mct88

Harvard Kennedy School admissions department told me 2-4 pages, Princeton Wilson School admissions told me around 2 pages is good. Mine is just over 2 pages. Both of them said they want detail - for example, if you work at a company that they may not have heard of, add a line to the resume explaining what the organization is. They also emphasized readability - 12-point font, normal margins. I have 3 years of work experience, and when I took my one-page professional resume and changed it to have normal margins/spacing/font, it almost doubled in length. Princeton also requires an academic resume listing relevant courses, and admissions department told me they are looking for around one sentence describing the course, then a list of the primary textbooks used. He also said to be liberal with what courses you list - even though it asks for "politics" courses, I am including some history courses because I think they are semi-relevant to my intended field of study. When I told him my concern regarding my lack of quantitative/economics experience, he suggested adding an addendum to my academic resume to try to explain this weakness. For HKS, they do not require an academic resume but I am planning on listing relevant coursework on my resume, although I am undecided on the level of detail to include. Hope this is helpful!