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Hey, first of all; congrats for what you have achieved thus, looking quite solid in my opinion. Good luck on the journey ahead.

As for editing, I shall give my humble feedback. However please take what other monkeys might say in consideration as well, I might be wrong about what I'm about to say (rather new here).

Anyways, the first thing I noticed is that you want to keep everything similar, by that I mean the use of fonts + editing. I.e, your "education + extracurricular" have an underline, while "other extracurriculars" and "other" don't.

Secondly, I think you might have used the bullet points a little too much, try to polish it by removing it from the name of extracurricular activities (you can leave what you did for it in bullet points), so for example, take that bullet point behind "economics club" and leave just the ones underneath it. Also, I think it would look better if you used the same font for all bullet points, I noticed that they are different. Also, mentioning the names of things such as "Economics club" in Italic is sometimes used as well, give it a try and see what looks better / suit your resume.

Last but not least, I would suggest you renamed the headline "other" for something like Skills and mentioned some other things like: proficiency in Microsoft office, or great communication skills, And maybe (maybe) a career objective related to your specific company of choice might be a good idea as well.

Anyways, before making any changes, consult some other people as well! I might entirely wrong about everything above. Gather some more information and see what makes your CV look the best, polish it until you're comfortable with it and good luck!

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  1. a 2340 only gets you into vandy these days? must be tough being an asian in high school
  2. agree with the poster above, use M&I template
  3. change the descriptions next to your languages to native, fluent, proficiency, respectively. currently descriptions are too wordy
 

Damn. Your high school is like a freaking college. It pays to not grow up in a poor area.

make it hard to spot the general by working like a soldier
 

High schooler in a poor area here. Can confirm.

Although this is no excuse for me, I could have started an economics club if I wanted to. And probably could have tried to participate in Harvard and other universities but hadn't developed an interest in finance till senior year.

 

My high school(ranked around 300ish in nation for public schools) isn't that great compared to some of my competition. We some really smart kids, and a lot of dumb kids. Most teachers at my school are pretty mediocre. The kids I compete against at econ comps and in college admissions come from super elite schools like Exeter, Thomas Jefferson, Andover, and Harker. Also going to my school might not have been worth it since there is some pretty nasty grade deflation.

Anyways, do you guys think I will be able to land the internships I apply to with this resume(plus the changes that were recommended)? I'm not applying to any formal internship programs, but the firms(and agencies) that I am applying to are pretty legit(IMF and Wells Fargo) Also, do you guys think I should try a transfer next year to a school(think Duke, Upenn etc) with better IB recruiting? A lot of the stuff like the Econ challenge wins were done after college apps were due. Also, my HS gpa(which was the weakest part of my app) will be less relevant when transferring colleges. Again, thank you all for your help!

 

I forgot to mention, do you guys think I should type out a cover letter for these positions? I am planning to learn excel and self study statistics before the internship. Should I mention that in my cover letter? Also I am proficient in google docs, but not the microsoft office suite. Should I mention my skills in google docs or is google docs not really used in professional environments?

 

It would help to know what kind of stuff you're applying for. And whether or not the resume is a formality and your connections make you a shoe-in. If so, don't bother fixing the resume too much. Don't get me wrong it really sucks, but you're graduating high school, god knows there's better shit to do. Don't want to get burned out before you graduate college.

As said, you should begin with something like the M&I template once you get in college and start to have some real stuff to put on there.

 

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