Critique my new resume (2026 grad for 2024 internships)

[inner zealot]

Is it possible to put relevant courses

[novel garden]

is it exeter/andover level

[rancid dust]

Yes

[rancid dust]

I could fit a couple maybe

[gilded sluice]

leave it then

[modern thicket]

what is the goal of your research

[rancid dust]

Get a full model of an autonomous car that we can test

[modern thicket]

your experience is super verbose, I would trim 1 line off of everything, and make a project that utilizes a databases, it's impressive to see a freshman with full stack capabilities

and add course work

[modern thicket]

and what is the purpose of doing this, what is the ultimate goal

[rancid dust]

It's just to test the mathematical model and see like how easy/feasible it is to model a project of this nature using it and the design principles, the process itself is really the goal if that makes sense

[modern thicket]

what you just explained to me should go on your resume

[rancid dust]

That checks out lmao ill put it on

[pale moat]

Some advice that may or may not help you is to have a one line "interests" section in technical skills (even though its not really technical skills). It's a really good conversation starter and can help alleviate your nerves during the beginning of an interview.

[rancid dust]

Oh bet, like low-level computing? Interests along those lines? What if they don't really align with the work of the internship

[pale moat]

No interests as in hobbies

Like what do you do for fun

[rancid dust]

Oh shit bet

I'd put stand-up comedy but i'm afraid they'll think i'm annoying

[pale moat]

I had an interviewer ask me about my favorite soccer team and we started talking about transfer rumors and all that good stuff

Not bound to always work ofc, but it can def help

[modern thicket]

high risk high reward, put poker or golf, they're all like 50, they'll like it

[rancid dust]

Ur not bro im not all that 💀 i just got lucky w college admissions, besides where u go doesnt define intelligence or anything like that

[rancid dust]

LMAO i do like poker

Is my experience like. good enough to get hired

[inner zealot]

daaaaamn

[modern thicket]

No, tbh it looks like Fluff, which is why i advise more projects

[inner zealot]

doggyeet gappin us

fo sure

[rancid dust]

Damn 😭

This is so sad

Which part is fluff sounding the most

[modern thicket]

i mean the 2nd one looks like an IT support role, it isn't really software engineering

[inner zealot]

might not be the worse idea here to reduce the research bullet points in exchange more projects?

[modern thicket]

are you in any extracurrilculars

[inner zealot]

it is fine if u don't have exp

[rancid dust]

Yeah thats what i have listed in proejcts

[pale moat]

Not really any risk to it they’ll either like one of your hobbies and talk to you about it or ignore it

[rancid dust]

projects*

The first 2

Are moreso extracurriculars

[modern thicket]

leverage your involvement with school clubs, if you were a boy scout, and are an eagle scout for example, use it

[inner zealot]

ye put school clubs stuff

[modern thicket]

stuff like that is good starting out

[pale moat]

I was in a Fortnite club so I started flossing mid interview

Jk I would never do that shit

[modern thicket]

risk in terms of taking up space, but yeah the risk is small

[pale moat]

I mean for now he’s a rising sophomore I doubt he needs that space as much as he does later

[modern thicket]

for the IT support, put the HTML, CSS, c# bullet first

[rancid dust]

I feel like i shouldnt replace a job with a club

[modern thicket]

you could add a small section with achievements, impacts, clubs, interests, etc.. Adds some personality

[rancid dust]

So then should I pause on applying until i get a project

If my resume isnt good enough to get hired

[modern thicket]

yeah, you don't wanna risk the 6 month reapplication period, especially for big companies

sometimes it's a year

and it should only take less than a week to revamp ur resume

repost when done

use hollow bullet points, they look better

[rancid dust]

Won't it like take a while to get a substantial project on there

[modern thicket]

depends on how much time you have, you could go on youtube

[rancid dust]

Wouldn't that just be copying someone then 💀

[modern thicket]

it doesn't matter at this point, you need more, theres alot of white space at the bottom and your margins are not wide enough

your resume should be filled top to bottom

it's lacking content

[rancid dust]

I'm using the format like everyone else is using

What was it

jake's or whatever

[modern thicket]

you can use hollow bullet points on jake's it looks more modern

[rancid dust]

Massive W btw

[modern thicket]

1.) Cut down fluff
2.) Revamp bullets (the research)
3.) Switch coding bullet to top for IT
4.) Add interests, clubs, sports, etc..
5.) 1 more youtube project with your own spin (it doesn't matter ur a sophomore you're only getting roles they let you in)
6.) decrease margins horizontally and vertically if needed
7.) take into account what other's said

for the project sometimes you don't have to finish it as long as it works and you can talk about it

portfolio website helps to demo, but that's your perogative, I wouldn't advise going that crazy if you don't wanna lose sleep

[modern thicket]

There's only 1 God tier resume I have ever seen on here, and it's not even the companies but just look at how visually appealing and organized it is would you like to see?

[rancid dust]

Sure

[modern thicket]

I think this is one of the best if not the best I've ever seen. Has manuscripts & accomplishments included. Something that nobody does. It's really impressive, distinguishing, and still manages to include all relevant info in depth.

If you will, hold this one dear, and reference it every time you need to make improvements, I think you will learn to be more critical of yourself, and even create one better than this along your journey

[tight roost]

Rank Exeter Andover TJ

And all those sweat schools

[modern thicket]

this isn’t your resume capper!

[novel garden]

tj in a different category

it’s public

but
Exeter
Andover
Deerfield
Lawrenceville
Choate

[rancid dust]

Lmao my school is on this list

Actually it's way too easy to find

[rancid dust]

Hell nah fuck deerfield

Real 😔😔

[elfin bough]

so your parents had so much money to send you to one? remove it who the fuck cares

[hallow sundial]

Prob remove it imo

[rancid dust]

Bruh 💀 i wish. I went on a full scholarship. My family is poor as hell

But i was told it could help if recruiters r familiar

[elfin bough]

so mention that

the way you wrote it makes you seem like youre a rich snob awaiting on nepitism

[hallow sundial]

Without mentioning this you sound pretentious

[foggy oracle]

@modern thicket remove the icons from the header since it could mess with the parsing

[rancid dust]

That's fair lmfao how should i mention it in a resume?

Like a bullet point saying i was awarded a full scholarship or smth?

[elfin bough]

yes name which one and other attributes of it

like if there was 1 spot for 1000

say something with that

[rancid dust]

Bet ok

Thank u

[modern thicket]

@elfin bough @long rover

[elfin bough]

Hard agree but it should say Publications and not Manuscripts imo