Your resume` will be a valuable source of information for you, your teachers, and your counselors when you begin the application process.  A resume` usually includes information that will not be included on official transcripts, such as community service activities, work experience, and extracurricular activities.  You should include your Social Security number on your resume` for college records, but delete it from your resume` for all other uses.  Athletes may want to include their sports statistics.

From the summer before 9th grade all the way through graduation, students should keep a file listing all of their activities and awards, as well as copies of their report cards and news articles.  This information may be used to prepare a resume` as well as in completing scholarship applications.

High school student resumes` should usually be completed on one or two pages and should include the following sections:

• Name, address, phone, email adress, date of birth, (S.S. #)
• Education - School (address and phone number), GPA, ACT / SAT scores
• Honors and Awards
• Leadership Positions
• Extracurricular Activities
• Community Service
• Work Experience

Not all of the above sections may apply to you.  Use only those which are appropriate to your personal achievements.  Athletes, artists, musicians, theatre students, and students with many activities/awards may have special sections indicating their honors and awards in this specific area (and thus may end up with a two-page resume`).

Selective colleges usually require you to submit your senior schedule, which may be included in the Education section.

There are many ways to prepare a resume`.  Yours should be neat, easy to read, and concise.  This is another way for you to present yourself to others.  A good example of a basic resume` can be downloaded from the "form" section at the top of the guidance page.  Many software programs include resume` templates that you might wish to use.

It is your responsibility to update your resume` and to keep the latest version on file in the college counseling office.  These resumes are used to write recommendation letters as well as scholarship/award nominations.