Technical Experience in your College Application
Here's a subject that just came up to me in conversation. What if Susie/Johnny has considerable IT talent and job experience, in High School, and wants to convincingly parlay that into worthwhile recognition and usefulness on his/her upcoming college application?
My first reaction is to be sure to get your story straight....are you going to college specifically for computer-related classes and experiences? Are you simply trying to get into a very prestigious Engineering or Science & Technology school? Are you looking for work-study opportunities supporting campus IT infrastructure? Is it all just another extra-curricular activity or hobby, or did you truly accomplish something unique, valuable or otherwise useful in your community (online or off)?
With your "storyline" and objectives in line, now it's time to illustrate you activities and acumen in a way that (1) clearly and accurately showcases the storyline, and (2) provides the best possible support in your objectives.
- Your activities should clearly show progress, learning and helpfulness to others
- Your IT experience should either be in industry-relevant areas, or particulary challenging ones.
- All your IT verbage must be absolutely accurate, with company names, copyrights, etc.
- Use hyperlinks only as a last resort - you don't want readers to navigate away from your story, don't want them to misinterpret things, and don't want them to get far off-topic or otherwise distracted from the world you're describing
- Be sure to indicate examples of teaching, teamwork, collaboration, ownership - i.e. anything that indicates responsibility to and for others
- Don't be hesitant to describe activities and capabilities with respect to avatars and a virtual world - but make sure to be solidly grounded in the real on, demonstrating how your virtual activities truly benefit real-life people and events.
- Unless you're gaming experience has a technical creation or business angle, try to avoid coming across as a real expert in "using" games, vs. creating or selling them.
Treat your college application IT information just like it might be treated on a resume, though modified to fit the overall context of the application!
If you need help, contact us at Dadministrator at hotmail.com. Your college application with IT relevance IS a Technical Resume!
My first reaction is to be sure to get your story straight....are you going to college specifically for computer-related classes and experiences? Are you simply trying to get into a very prestigious Engineering or Science & Technology school? Are you looking for work-study opportunities supporting campus IT infrastructure? Is it all just another extra-curricular activity or hobby, or did you truly accomplish something unique, valuable or otherwise useful in your community (online or off)?
With your "storyline" and objectives in line, now it's time to illustrate you activities and acumen in a way that (1) clearly and accurately showcases the storyline, and (2) provides the best possible support in your objectives.
- Your activities should clearly show progress, learning and helpfulness to others
- Your IT experience should either be in industry-relevant areas, or particulary challenging ones.
- All your IT verbage must be absolutely accurate, with company names, copyrights, etc.
- Use hyperlinks only as a last resort - you don't want readers to navigate away from your story, don't want them to misinterpret things, and don't want them to get far off-topic or otherwise distracted from the world you're describing
- Be sure to indicate examples of teaching, teamwork, collaboration, ownership - i.e. anything that indicates responsibility to and for others
- Don't be hesitant to describe activities and capabilities with respect to avatars and a virtual world - but make sure to be solidly grounded in the real on, demonstrating how your virtual activities truly benefit real-life people and events.
- Unless you're gaming experience has a technical creation or business angle, try to avoid coming across as a real expert in "using" games, vs. creating or selling them.
Treat your college application IT information just like it might be treated on a resume, though modified to fit the overall context of the application!
If you need help, contact us at Dadministrator at hotmail.com. Your college application with IT relevance IS a Technical Resume!
posted by: T at 9:35 AM
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