Should I attach my resume in cold outreach emails?

I’m a sophomore at a non-target school hoping to break into an internship for Summer 2027. In my cold outreach emails, should I attach my resume? I feel like if someone sees that I have a solid resume, they might give me some time, and at worst it can’t hurt. However, I’m worried that adding a PDF attachment might cause my email to get blocked or filtered into another inbox. What is the better thing to do?

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Plenty of threads that answer this question. Also, why would anyone talk to you if they know nothing about you?

 

always worth a shot, came from a non-target and pretty much all of the opportunity I got was from straight randoms 

 

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