A marketing and advertising tool where the target audience is the admission panel and you are the product…

Think of your resume as an advertisement. You are the product and the resume is to show you of to your best advantage. Resume formatting can use your creativity, display innovation and exhibit a fair amount of flair, but at the end of the day, the purpose is to make sure that your resume presents you in the best possible light. University selection criteria weather it is a top USA universities or elsewhere starts with the first glance at your resume.

Essentially a resume in the admissions process is supposed to:

• Showcase your educational, extra-curricular abilities
  
  
• Present a comprehensive picture of your educational progression
  
  
• In case of the MS, Doctoral or research student, indicate a strong academic orientation and aptitude. This is done by providing a clear and concise detailed overview of your coursework, internships, projects, presentations, paper writing and presentation published work etc
  
  
• For a GMAT student, who is usually a professional with work experience seeking business education, a resume serves the purpose of highlighting career experience, providing a holistic look at career development and giving a feel of skills, competencies and transferable as well as professional skills. For GMAT students, it is important for the resume to project entrepreneurial, managerial and business abilities of the student.
  
  
• The admission resume is very different from a regular resume which is for seeking employment. Academic resume is more 'future oriented, aspirational, comprehensive (carrying information about extra-curricular interests, activities, hobbies, sports achievements etc as admissions committees are interested in knowing the overall persona of the candidate. On this basis, they will determine if you are a good 'fit' for on-campus life as well as of academic orientation.

Access will help you to build a resume which will provide an accurate, comprehensive and complimentary snapshot of your educational experience, extra curricular activities, other accomplishments, community service endeavors, sports achievements etc.

Experts who have years of cumulative and intensive experience in building admission resumes will be able to pinpoint the areas which need incorporation, points to be highlighted, activities which have to be mentioned and aspects of your personality which have to be included. Even professional with extensive experience sometimes lack the special orientation which is required for admission resumes. Often the existing resumes need considerable rework to accurately represent the professional's suitability as a student. Access experts are able to evaluate the resume at a glance and like maverick filmmakers are able to weave the plot of your academic and career graph to present you in the best possible light, exactly as if resume was the advertisement providing a tantalizing, flattering and spot lit glimpse of the potential you hold as a student, person and professional.