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I want to attach a resume to my application to mention all of my most recent activities. The Common App and most other school forms do not provide enough space for everything I would like to mention. I am using the online version of the Common App for some schools and would like to know if this sort of resume extra info can go in the Extra/Additional Info. Would that be OK? For other schools I am applying by mail, should I send out a formal resume summarizing activities, summer occupations, etc... with my actual application?
Thanks guys!

By Thejuiceisback (Thejuiceisback) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 07:40 pm: Edit

bump

By Motheroftwo (Motheroftwo) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 07:43 pm: Edit

You can also mail extra information even if you are submitting the application online. My daughter had the same question, and that's what she was told to do by the college. The common application even specifically mentions submitting a separate resume in the spot where you are asked to list activities.

By Kingroger317 (Kingroger317) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 08:31 pm: Edit

do we do this for UC also?

By Paulhomework (Paulhomework) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 09:33 pm: Edit

beware that some colleges prohibit you from sending a resume.

By Ellemenope (Ellemenope) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 04:30 am: Edit

Not for Univ of Calif. It'll get put into the garbage.

By Clig (Clig) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 10:22 pm: Edit

lol Ellemenope.
I don't know about that. When transfer students send their updated grades, admissions for UCs put them in the students' respective files. Surely they will at least look at it, if not throw it in with the rest of the students' respective files?

By Ellemenope (Ellemenope) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 01:49 pm: Edit

Cliq,

I'm only familiar with the freshman application process, not the transfer process. But at UCs for freshman applicants, the original application goes to a central "processing center" which will put together a computer file which will then be forwarded to each UC the applicant requests. Any other material will not be considered at this point.

From the UC applicaton book:

"Mail only the original application form, fees and personal statement to the processing service address. Do not include petters of recommendation, transcripts, test score reports and other supporting documentation such as awards, photographs, poetry, etc., to the processor. They will not be forwarded, returned or retained."

Once your application has been forwarded to the individual UC school, there is a file opened at that individual school for you. There were some posters from last year who said they were asked to provide 1st semester senior grades by a specific UC school--the applicants must have been on the bubble. But that is more the exception than the rule. Final year transcripts will need to be sent to the UC you're attending by July 15.

According to the application booklet, for transfer applicants, some campuses may request transcripts prior to admission. Otherwise, they, too, must have transcripts to the UC at which they will be attending by July 15.

So, thank you, Cliq for clarifying my previous statement.

Where updated information was allowed (and could prove useful) was in the appeal process.

By Clig (Clig) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 03:38 am: Edit

Ah yes you're right. But, couldn't students send supplementary materials to the individual campuses after the central UC database disperses the applications to all the campuses?

By Ellemenope (Ellemenope) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 04:19 pm: Edit

I do not believe that they are considered.