So I was just reading over a few posts from a while back telling people to leave their high school information off unless you came from a "prestigious" school. What constitutes this?
I graduated from a prep school in New England (Avon Old Farms, Deerfield, Salisbury, Choate Rosemary Hall, Hotchkiss, Kent, Kingswood Oxford, Loomis Chaffee, Taft, Trinity Pawling, Westminster) and was wondering if I should put it on my resume?
Thanks guys.
do you put high school education on resume?
You should put your high school/ prep school on the resume in two cases. The first would be if you know that the person screening your resume is an Alumni. The second is if it’s a notable school such as Exeter, Deerfield or Andover. You may want to omit it if you went from a prep school to a poor university.
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it is going to be hit or miss depending on your interviewer...i also think its a big stretch to say Salisbury, Avon, and Kent are worth mentioning.
For me personally it wouldn't be a plus but probably wouldn't hurt if u had someplace like Andover or Exeter on your resume.
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I wouldn't. That's just me though. It really depends on the interviewer but. It could be construed the wrong way
I heard it can actually hurt you.
i have a friend at goldman who put his prep school on his resume, and he had no issues. i think it helps if the person resume screening is also a prep school grad, or something who is knowledgeable to appreciate the high caliber of schooling you've had.
however, i could also see how it could hurt you if the person screening is a public school grad with a chip on his shoulder or like someone who rose from lower-middle economic status.
If you went to a prestigious prep school and didn't go to a prestigious undergrad then I would 100% leave it off...unless you are aware of alums at the place you are applying to.
In addition, unless you are a freshman or maybe sophomore, I would highly recommend leaving it off.
it is going to be hit or miss depending on your interviewer...i also think its a big stretch to say Salisbury, Avon, and Kent are worth mentioning. For me personally it wouldnt be a plus but probably wouldnt hurt if u had someplace like Andover or Exeter on your resume.
Le Rosey is the only school worth putting imo.
I would recommend against it. You shouldn't be bragging about high school at this point. Little upside and real downside. To me it would scream: here's a person who is going to expect things to be handed to him/her on a silver platter (rightly or wrongly).
On the flipside, it could signal that you were precocious...
Tho I agree with the comment above that said to leave it off if your parents shelled out gobs of dough so you could go to an elite prep school and then you went on to attend the University of Dweebsville.
Thanks guys
Acceptable high schools for resume (Originally Posted: 07/18/2009)
What are some acceptable high schools for your resume? I've heard Exeter has a lot of alumni in finance. What about schools outside of the states - will they portray your 'diverse' experience?
Finally, has anyone heard of United World College?
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yeah I've heard about UWC - what about it? The one in HK sends a decent number to top schools each year.
I mean, I've heard that students should only include their high schools if they are 'high profile' enough. Would the UWC name add value?
UWC is worth adding. It might add value if the person screening your resume knew what UWC was.
In the US, the only ones worth including are Andover or Exeter.
You could probably try to make a case for Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Choate, Loomis, etc..., but the fact is those schools have lots of very stupid kids who got in only because they were legacies or gave large donations. Exeter and Andover do have some, but they have fewer, and do a better job with the ones they do get.
I've never heard of this United World College place
UWC is a very prestigious international school organization. Most of my teacher's in my international schools came from or left for UWCs.
http://www.uwc.org/
[quote=dualcitizen]UWC is a very prestigious international school organization. Most of my teacher's in my international schools came from or left for UWCs.
http://www.uwc.org/[/quote]
If there are multiples of it, how the fuck can it be prestigious? Especially if its graduates are ending up being teachers. Maybe it is respectable, but please learn to distinguish between respectable, which is what I use to describe old ladies, and prestigious, which is what I use to describe things that the unwashed masses can't even look at, much less touch.
You seem to think UWC is a college in the US sense of the word. UWC is a network of IB (international baccalaureate) "highschools"(although only junior/senior year as that it was the IB diploma pogram is) found in every continent. They are highly selective and are funded almost entirely by philanthropist Shelby Davis, founder of the $100 Billion investment management firm, Davis Selected Advisers.
