Highschool Information on resume? Forum

[Br3v]

Sure this has been asked 100 times but should I include highschool information on my resume? As in my gpa and volunteer work I did during highschool?

Otherwise it is pretty blank, not that that necesarily matters.

[anonamouse]

Sure this has been asked 100 times but should I include highschool information on my resume? As in my gpa and volunteer work I did during highschool?

Otherwise it is pretty blank, not that that necesarily matters.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/sample-resume.pdf

[gaud]

Maybe the volunteer work but not the high school stuff

[Br3v]

Sure this has been asked 100 times but should I include highschool information on my resume? As in my gpa and volunteer work I did during highschool?

Otherwise it is pretty blank, not that that necesarily matters.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/sample-resume.pdf

thanks

the volunteer work is from highschool though, so trash it?

[gaud]

I'm not sure. I may keep it if it's substantial.

[Br3v]

I'm not sure. I may keep it if it's substantial.

Substancial enough I suppose, thanks.

[North]

Wondered the same thing myself. Then I read this:

High School
You don’t need to list your high school information in the Education section. Admissions officers aren’t usually interested in going back that far, and those who are ask where you went to high school on their application forms. You’re much better off using that space to elaborate on your post–high school life. There are some times when it does make sense to list your high school:  

• If you attended a nontraditional high school, like a performing arts high school
• If the law school you are applying to is located in the place where you grew up but haven’t lived in for a while, and listing your high school in your hometown will emphasize your connection to the community and give you credibility for wanting to go to law school there
• If you went to high school outside the United States

Also, while listing these kinds of high schools is fine, do not take up space with high school activities — you’ll look like one of those people who peaked in high school. If your participation in an activity started in high school and continued beyond it, you can list that in the Activities section with start and end dates.

[honeybadger12]

Wondered the same thing myself. Then I read this:

High School
You don’t need to list your high school information in the Education section. Admissions officers aren’t usually interested in going back that far, and those who are ask where you went to high school on their application forms. You’re much better off using that space to elaborate on your post–high school life. There are some times when it does make sense to list your high school:  

• If you attended a nontraditional high school, like a performing arts high school
• If the law school you are applying to is located in the place where you grew up but haven’t lived in for a while, and listing your high school in your hometown will emphasize your connection to the community and give you credibility for wanting to go to law school there
• If you went to high school outside the United States

Also, while listing these kinds of high schools is fine, do not take up space with high school activities — you’ll look like one of those people who peaked in high school. If your participation in an activity started in high school and continued beyond it, you can list that in the Activities section with start and end dates.

+1; I read the Ivey book so I may have only read it there but I'm pretty sure I've heard from several sources to exclude all high school info