UK/US Resume for Summer 2010. cheers.

Hi. First time here so hi there everyone.

I'm studying in the US but will be on an exchange program in the UK. I have the passport to work in UK so I will apply through my exchange school ocr (hope that works). Please help with the resume. But as harsh and mean as you wish I can take it. I am looking at BB IBD and consulting. do you think I stand a chance for interview? That is what I aim for because I know I will land an offer if I am given 2-3 interviews.
Also, things that I don't know if I should put on:

what should I drop, it is obviously a bit overcrowded
SAT score (1480/1600)?
interest (football/soccer, rugby, traveling (big time), art and art history)?
language (English, mandarin, cantonese, japanese)?
should I?

HUGE THANKS.

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ShreddiesBrah

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No such thing as OCR in the UK. All applications come in through the bank websites.

Wtf, get rid of the colours. Wtf is this shit.
I dont see how name, email, address and phone will fit on the same line
state, USA should be sufficient. Including Town seems like overkill
Don't bolden random words under bullet points
No dates for UWC
Keep dates consistent, and include the months. "Jul - Aug 09" looks a lot better than "6-7/2009"
Squeeze the scholarships in bullet points under education. As a whole, education + honours is taking too much space
Experience should be in chronological order i.e. microfinance before famous private bank
No full stops after bullet points
Expand more on the private bank and research intern experiences.
Being a member of LAC shouldnt warrant 2 lines on your resume unless you had a significant position of responsibility in it
Executive Committee member; elaborate on what you did in the role, rather than what the role was. Same with hosting committee

You've got a lot of interesting volunteering related experiences, which is pretty standard for UWC students I guess. Resume needs a lot of work, but you have enough experiences to fill up a well formated one page CV.

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middsa88

Monkey

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hey thanks a bunch! perhaps the colours not the brightest idea.

updated one: http://www.razume.com/documents/11537

is this better? my question remains though: should i put in my language skills and interest? i guess my volunteer experience would suggest an outgoing & manageable personality, thus making interests somewhat unnecessary (by all means, correct me if i'm wrong) but language? Knowing 4 (ok 3.5) languages has to help right....

again. thanks a lot!