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It's been a long time since high school for me. I would not put honors/awards/achievements from high school on a resume for a job. However, for grad programs, would it make sense to include despite being so old? Since they care more about how you performed when in a school situation?
I know it would be better to have college achievements/etc, but of course I don't have many of those due to testing out fast. I do have a couple college ones to list but was thinking of still including 1-2 from high school as well.
I guess they can easily see my age, however! Unlike employers.
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Maybe if it is relevant? For example, if you won awards for Greek language knowledge and you are applying to a graduate program in classical studies. Something like that would show long-standing interest in the topic. The same award would be relatively meaningless and out of place when applying to a graduate program in astrophysics.
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(03-09-2018, 01:17 PM)Sparklette Wrote: Maybe if it is relevant? For example, if you won awards for Greek language knowledge and you are applying to a graduate program in classical studies. Something like that would show long-standing interest in the topic. The same award would be relatively meaningless and out of place when applying to a graduate program in astrophysics.
I agree about relevance, but hmm. I want to list a science thing, or two, for a program that's health. I guess that's close enough? I wouldn't want them to stop and think it was out of place.
Could it hurt me to include it? It seems like it could hurt me to omit it, if I don't get accepted into the program.
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(03-09-2018, 01:39 PM)Ideas Wrote: (03-09-2018, 01:17 PM)Sparklette Wrote: Maybe if it is relevant? For example, if you won awards for Greek language knowledge and you are applying to a graduate program in classical studies. Something like that would show long-standing interest in the topic. The same award would be relatively meaningless and out of place when applying to a graduate program in astrophysics.
I agree about relevance, but hmm. I want to list a science thing, or two, for a program that's health. I guess that's close enough? I wouldn't want them to stop and think it was out of place.
Could it hurt me to include it? It seems like it could hurt me to omit it, if I don't get accepted into the program.
What program? What do they list as selection criteria?
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only if it's very relevant or very impressive would I include it as an adult. Teens, obviously, are evaluated on their high school achievements because that's what they have- there isn't much else to draw from besides clubs, grades, etc.
If you graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA but then a 3.0 GPA for undergrad, adding your high school GPA draws attention to your DROP in grades lol - so in that case, no for sure. If you were valedictorian, that's impressive by any measure. If you were in a leadership role, that's potentially relevant. Say you were in the Vocational Health Occupations program in high school but then nothing health-related until your application to grad school, using it could help you tell your "story" about your long-time interest / etc. that brings you to today.
I don't know anyone else's opinion on the etiquette, but if it's a hard program to get into, and this is a potential gold star on your application - include it. I'm curious what it was  if you wouldn't mind saying.
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03-09-2018, 04:30 PM
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(03-09-2018, 04:26 PM)cookderosa Wrote: I don't know anyone else's opinion on the etiquette, but if it's a hard program to get into, and this is a potential gold star on your application - include it. I'm curious what it was if you wouldn't mind saying.
Thanks! I'm still considering including 3 different things. I'll PM if you don't mind.
(03-09-2018, 03:27 PM)Sparklette Wrote: What program? What do they list as selection criteria?
A health education program. They don't list any selection criteria. They just say you have to write an essay, send references, send resume, etc. They say include achievements, awards, etc. I'm sure they get a lot of people with lots of work experience in health fields, which I don't have, so that's why I'm wondering about putting everything I can.
(And I'm also wondering for other programs I come across, because I see some of them need an application somewhat soon for this Fall.)
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High school was more than 20 years ago for me. Now I'm afraid to list anything, since they might ask me about it. Then they might realize how long ago it was, and I'll feel bad.
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I have listed the two medals I got in the Academic Decathlon (we were our HS's very first team), and the award I got for being Team Captain / 1st place team in the Department of Energy's Energy Bowl, but just to show a pattern of excellence... lol
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(03-10-2018, 12:51 PM)High_Order1 Wrote: just to show a pattern of excellence... lol
So the reader knows these were decades ago?
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Just a suggestion: if you want to get some stuff on your resume that is related to health or healthcare, you might want to consider some of the free continuing education courses offered online. The CDC has quite a few. Some of those can be found here: https://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/ which appears to be down until Monday. You could try https://www.train.org/cdctrain/welcome if you don't want to wait.
Stanford also has several options that are free https://med.stanford.edu/cme/learning-op...nline.html but I've never signed up for any of those, so not sure how it works. The first link for the CDC courses had a nice set-up that allows you to print out a transcript of all the courses you've completed. I really hope they keep that after the upgrade.
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