Timeline for Cancelled Summer Program due to COVID-19
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| Apr 2, 2020 at 20:32 | comment | added | Buffy | And you have no idea about how adept the 9 year olds were at algorithmic marbles. I still have nightmares. One kid had a 18,688 node Cray Titan to do the computations. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 20:29 | comment | added | Buffy | Hmmm. Are you a reader and evaluator of CVs for positions, or just a writer and hoper that you'll get accepted? Let others puff you up in letters. Then it has some value. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 19:14 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | I guess it depends on what a summer program is, my field doesn't really have them? I guess I'm not sure how to interpret how important it is. It makes sense, IMO to list fellowships and scholarships you earned, but could not take multiple, rather than to list workshops you did not attend and didn't get value from (except in these very exceptional times) | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 19:02 | comment | added | Caleb Stanford | @AzorAhai I see where you are coming from. It does depend on if it was a competitive/important application, and if a scholarship was awarded. I think it depends on the rest of the resume... if most things are pretty mediocre, maybe this stuff is better than average. But if OP has like 10 peer-reviewed publications and awards, then perhaps they shouldn't be listing summer programs at all. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 18:44 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | Hmm, I would disagree that you should list all that you got into. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 17:44 | comment | added | Caleb Stanford | @terdon It depends on whether the bragging is warranted. I think lots of students are afraid to put things on their CV that objectively look impressive. Often people are afraid of bragging and underconfident on including things. So this addresses that perspective. You are right as well that the opposite problem can occur. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 17:25 | comment | added | terdon | I guess it's the "brag as much as possible" that Buffy was reacting to. I know I was. CVs that come across as bragging are the first to hit the trash as far as I'm concerned. There should be no bragging at all, IMO. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 15:30 | comment | added | Caleb Stanford | @Buffy But winning the neighborhood marbles competition doesn't sound impressive :) So it doesn't satisfy "include everything that sounds impressive." In fact that detracts, even if (unbeknownst to the reader), winning this marble competition is a huge intellectual feat that immediately qualifies you as a genius and means that you should be accepted to all academic programs going forward. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 15:27 | comment | added | Buffy | I worry about your concept of a CV. Don't list things that others would consider trivial. "I won the neighborhood marbles competition when I was only 6 years old." I don't object to your specific suggestion in this case, but would if the reason for not attending were something personal. But it is marginal (IMO) even as you state it. | |
| Apr 2, 2020 at 15:23 | history | answered | Caleb Stanford | CC BY-SA 4.0 |