Resume vs. CV?

[Syr]

Nobody answered my last post, but I'll try again with a different (and hopefully easier) question.

One of the programs I'm applying to (U of MN) requests a resume -or- CV with application. I'd been planning to submit one anyway, but I'm not sure which would be better. At this point, my CV (which I haven't created yet) would be kind of... well, pathetic. But would it look more professional to submit a CV regardless? Or should I stick with a resume, that'll look a little more filled out?

Help please!

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[JMM051]

I don't think choosing one over the other will make or break you. I would go with the one you're more confident in. If you feel that you're resume is stronger, I would submit that then creating something new.

 

[cerealrhapsody]

I am in the exact same dilemma.

I didn't want to use a resume because, to me at least, resumes are more about professional work experience, of which I basically have none. But the problem with a CV is that I don't really have much teaching/research/academic experience either.

However, I was leaning toward creating a CV because I do have a bit of research experience, and I want to be able to explain in more detail what exactly I did, without the length/brevity constraints of a resume. But at the same time, my CV is looking kind of pathetic...😳

 

[Wiingy]

Nobody answered my last post, but I'll try again with a different (and hopefully easier) question.

One of the programs I'm applying to (U of MN) requests a resume -or- CV with application. I'd been planning to submit one anyway, but I'm not sure which would be better. At this point, my CV (which I haven't created yet) would be kind of... well, pathetic. But would it look more professional to submit a CV regardless? Or should I stick with a resume, that'll look a little more filled out?

Help please!

I agree that it's probably not super critical which one you pick. If you have conference presentations, research publications, or books, then definitely go with a CV - on a resume there's no real place to list them. Otherwise a resume is probably fine, as long as you tailor it to things that the school would be interested in (i.e. put all your research/health-related jobs on, leave the college part-times in food service or retail off).

 

[cerealrhapsody]

Otherwise a resume is probably fine, as long as you tailor it to things that the school would be interested in (i.e. put all your research/health-related jobs on, leave the college part-times in food service or retail off).

I have a lot of community service and other ECs that are not relevant to public health at all. Would it still be a good idea to include that stuff on SOPHAS even if I did not include it on the resume/CV?

 

[Wiingy]

I have a lot of community service and other ECs that are not relevant to public health at all. Would it still be a good idea to include that stuff on SOPHAS even if I did not include it on the resume/CV?

I would absolutely include it on SOPHAS - the resume is just supposed to be the "highlights", your activities and personal statement will help the admissions committee get a better sense of who you are.