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Grammar = GRAM John Legend Punctuation = PUNC Formatting = FORM 611 North Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 All Other Notes = NOTE Phone: 225-456-5752 E-Mail: [email protected]
GRAM: In “School Activities” and “Outside-of- School Activities” sections, no full sentences used. Education Bullets all start with action words. Action words are FORM: All titles are § School: Belaire High School, Expected Graduation: 5/2015 in past tense if action already took place and italicized (slanted). The § Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 3.77 present tense if actions are still taking place. text after each colon is § Best ACT: 27 non-italicized. § Intended Major: Music Consistency is the key! NOTE: “Present” § Career Interests: Music Performance & Production = still happening
School Activities Beta Club, Treasurer (3/2014-Present) § FORM: For each Commitment: 3 hours/week experience, the § Invited to join Beta Club for strong academic performance (minimum 3.7 GPA for entry) name of the § Create annual budgets, oversee all club spending and track all accounts in QuickBooks organization is § Planned annual fundraiser which brought in more than $10,000
listed (non- FORM: Items Varsity Football, Quarterback & Captain (8/2011-2/2015) italics) followed are always listed in § Commitment: 20 hours/week by the role the order in which § Selected by teammates as unanimous choice for captain in my senior year occupied (in they occurred, § Led captain’s practices, communicated key messages to team and coordinated travel logistics for away games italics). starting with most Consistency is and tournaments recent. § key! Led team to two state championships § Delivered motivational speeches as practice and games; mentored younger teammates who aspired to be starters.
School Newspaper, Sports Editor (12/2012-3/2014) § Commitment: 10 hours/week § Ensured that 20 sports writers submitted articles on time each month § Performed copyediting on all sports articles before they went to press
Out-of-School Activities FORM: Notice that PUNC: In “School Panera Bread, Sandwich Engineer (1/2015-Present) everything is Activities” and § Commitment: 10 hours/week perfectly lined up, “Out-of-School § Craft delicious sandwiches, wraps and salads with superb speed, quality and customer service neat and tidy. Also, Involvement”, no § Train new employees on how to engineer sandwiches and operate cash register once again, notice periods used ever. § Names “Sandwich Engineer of the Month” in February and March of 2015 that items to the If you use periods, left are listed in the that is fine – just be LSU Neighborhood Arts Program (NAP), Program Director (5/2014-8/2014) correct consistent!! Put § Commitment: 5 hours/week chronological order. them at end of § Brought hands-on arts projects to hundreds of children in low-income neighborhoods across Baton Rouge every description. § Played lead role in designing summer curriculum and prepping materials for weekly projects § Coaches students one-on-one and in small groups, guiding them through projects
Awards & Honors FORM: For Awards & Honors, § Spanish Student of the Year (2015) – For exceptional performance in Spanish AP the formatting for dates is § Daniel A. Kahn Award (2015) – For exceptional demonstration of selflessness through community service fine. Even though it’s § Most Valuable Player, Football (2015) different from date § ACT Climb Award (2014) – For earning the highest gain in the class on my ACT (6 points) formatting in other sections, I made sure everything within this section was Passions, Skills & Notable Qualities consistent.
NOTE: It’s okay § Passions: singing, baking, eating baked goods, community service to show some § Skills: proficient in MS Word and PowerPoint; fluent in Spanish; proficient in reading and writing music personality. Just § Qualities: dependable, resourceful, team-oriented, hardworking, fun be careful not to go overboard. Consider your audience and the setting.