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If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:50 pm
by Anonymous User
...can you put that on your resume? Or is that just ridiculous?
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:51 pm
by BigZuck
Seems kind of silly to me
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:03 pm
by randomstudent
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:20 am
by NoLongerALurker
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:21 am
by rpupkin
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:36 am
by TooOld4This
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:01 pm
by existenz
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:23 pm
by Br3v
No to resume, yes if can bring it up organically in interview
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:28 pm
by jarofsoup
Employers do not care.
Get something published then you can put it on your resume.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:32 pm
by Anonymous User
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:16 pm
by timmyd
If you recieved the highest grade in a class, I would put that on there. If not, than don't. It's that simple.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:18 pm
by sparty99
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
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:42 pm
by dixiecupdrinking
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.
Re: If your Professor uses your exam as the "model answer"
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:03 pm
by rpupkin
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.