What high school honors can you safely put on your resume?

[Anonymous]

When I was in my early 20s and teaching at a boarding school, I put the sports I played/coached in HS. But, that was only because there is an expectation to coach and I needed to convey which sports I was competent to coach. Since then, I don’t even list my HS.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are you, OP?

48. Why?

[Anonymous]

Ok this has to be a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you put your SAT score on your resume?

Op here. If it were a Top Score.

I have never had anything from high school on my resume but in PPs defense when I graduated from college consulting firms like McKinsey and Bain sometimes asked for your SAT scores.

...and you filled out the application with those numbers. I believe Bain also wanted your high school transcript (coming out of Grad School) as their hiring philosophy was they wanted a demonstrated track record)

I think it was BCG that asked for this when I was considering applying for a position there, and not as a new grad. I couldn't believe they wanted the SAT scores, broken down by math and verbal even, for a 30-something mid-career profession. I barely remember my SAT score, and definitely don't recall the breakdown!

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Anonymous wrote:I can come up with two that could be on resume in early working years -- National Merit Scholar (not semi finalist but actual one) because nationally recognized and Eagle Scout. Being an eagle is something men talk about even later in life and it shows very positive strengths.

Maybe Eagle Scout, but definitely not National Merit Scholar. I have never included the that information, not only because nobody cares, but more importantly because some people might think that I'm a jerk who is trying to show off how smart I am.

Nobody cares + might give people a bad impression = leave it off the resume.

National Merit matters if you are early in university and applying for academic honors. It can be a literal points thing. But for god's sake, not in any other capacity.

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Anonymous wrote:None.
I won a national engineering contest in high school. It went on my college applications, and on my resume until I was 21 (applying for my first "real" job after college). It hasn't appeared on my resume since then.

OP here. Suppose it weren’t specifically limited to engineers but were an all-around Academic Excellence accolade. Same answer?

By the way, I appreciate there is a clear consensus emerging. I’m just trying to probe this particular situation. Thank you.

PP here. I think that would be even worse. I was at least applying to engineering colleges and for engineering jobs, so it was directly relevant. Even with the relevance, it outlived its place on my resume once I'd landed my first job at 21.

[Anonymous]

If you're out of your first year of college (or maaayybbeeee sophomore) and still need to put HS accolades on your resume, you're the same as that guy who wears his varsity letter jacket to the HS to the bar.

[Anonymous]

"In this climate, many people might think being an Eagle Scout means you're conservative/pro military, etc.
In many circles, that would not be an advantage!"

The people who thought that way would be those who know the least about Scouting.

That doesn't mean you aren't correct.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're out of your first year of college (or maaayybbeeee sophomore) and still need to put HS accolades on your resume, you're the same as that guy who wears his varsity letter jacket to the HS to the bar.

Bingo.

Once again, if you literally have nothing else, then you literally have nothing else -- like, you did well in high school but have been travelling with the Grateful Dead or other stoning band for the last 30 years, trading sex for food or something. In that case, use what you have. But if you did any other kind of schooling or had a job with income you paid taxes on, use that.

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Anonymous wrote:How old are you, OP?

48. Why?

Wait what?! This really explains why OP wrote "adults and not college interns" lol...

[Anonymous]

All of them if you're still in high school. Some of them if you're currently in undergrad. Otherwise none.

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Anonymous wrote:I can come up with two that could be on resume in early working years -- National Merit Scholar (not semi finalist but actual one) because nationally recognized and Eagle Scout. Being an eagle is something men talk about even later in life and it shows very positive strengths.

Maybe Eagle Scout, but definitely not National Merit Scholar. I have never included the that information, not only because nobody cares, but more importantly because some people might think that I'm a jerk who is trying to show off how smart I am.

Nobody cares + might give people a bad impression = leave it off the resume.

National Merit matters if you are early in university and applying for academic honors. It can be a literal points thing. But for god's sake, not in any other capacity.

Yes, but I assumed from the context of the OP that we were talking about an adult college graduate.

[Anonymous]

I've reviewed hundreds of resumes and I've never seen anything about high school unless that was their last academic stop.

[Anonymous]

You can put something from high school if you were the one person out of about a billion in China who had the top score in their national math test. Got a patent from your high school science fair. Or went to the Olympics. I think that's about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I can come up with two that could be on resume in early working years -- National Merit Scholar (not semi finalist but actual one) because nationally recognized and Eagle Scout. Being an eagle is something men talk about even later in life and it shows very positive strengths.

You consider homophobia a positive strength?

Very unfair to blame the boy who makes eagle for the organization s faults. Men who have been eagles and families recognize what it means for young man boy