When to drop High School related activities/experience from resumer/linkedin.
Sophomore here at a semi-target. When do you suggest students start deleting any high school related stuff from their resumer/linkedin account? I went to a New England prep school with some pretty good activities but still. I don't have too much finance experience yet, but when is it time to remove the "Camp Counselor", "Grocery Clerk" and "High School Community Service Club President" etc. positions from your resume or linkedin?
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Rising junior - just finished my sophomore year. I dropped mostly everything - particularly all extra curricular positions from high school. I did work as a research assistant in a lab for a year and a half and was paid to do it while in HS so I kept that on there when I applied to sophomore internships.
I would say only keep something substantial that involved a time commitment over a long period of time (6 months to a year). And remove it before junior recruiting as you should have enough experiences then.
Ok thanks. The only reason I ask is because the internships/programs for banks that I will be applying to next year or the year after care a lot about the individual and his grades more so than any previous business experience since they'll mostly be training us and want good people. I feel that some of the activities/experience represent me and my interests well even though they aren't business related. So I should drop the high school summer jobs and camp counselor positions? My friends who are a year older than me and at Ivies still have those on their Linkedin/Resumes.
Keep SAT scores. If there's anything actually special (graduated Valedictorian) or related, maybe think about keeping it.
I had a question like this a few months ago, and the folks on here told me to delete the McDonalds cashier/Lifeguard/Rec league referee type jobs ASAP. I had one govt job in HS where I worked with college freshmen so I figured it was worth keeping until I get another internship next summer that can bump it off the page.
Ok just deleted that stuff. What about community service organizations where I dedicated 250+ hours for inner city outreach programs as well as specific high school leadership positions (think class president/admissions committee reader.)
Right away. College activities matter at this point.
If you're a rising sophomore you can leave the notable stuff on there (i.e. president of a club, top X% of your class, etc.), especially since your resume is probably rather thin otherwise. You also need to leave one job on there IMO - if you have no "experience" at all it looks like you are spoiled or unemployable. Most people worked a crappy summer job when they were young, they'll know where you're coming from.
By your senior year all HS references should be gone unless you have an extraordinary accomplishment (won a national contest, Olympian, etc). SAT scores should stay on your resume throughout college if they are good, or if the firm you're applying to asks for them.
Drop that stuff after your freshman year
Sorry to bump this (I see that it's a few weeks old), but I was wondering whether it's prudent to include awards from things such as the International Mathematics Olympiad. I see people including things like this on graduate school applications many years after the fact, but I'm not sure whether it's the same when applying for analytical/quantitative jobs.
I'd keep it because it reinforces that analytic piece, but reserve it for your awards/activities section if you have one.
High school content on Resume (Originally Posted: 08/26/2008)
My question is related to high school content on resume. I am a senior applying for a full-time investment banking position. Is it ok to have a few lines of high school content? I am placing it under "Leadership Experience" to make a point about my leadership ability and how it has been consistent since my first year in high school. Is that fine? I am not putting anything else related to high school anywhere else on the resume...not even under "Education".
Anyone have any input? Thanks.
Do not put high school content as a college senior
Yeah that is a big no, no. There should be zero high school content on your resume by the time your a senior in college.
agreed. close thread.
Just curious but.... PWM internships while in highschool ok to have under experience?
How about high school experience for sophomore resume?
If your resume is empty and you have some sort of legit HS work experience as a sophomore, or even as a junior, you can put it on there. By legit I mean something where if asked about it you can describe whhat you learned and how it will help you with the job you are applying for. I would say a PWM gig is fine to put on as a sophomore or junior as long as you can list things you actually did and speak to them. If all you really did was answer phones and didn't learn much, leave it off.
thank you.
What if you went to a magnet high school?
what if you were like valedictorian etc..
im curius about this as well
Would SAT, ACT scores be valid?
