"List any relevant internship or work experience that you have." Pre-college work?

[ktk]

Typically for job apps and even grad school apps, I wouldn't mention things before high school, everyone has told me that.

 

I've encountered a textbox that simply states:

 

 

List any relevant internship or work experience that you have. 

 

I have some internship experience for a university and a Fortune 100 company where I did work that is relevant to the lab I want to work for... Should I include it? I do have more items from my undergrad but I am wondering if listing high school internships, regardless of relevance would be detrimental to my application. Have I answered my own question?

Edited December 15, 2014 by ktk

[eeee1923]

I would just briefly mention it but there's no need to write more than 2-3 sentences about the experience and just include it to show that you have some exposure to the area in which you would like to work.

[ktk]

Yeah. It is a small textbox already, and I don't have more than two sentences on the pre-college stuff. (edit: combined)

 

Thanks!

Edited December 15, 2014 by ktk

[uselesstheory]

Just to echo @eteshoe: include it if relevant! I just want to emphasize that including HS experience is okay if it is relevant and professional (as yours is, as opposed to a high school club, perhaps).