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Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:50 pm

...can you put that on your resume? Or is that just ridiculous?

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:51 pm

Seems kind of silly to me

randomstudent · Post by **randomstudent** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:03 pm

That seems to be more a byproduct of the fact that you did well on your professor's exam (which presumably is already reflected in your grade for the course) rather than an independently relevant fact. But that's just me.

NoLongerALurker · Post by **NoLongerALurker** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:20 am

I think it makes for a good point that you can weave (organically) into a conversation if the interviewer asks what your favorite course was. Definitely not on resume. Probably something I'd ask the prof to include in a LoR though.

rpupkin · Post by **rpupkin** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:21 am

Don't put it on your resume, and don't bring it up in an interview. There's zero upside and at least a little downside.

TooOld4This · Post by **TooOld4This** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:36 am

rpupkin wrote:Don't put it on your resume, and don't bring it up in an interview. There's zero upside and at least a little downside.

existenz · Post by **existenz** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:01 pm

I think it depends on who the prof was. If your Con Law essay was selected as the model answer by Erwin Chemerinksy, I'd put that on there.

Br3v · Post by **Br3v** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:23 pm

No to resume, yes if can bring it up organically in interview

jarofsoup · Post by **jarofsoup** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:28 pm

Employers do not care.

Get something published then you can put it on your resume.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:32 pm

Anonymous User wrote:...can you put that on your resume? Or is that just ridiculous?

I think it's kind of ridiculous...
How would you even describe that and in what section? Under honors...? Weird either way.

timmyd · Post by **timmyd** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:16 pm

If you recieved the highest grade in a class, I would put that on there. If not, than don't. It's that simple.

sparty99 · Post by **sparty99** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:18 pm

timmyd wrote:If you recieved the highest grade in a class, I would put that on there. If not, than don't. It's that simple.

+ 1,000

dixiecupdrinking · Post by **dixiecupdrinking** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:42 pm

I would absolutely not bring this up in an interview. There is no way to do it organically because no one cares. It is of zero informational value in a job interview, except as something to boast about, and that is not a good look. Congrats on doing well but this is one of those accomplishments you shouldn't try to parlay into some sort of hiring boost. It won't work.

rpupkin · Post by **rpupkin** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:03 pm

existenz wrote:I think it depends on who the prof was. If your Con Law essay was selected as the model answer by Erwin Chemerinksy, I'd put that on there.

No. I interview associate candidates. If someone put that on their resume (or If someone "organically" brought it up during an interview), I would think they were a douche. If anything, name-dropping Chemerinsky makes it worse.

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