1. How have you invested your time during high school? Have you been involved? Were you a leader? How have you distinguished yourself?

2.  Not required for general application  Is required for Leadership and other applicable scholarships  Opportunity for you to organize your leadership, service learning, and volunteer experience

3. ◙Make it clean and easy to read ◙Should be concise but thorough -Explain things that are special, but you don’t need a paragraph explanation for each activity ◙Use Action Verbs ◙Achievement Oriented -It’s great to organize a Relay for Life event at your high school. It’s even better if you tell it raised over $15,000!!!

4.  Does not have to be one page  Try on various resume fonts and formats  Make it visually appealing  Be consistent with format and styling (borders, bullet points and font sizes)

5. ◙Format by category, not year SchoolFreshman Community notSophomore ChurchJunior ◙Include name on every page ◙Only list grades 9-12 ◙Proofread and proofread it again! Then have a teacher or professional proofread!!!

6.  Outline of your skills and experience  Overall picture of your individual attributes

7.  Honors and Awards Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership. Please explain if unique to your area.  Extracurricular Activities Clubs, Honor Society, Boy/Girl Scouts, student government, fine arts  Athletics Team captain, travel club team  Volunteer Experience Commitment to volunteering, number of hours of service  Church and Para-Church Activities Young Life, church youth council, mission trips  Work Experience