and build positive ones with your leaders, teachers, supervisors, etc.

These are people who can help you throughout your journey to college so it is very important to remain friendly with them and stay in their good graces; you never know when you might need them later.

They will also help you in the job hunt and internship search.

Grades matter. They just do. A good grade or GPA can be displayed on your resume.

It’s important that you understand that someone that you have not met will look at your grades and make a decision about you, if you as a student can benefit their school. Grades matter.

Take all grades seriously, but by the same token, as you build your resume, the college admissions board knows they want a full-rounded person. This is important to know because sometimes we try hard and still might not get the score or grade we hoped for. Try your hardest and know that that there is more to what you have to offer than your grade alone.

Hopefully you will also work on your volunteer hours, hobbies and other interests to build a well-rounded resume.

Which track you choose is important because it will demonstrate your ability to plan, and the admissions board wants planners and doers.

If your school does not offer something that you think will help towards your future goal, look beyond the school. Find out what the city you live in or go to school in can provide you.

There are so many services out there that can help you accomplish your goal.

Different colleges and internships have different ways for you to enter your resume. Uploading (vs scanning) could ruin your format, so be very careful with that.

If you have the resume built, and their system allows you to manually enter it, it will be easy for you to enter your data into the fields the college application provides. It's manual but at least you have all the data available entered in a format the college is used to seeing in it. The college admissions team will know where to look for the data that is important to them.

Make sure you are clear and honest about everything because you want to be able to speak about any experiences you have listed. People can pick up on experiences that are fudged.

This is an example of what a resume should look like. Note that it is not necessary to include your address; you probably don't want strangers to know where you live, right? Also, when you include your email, separate it from your personal email. DON'T use an email like spongebob38@gmail.com. Make it sound educated and professional. Also, at the bottom of the resume, make sure to include your personal awards and certificates.