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[eve2490]

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[cinephile]

I think you should definitely include them. These applications are an exception to the 1-page resume rule. They really do want more information about you.

[eminem]

You may find some of the answers in this thread useful: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&t=138435

[capitalacq]

It might sound like a silly question, but I just want to make sure I do the wiser thing.

I omitted my being a teaching assistant and a research assistant to make my resume 1 page for most schools. Should I include the TA and RA positions for those several schools that explicitly dont mind your resume being longer than 1 page? My resume would come out to 1 page and about 4 lines on the 2nd page with those positions included.

Also, I received academic credit for these positions as well and I am not sure if they will be clear just from my transcript or not.

no. a resume going 4 lines onto the 2nd page looks awful. I'm sure you could figure out a way to fit TA & RA without going on to a second page..

[northwood]

if its just 4 lines onto page 2, manipulate the margins/ font/ text size so that it fits neatly onto 1 page. You may need to condense some things, or delete some minute details, but its very doable.

if you have anthing about recieving credit for the position- you can get rid of that.

[r6_philly]

It might sound like a silly question, but I just want to make sure I do the wiser thing.

I omitted my being a teaching assistant and a research assistant to make my resume 1 page for most schools. Should I include the TA and RA positions for those several schools that explicitly dont mind your resume being longer than 1 page? My resume would come out to 1 page and about 4 lines on the 2nd page with those positions included.

Also, I received academic credit for these positions as well and I am not sure if they will be clear just from my transcript or not.

no. a resume going 4 lines onto the 2nd page looks awful. I'm sure you could figure out a way to fit TA & RA without going on to a second page..

http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/ ... esume4.pdf

Harvard thinks it's quite alright.

[JJDancer]

I used smaller font and margins on my normal 1 page resume. I also eliminated a couple of volunteer activities etc.
However on the schools that say "really comprehensive resume, up to 3 pages" I made the font a bit bigger, added the activities, and went to stardard margins so it came out to 1.75 pages.

[capitalacq]

It might sound like a silly question, but I just want to make sure I do the wiser thing.

I omitted my being a teaching assistant and a research assistant to make my resume 1 page for most schools. Should I include the TA and RA positions for those several schools that explicitly dont mind your resume being longer than 1 page? My resume would come out to 1 page and about 4 lines on the 2nd page with those positions included.

Also, I received academic credit for these positions as well and I am not sure if they will be clear just from my transcript or not.

no. a resume going 4 lines onto the 2nd page looks awful. I'm sure you could figure out a way to fit TA & RA without going on to a second page..

http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/ ... esume4.pdf

Harvard thinks it's quite alright.

half a page =/= 4 lines. hth

[ahduth]

It might sound like a silly question, but I just want to make sure I do the wiser thing.

I omitted my being a teaching assistant and a research assistant to make my resume 1 page for most schools. Should I include the TA and RA positions for those several schools that explicitly dont mind your resume being longer than 1 page? My resume would come out to 1 page and about 4 lines on the 2nd page with those positions included.

Also, I received academic credit for these positions as well and I am not sure if they will be clear just from my transcript or not.

no. a resume going 4 lines onto the 2nd page looks awful. I'm sure you could figure out a way to fit TA & RA without going on to a second page..

http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/ ... esume4.pdf

Harvard thinks it's quite alright.

This.

I can't believe you'd consider removing that experience from your resume due to formatting. If you're worried about the second page looking too short, make your font bigger or something. Being a TA and an RA makes your application stronger - don't leave them off...

[JJDancer]

One could leave those positions off if they are included in the app somewhere. (Like those questions that ask did you work while in UG.) I didn't include all of those positions on my 1 page resume. (But I did put them on the longer resume.)