random resume question Forum

[Mack.Hambleton]

I transferred undergrads, but now that I've graduated, should I leave my first school on my resume (and whatever honors/awards I got there)?

I'm going to leave at least one activity from my time there on my resume so it might not make sense without it possibly

[McAvoy]

I'm not leaving my first on there, but I'm listing a few things from it. I have a "misc" section on my resume, so it won't be listed under education so as to avoid confusion.

If your first school was not prestigious and your second wasn't not prestigious, I'd be more inclined to leave it off, but I doubt it matters. I think you're good either way.

[Mack.Hambleton]

yeah first one is not as prestigious, so I'm leaning towards removing

[SPerez]

My general advice is to not leave anything off a resume. Prestige/no-prestige is pretty irrelevant in the law school admission context since it's not like the school won't already know all the places you attended. Just list the school and the dates you attended, then the accomplishments along with them.

The one thing I sometimes see people do in this situation is put the degree they were pursuing instead of the major, e.g. "BS Political Science" instead of "Major: Political Science". That can cause confusion and possibly make an adcom think you're trying to make people think you have two degrees.

Dean Perez