This has been discussed add noseum, but here we go again: One line is fine, tell them that you were captain of a sport or something, that might attract their attention. Also if you were valedictorian and had a 1600 on your SAT go ahead and put it in(if you are from the newer generation, don't bother with your SAT, no one except you understand the new scale). All if all, I have two lines for my high school experience on my resume. They were more interested by the research I did in undergrad and grad school though...
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People can feel free to disagree, but I left Eagle Scout on my resume when I went through the interview process. I thought it conveyed a lot of my positive traits. Furthermore, many successful people are Eagle Scouts, and the award is generally respected.
Personally, that's about all I put from high school. One exception was I also put the name of the Charlotte high school I graduated from when I was interviewing with Charlotte banks (and maybe other southern banks...I can't remember). I thought that might provoke some positive or neutral chit-chat (for example, "Oh you went to _____, so did I/my spouse" or "...so do my children."). I thought it probably wouldn't hurt and might help. I didn't include any leadership positions, awards, honors, etc. though.
My mentality was basically: if it might start positive discussion in an interview or be looked positively upon, leave it in; if an interviewer would probably just skim past it or question you about it, leave it out. Nothing generic. Again, feel free to disagree.
I would put the name of my high school, because I went to probably the best public school in the country, which is in new york city and most wall street people know about. I assume new york private schools are excellent to put on, as all of wall street shells out hundreds of thousands to send their kids there. I doubt it makes much difference but if a person knows it, there will be agood talking point for me in interviews.
You can limit the HS section to one line item. maybe two if you were a valedictorian or something.
eagle scout doesn't mean shit. i was an eagle scout back in the day. about the only thing it means is that you were bored enough to dick around with a bunch of pre-teens/teens for X number of years.
I think Eagle scout is actually a valuable award to place on the resume. It shows commitment, leadership and teamwork. Also, if you are interviewed by someone who is an eagle scout it tends to be a bonus (in my experience). I just have eagle scout listed as an honor in my honors section with other scholarships and awards.
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at my old High school I was in a Finance academy from my sophomore year to senior year, and they actually replaced most of the elective classes with finance classes (i.e. Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Operations, and a few other business courses) however, these classes did not count as college credit. Do you think this would be appropriate to have on my resume?
Just beginning my junior year.. should I include high school achievements on resume (Originally Posted: 09/15/2015)
Hi all, I realize that typically I shouldn't add my high school achievements to my resume but I currently am a junior at a non target and Only have had one internship that was this last summer... resume is looking like it could use something leadership-wise.
I was wondering if I should include a leadership opportunity I had taken on in high school on my resume in college. Any help would be greatly appreciated
probably a question you should ask your career advisor. Look around for any internship experience online and through cold-emailing. Shouldn't be too difficult to at least get a PWM.
I personally wouldn't. It just looks silly to add high school. Do you not have any extracurricular activities/experiences? clubs, volunteering, part-time campus jobs, etc.??
At the end of the day, if you have space to fill you have space to fill and you can't go to 13 pt font (or even 12, lets be serious) with your resume, so leave it on if you've been too busy smoking weed the past 2 years to join any clubs or do anything outside of class and one internship.
Should I put high school stuff on resume? (Originally Posted: 07/13/2012)
Hi all,
I was really into webmastering in grade 9-10 of high school and created a few websites/forums that did pretty well. One forum grew to 10k+ members and from those sites I generated a monthly income of
It is hard to say because we don't see the rest of your resume. That being said, if you have more impressive things to list then the answer is no. Conversely, if you have room left on your resume then it wouldn't be a bad idea to dedicate a line or two to this.
Creating and growing a website that generated 1k a month is pretty impressive at your age; but once again, don't force room for it.
No, unless you went to super-elite high school
What happened to these forums? If they're still around and making money, even if you don't spend time on them anymore, you can put 20XX - present. Otherwise, unless you're applying for a pre-sophomore intern, don't put high school stuff on your resume.
I'd say cutoff would be elite SAT scores.
Well, if the forums started doing well because of your specific effort, then it is worth putting ( like u marketed or advertised it, etc). Otherwise, if you just did the tech stuff behind it, then maybe dont put it.
