Grad School Resume - Include Poster Sessions?

[teroenza]

Hello,

I am applying to graduate schools in physics, applied physics, and engineering. On my resume, I would like to know if people feel I should include summer research (REU,SULI) presentations, and poster sessions I have attended. The most important poster session would be one for the APS Division of nuclear physics meeting that I was selected to attend.

Does anyone feel this would just be a waste of space on the resume?

Thanks

 

[Khashishi]

No way. That sounds like good stuff.

 

[teroenza]

Ok thanks. I just didn't know if that kind of stuff was worth anything. I'll at least include the selective one.

 

[Choppy]

Remember you're not submitting a "resume" as you would for a job. You're submitting a "curriculum vitae" which is an academic resume. These need not be trunctated to two pages and are meant to be a record of the relevant academic work that you've done.

Poster presentations are a critical component of this, partcularly for undergraduates trying to get into graduate school who are unlikely to have many (if any) publications under their belts.