My teacher's did not graduate from UWCs, they came to my school after or before WORKING at UWCs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_World_Colleges
UWC is well respected and you will find quite a few people on the street from UWC. I've met people who have rejected Andover, Exeter, Dalton and other such schools in the US for UWC. The headmaster for Hotchkiss used to be a UWC headmaster. That said most UWCers don't usually prefer Wall Street due to the nature of people that go there. You'll find a lot more of them in politics/international relations etc.
All of these schools are good.
putting Hotchkiss on my resume got me an interview once as freshman at one of F500 companies headed by an alum
But has anyone heard of Xavier High School on West 16th Street in Manhattan?
Only 'notable' grads I know are Antonin Scalia and Al Roker. Jesuit/Military all boys school. I have to say that Xavier was the toughest 4 years of my life between Rugby, Football, JROTC, Academics and Community Service.
I know it's not where Jamie Dimon would send his kid, but I seem to meet people from all over the country who has heard of the school.
I know like 5 in Boston alone.
Other prestigious magnet schools (Stuyvesant, Thomas Jefferson, Montgomery Blair) can probably be left on. I also heard you should leave high school on if you were valedictorian of a fairly sizeable class until you graduate from college.
I think the more important thing is to use your high school network effectively (i.e if you go to one of the schools mentioned above, find alumni in finance. I would leave wherever you went to school on there anyway since the person might know someone who went there, or has a spouse/sibling who went.
Re: Andover/Exeter, trust me--these schools are all the same. You don't have to go to Andover/Exeter to qualify to put your high school on your resume.
Including High School on Resume (Originally Posted: 02/28/2011)
Hey,
I am starting to look at moving back to my hometown and have started to throw my resume around. I am curious if anyone has any luck adding their high school on their resume. The high school I attended has a ton of alumni and pull in this city and I have a feeling it could help get me an interview if the person skimming it has a connection there.
Does this look foolish or does the benefit outway any negative it may have?
It is not foolish at all. You never know when the interviewer might have gone to your HS. Happened in my case and we connected and the interview went smoother than the other interviews. I would leave the GPA out though. Just listing your HS is sufficient. My 2c..
I've generally heard that you shouldn't bother listing your hs on your resume, but if it could draw the attention from alumnus like you suspect it might, you might as well. I doubt you'd get docked points anywhere for listing your hs.
Depends how old you are, if you're still in college it's fine.
One year work experience.
Probably ok to just list, no details/awards GPA etc.
Told twice now to include high school on resume - is this legit? (Originally Posted: 12/05/2013)
After meeting with two bankers already who work at an MM and a BB respectively, they've both raised questions as to why I didn't include my high school on my resume. I found this a bit odd, as my resume is already filled as much as it can be, and including even one more line would likely put me more than a page. I don't know if this is widely held view in banking, but I just can't fathom why I'm getting raised eyebrows from guys at a BB at why my high school isn't listed on my resume as a junior in college. Any one else have this happen to them as well?
Where did you go to high school?
A non-target high school. Obviously, I see the merit in jotting down that I attended Deerfield/Andover/Exeter as they probably have a ton of alums in banking. But putting down XYZ Regional West out in suburbs of Philly? Doesn't make sense to me.
Yeah, I got scolded by a recruiter for not including my high school (it's a "target" NYC school).
Put it down in the activities section as "High School Alumni Organization."
Is it a famous high school, i.e. Andover? If not, I don't see the logic.
very strange i've never included it
I went to a decent prep school, I've never listed and I've never been asked about it.
no HS on the resume by your junior year in colllege
Include your elementary school as well and send back to the bankers - summa cum laude
wtf they have target hs now?
Target birth hospital with target nurses and target baby crib to target pull-up diapers to target first words
You, sir, just won my last SB I was saving for something that was pure gold.
@ai215 forgot about that school...
This is just brilliant. Lol.
Do not put HS...
My kindygarden has 5 people at top banks in the last 3 years. Only know this because I grew up with them. Must be a target.
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