Anyways, the above point depends on what kind of job you are looking for. For Finance opportunities, dont think it would add a lot of value. So dont specifically make space for it
Cheers, A
High school info on resume (Originally Posted: 03/18/2007)
I had a few experiences in high school that I feel would be impressive on my resume, but I'm not sure if, since they're older, they'll be automatically discounted. I thought at least name, SAT, and major accomplishments/activities would be appropriate when looking for first job, but the Wetfeet guide suggests it should all be left off.
Which of these are appropriate to put on a resume as a senior undergrad?
1) High school name 2) High school GPA 3) SAT I, SAT II 4) Award: Advanced Placement 5) Award: National Merit 6) Award: Academic (a) basic individual (b) state 2nd place individual (c) national top 10 team 7) EC: Summer research program at a college 8) EC: Founding and running a club
If anyone w/ experience is willing to go over my resume with me that'd be great.
My personal suggestion would be to leave it all off. They will know how well you did in high school because that is what gets you into a better college. Try to think of your college name as a summation of your high school experience.
The only thing I left on resume from high school was that I was an IB diploma recipient.
SAT I is fairly important. If you leave it off your resume, you'll eventually get asked for it. Most banks recommend sticking it on there, it's similar to putting on your GPA on the resume. Yea, it might be 4 years ago, but the banks still look at it.
I disagree completely with Skillz2535. Leave that SAT score off. No need to put TOO much information on your CV. Put the most recent information. I personally was not asked once for an SAT score at any of the many banks I interviewed with.
Frankly no one fucking cares. I care about your CV, what it says about your work experience, your GPA, maybe some honours at Uni that you might have received, and the fact that you do some community involvement. Keep that GPA off.
I agree with the above posters, keep the SAT if it's strong. Definitely show it if your GPA is below par.
I would say it depends on what year in school you are in. If you are a junior now, the only thing I would keep is your SAT score if it's good and you are at a non-target school. Maybe also the individual award if it is relevant.
If you are freshman, and need some resume padding, the ECs would probably help.
The original poster is a senior undergrad.
where are all the sarcastic responses at?
Resume Help - Should I list high school leadership? (Originally Posted: 03/17/2011)
should I put high school leadership stuff on my resume?
If you're a freshman, yes.
By the beginning of your junior year you should have absolutely nothing on your resume from high school (exceptions: prestigious national awards, ongoing scholarship(s), attended high school with a large alumni base)
in my opinion, unless you went to either andover or exeter, there's no value... but you should put your SAT scores.
I wouldn't put anything high school related, including SAT scores. Be an adult working an adult firm.
*working AT AN adult firm
High School Stuff on Your Resume? (Originally Posted: 05/25/2013)
I'm a rising sophomore looking to revise and update my resume for this coming fall and spring. Now that I'm no longer a freshman I'll ge betting rid of all of my high school stuff, except maybe one internship that I wasn't sure about.
I was 17 and still a HS student when I did it but 1) Some of the other interns were 18-19 yr old college students and 2) It was a pretty decent internship. Not finance related (government) but how many 19 yr olds have finance experience. Basically I'm wondering if it's okay to keep it on my resume.
Sorry if this is a silly question
If it was an actual internship which you could leverage when interviewing then I'd keep it on there. I think when people say you shouldn't have HIgh School stuff on your resume they mean your summer job as an umpire, or your part time job working at Wendy's.
I have a national ranking that I got when I was 17 on my resume still, but that's because it's very unique and makes me stand out a bit.
I'd leave it off unless you have nothing more important to put down
If you have space on your resume I would put it in. It won't hurt and sounds like a meaningful experience.
