The document provides guidance on creating a student resume by listing achievements and activities to include from freshman through senior year of high school. It recommends emphasizing the strongest achievements first, such as an excellent GPA and academic honors or outstanding extracurricular activities and leadership positions. If test scores are outstanding, those should be at the top. Admissions officers may not realize the importance of some achievements, so those should be fully explained. Bold text or symbols can identify especially important activities or unique characteristics. The document concludes by having the student begin filling out their own chart to create their student resume.

1. A COMPLETE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AND ACTIVITIES
Mrs. Neely
American Literature
English III
Student Résumé

2. Create your student résumé by including all
accomplishments and activities from your:
freshman year
sophomore year
junior year
When you’re a senior, include activities you
will undertake during your senior year.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS TO INCLUDE
 Academic Achievements and Honors
examples include making the honor roll, being a Merit
Scholar, earning a high class rank, successfully
passing Advanced Placement (AP) tests, etc.
 School Activities and Honors
examples include joining Junior Statesmen of America,
participating in varsity sports, joining clubs that help
your local community such as Key Club, joining
science club and yearbook, performing duties as a
class office

4.  Leadership Positions –
were you a class officer, club leader, yearbook editor,
school newspaper editor, or sports team captain?
 Community and Church Activities (volunteer
work)
examples include tutoring elementary school students,
helping senior citizens, serving others at a rescue
mission, helping at events for at-risk youth, etc.
ACHIEVEMENTS TO INCLUDE

5.  Travel Experiences (domestic and foreign)
have you traveled in the United States or to foreign
countries to learn or to help others?
ACHIEVEMENTS TO INCLUDE

6. Your student résumé should
emphasize your strongest
achievements first.
STUDENT RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

7.  Your student résumé should emphasize your
strongest achievements first.
 If your grade point average (GPA) is excellent, list it first along
with the difficulty of your high school curriculum (show the
difficulty of curriculum by listing or describing the AP, honors and
college prep classes you’ve completed). Along with your excellent
GPA, show all of your academic achievements and honors (such as
making the Principal’s List, being a Merit Scholar, passing an AP
Test, etc.).
 If your GPA is not strong, but your school and extracurricular
activities are outstanding, list and Talents
examples include participating in Community Theater, joining a bike
club where you take weekly bike rides as a group, guitar or singing
lessons, taking a community college course, etc.
STUDENT RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

8.  If your grade point average (GPA) is excellent,
list it first along with the difficulty of your high school
curriculum (show the difficulty of curriculum by
listing or describing the AP, honors and college prep
classes you’ve completed).
Along with your excellent GPA, show all of your
academic achievements and honors (such as making
the Principal’s List, being a Merit Scholar, passing an
AP Test, etc.).
STUDENT RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

9.  If your GPA is not strong, but your school and
extracurricular activities are outstanding,
list your activities first (such as being a class officer, an
officer in Junior Statesmen of America, the lead
volunteer with a community organization, sports
team captain, or demonstrating years of dedicated
community service, etc.).
STUDENT RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

10.  If your SAT or ACT test scores are truly outstanding,
show them at the top of your résumé.
 Admissions officers don’t always realize the
importance of some of your achievements, so make
sure exceptional achievements are fully explained.
 In addition, use bolded text or other symbols (such as
asterisks) to:
 Identify activities you find most important and those you
plan to continue in college.
 Bring out important honors, exceptional commitment, or
unique characteristics about you.
STUDENT RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

11. TIME TO BEGIN TO WRITE YOUR OWN…
Achievements
ActivitiesLeadership
Volunteer
Work
Take 5 minutes to begin to fill in your chart…