Self-study
I have worked a lot of jobs throughout HS to now, some of which are actually (somewhat) impressive, while others (usually from early HS) are like summer camp counselor, etc. My question is whether I should include every legitimate job I've worked or just those more interesting ones on my resume. I'd prefer the latter, but unsure as to what the standard is. Let me know what you all think, please. Thanks.
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Hey @fmorea - Thanks for the question! I'm Jake and I'm one of the admissions consultants here at 7Sage! Just for a quick bona fides to let you know I'm not an internet rando - prior to 7Sage, I worked for 14 years in higher ed admissions including a stint as the Director of Admissions at Notre Dame Law. I'm happy to help you out with this question!
The default setting for law school admissions officers is that they'll want to hear about jobs after you began college. Only include jobs in high school if they were either crazy impressive (which is exceedingly rare for 17 year olds, but perhaps you earned steady income through high school from being a pop star) or if they continued through college (ex: maybe you started waiting tables at a restaurant when you turned 17 and have continued during college).
And should you include every job or only the impressive ones? I'd advocate for everything. First, you don't know what may catch my eye. Second, you may not consider "hustle jobs" to be impressive but it helps me fill in the blanks about your profile (ie, "Oh, it looks like they were waiting tables for like 20 hours a week all through college - dang.").
I hope that helps!