What's revelant from HS? (resume) (Originally Posted: 07/26/2009)
What are your opinions on whether or not I should include the following things from high school on my resume? (i'm a rising junior)
SAT (2300) - I'm at a Canadian school Varsity Football Co-captain Varsity Rugby Captain, MVP
The SAT should be on your resume at this stage, but as a rising junior, I would say no to the HS sports. The reason why it "depends" is based on whether you have any experience, or college clubs/sports, or any other ECs/volunteer opps to talk about. If your resume is truly empty, then you may be ok with putting a line at the bottom mentioning your involvement, but in general, I would highly recommend that you remove the HS sports from your resume and just include the SAT score with your college education. There is also probably no reason to have your high school listed on your resume (if it is).
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When I applied for my first job out of college, I had the 2 week point guard camp I went to the summer between 7th and 8th grade on my resume. It was relevant because every day they let the kids take turns being the captain, so I had my day in there.
Hahahaha
Thanks guys.
I did a sport for a year in college. They had a novice program for walk-ons.
We were below JV but ended up competing with JV guys at other schools. Is "Sport, Novice" self-evident? or does that sound like I just did a gym class.
That sounds like something that doesn't belong on your resume
High school experienon resume? (Originally Posted: 01/02/2007)
I know most people say this is a no-no, but I'm in need of space filling for my resume. I am a rising junior at a target school. However, my problem is that for all of freshman year and half of sophomore year I was a premed (so foolish of me), and because of that I lack experience to put on my resume. It's not that I was lazy, I was just doing irrelevant stuff when it comes to banking, such as volunteering at a lab (doing nothing sexy or quantitative, just menial lab work).
I worked in a great internship my senior year at high school, where I would leave halfway through the day from school for 20 hrs a week to an IT company where I did programming for them. That's what I have on my resume, but it dates all the way back to 2003! I have some old documents of the internship so I should be able to explain my work and experience but...
I did have a job my freshman summer of college, but that was as a waiter at a restaurant! Should I list that instead? I only need to fill in 1 activity's worth of space on my resume. The job was very customer service oriented (as you expect) and maybe I'll be able to play that off instead?
I currently have my HS internship on my resume because it was more analytical, quantitative work.
Right now I am on the right path with a good sophomore internship under my belt and the right finance and accounting courses, but I need to make up for the gap in my life...
I guess the bottom line is... What should I include? My freshman year job as a waiter or a HS internship at an IT firm?
Thanks a bunch!
i would include all relevant experience...but more recent the better.
I'm just worried that adding my sophomore job as a waiter would undermine the professionalism of my resume... my descriptions would be very fluffy for it if I did include it... arrgh
why did you stop being premed. I think medicine is so much safer. Sure you can earn more as a rockstar banker, but it's more likely for one to fail reaching for that position.
Even if it is not the most applicable for your resume, list the waiter job. The benefit of putting your 2003 IT experience will be more than eclipsed by the questions surrounding why there is nothing from then until your current situation.
I was in much the same boat. Started a genetics degree, realized in 3rd year my aversion for blood, finished it then did an after-degree in finance. Got on with an IB.
Recruiters understand that not every college student has top experience. Make sure your resume focuses on this sophmore internship, downplay the waiter gig, and you should be fine.
dazed101, what are you talking about? You don't even answer the question then begin asking why he changed career goals? Can you make less sense? If bankers wanted a paycut, they'd become doctors.
Put the restaurant stuff on there. I worked for two years through college at a steakhouse to pay for school. I put on my resume that I had been trained in wine, cigars, and crisis management. I was asked a few questions about each of those topics, with more of the bankers asking about cigars than anything else. It's what you've done. Don't hide it. Jobs pay for school/living. Some of us had to have them in order to be where we are now or where we aim to be.
How long can you keep your High-School Extracurriculars on your resume? (Originally Posted: 01/18/2018)
As a first-year student, I am involved in university extracurriculars, but only at introductory levels (interning). I obviously include university positions in my resume, but my strongest executive positions and achievements are still from high-school. The high-school extracurriculars are the strongest parts of my resume, yet I am afraid that keeping those old positions might give an impression that I still have not moved on from high-school…
As a university student, how long can you keep your high-school extracurriculars on your resume?
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