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Originally posted by Rudey
I'm sorry but for many positions, especially the competitive ones, your SAT/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT/GRE/WHATEVER are a necessity along with your GPA.
You don't suddenly come out of school and nothing you did then matters anymore. Both your school and what you achieved while there are stuck with you forever.
-Rudey
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Well I guess it goes to show you, it really depends on the job and the office. I can say that in my office, any resume with SAT scores on it is getting tossed (that's the consensus of the screening committee, not just me). Post college exams are a little different, but we really don't care what you scored on a test you took at least five years ago. It just makes you look either pretentious or stupid.
And the GPA thing - why would you want to draw attention to the fact that you graduated with a 3.0? My opinion is, if you had a particularly high gpa, you're going to have the awards to to with it (honors, cum laude, whatever) so list those. But every time I see a resume saying 3.2 from State U, I think "who cares?" All we care about is that you have the degree. But we're also focusing more on the work experience than the education - I imagine a law firm is going to be different and is going to care more about the education.
We actually had one resume just come in that lists the high school GPA. Now that's definitely excessive.
Definitely list study abroad experience (under Education) - it looks great.
Oh and on the seminars and retreats - one thing I've seen on entry level resumes that I like is a "Relevant Training/Coursework" section which would be a great place to list that info.