too douchey for CV?
Sup,
Should I mention I took ivy league classes while I was in highschool? I took real analysis and organic chemistry at 16/17 at HYP.
My highschool first gave me a full-scholarship to take the continuing ed courses there and then eventually sent me straight to their real undergraduate courses.
Problem is I didn't do great in highschool (I attend a non-target now). And adding highschool stuff on a CV is considered pretty lame. How would you include this?
I currently mention it right on top of my interests section. I feel like that is the best place to include it.
yo~
i would leave it off... not because it's too douchey, but because you generally don't want to put any high school information on your resume.
Love it. Do it, douchebag!
You are still in college; high school is only a few years behind you. You're also at a non-target and need to douche it up to break in. I think describing this experience might help juice up your resume.
There are several ways you might present it with proper douchiness. The language might include, "Was selected from top high school due to X qualities to take Y classes at HYP". You could go a shade douchier if you want, though.
I would include it by saying you have taken classes at HYP but leave out the fact that it was in high school. If any one questions you about it, you can say you did it in high school and chances it are they will be even more impressed.
The first step would be to stop calling your resume a CV. That is, unless you plan to become Dr. Douche, PhD.
Yo, tons of Europeans call it a CV even in finance. Using Euro terms when you're not Euro = quintessential douche move. Kid's got potential.
3rd class labourers write "resume" while it should be résumé. Personally, I am more inclined to refer to it as "Curriculum Vitae" instead of using just "CV" or "resume"
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That's very sweet. I love you too, Prospie.
How did you do in those classes and did you have a transcript at HYP?
How did you not do well in high school while taking differential equations? Were your parents crazy or stupid for letting you take courses beyond what you could get As in?
You need to tread a little carefully here. The risk is not the douche factor, it's the underachiever factor. It's one thing to go to a non-target because your parents were thrifty. It's quite different to go to a non-target because you were too lazy to get As in differential equations at Harvard. What's to say that when given another chance to compete in the big leagues, you won't be too lazy to do the work?
Yes, and student ID and everything. I explained how I got in on top (first through scholarship to continuing ed then through special invitation)
I typically got Bs in my ivy classes. I worked my ass off (but could've worked even harder) for a B though.
My parent's can't speak english so I wouldn't call them stupid or crazy, just unable to do much in this situation.
I'd say hindsight is 20-20. I was pretty naive back then and made a lot of stupid choices. It's hard to say no to a free HYP education, even if it meant getting good grades was now 10x harder. But even though I completely failed the college admissions game, I worked just as hard as the kids who did get into great schools. I pulled all-nighters every week on the campus, sleeping in the dorms of my classmates, and showed up late to highschool. I doubt many highschool students willingly sign themselves up for so much work. My school knew I worked hard and gave me a break over attendance. They just couldn't hand me an A.
So how would you put this down then. I appreciate the insight. I think this proves I really need to approach it the right way. I need to say something like: I finished half of a HYP math degree vs. I wasn't smart enough to get an A in harvard differential equations
Rule of thumb: You never "finished half", failed, got fired, got kicked out, etc.
"I experienced X, after which I decided to change direction and do Y for the following reasons:
Bullet 1 Bullet 2 Bullet 3
Here is supporting evidence for why this turned out to be the best possible path I could have taken. Also, here is how this all specifically supports the thesis of the conversation we're having, which is "Why I'm the best possible candidate in the world for your current needs."
Just put it in your education section. Make the header be 'Hyp' (with dates, location if that's ur format) and then a bullet point below with just the classes you took, and possibly the scholarship you received. Don't spend a ton of time explaining what you did bc 1) as you said, it was HS. 2) you should have better stuff to talk about (getting a B at an ivy isn't all that impressive just bc it's an IVY) and 3) you'll never be able to effectively get across the time you put in without sounding like a punk. Please don't put this anywhere but under the EDu section...it won't come off as douchey, just sort of sad/wierd
lol guess I'll just leave it out then.. people don't sound too impressed anyway
It's not that it's unimpressive...it's just that it should by no means be the most impressive thing on there. I would recommend keeping it but under education, and just make it like 2 lines. It won't offend anyone, and many people will be like 'oh, that's pretty cool' and then keep reading.
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