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Student Resume Example

A student resume is read for potential, and the evidence for potential is scattered: an internship, a class project, a part-time job, a club role. This example pulls those into one page that a recruiter or an application system can read in seconds, with the degree and graduation date where they look first.

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Sample student resume

The same resume in five styles named after the editor’s templates: Classic, Modern, Elegant, Formal and Oxford. Switch between them to see how the layout changes, then copy the structure into your own.

Bold headings with full width rules, each role on one line, strengths up top.

Alex Morgan

Economics Senior, Data Analysis and Market Research

  • alex.morgan@example.com
  • (555) 555-0100
  • Austin, TX
  • linkedin.com/in/alex-morgan-example

Summary

Economics senior with a data analytics minor, graduating May 2027 with a 3.6 GPA. Spent summer 2026 as a marketing analytics intern at a regional retailer, building the weekly campaign report the team kept using after the internship ended. Led a capstone forecasting project for a local food bank and works 15 hours a week as a coffee shop shift lead during the semester. Seeking an entry-level analyst role starting summer 2027.

Skills

  • Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, charts)
  • SQL (SELECT, joins, aggregation)
  • Python (pandas, statsmodels, Matplotlib)
  • Tableau / Power BI
  • Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides)
  • Survey design and data collection (Qualtrics)
  • Research writing and report summaries
  • Presentations to faculty and client panels
  • Social media scheduling (Hootsuite, Canva)
  • Point-of-sale systems and cash handling
  • Team project coordination (Trello, Slack)
  • Spanish (professional working proficiency)

Experience

Marketing Analytics Intern

Northwind Labs

Summer 2026

  • Built a weekly campaign report in Excel and Tableau from Google Analytics and sales exports, cutting the team's Monday reporting time from about three hours to under one.
  • Wrote SQL queries to compare repeat-purchase rates across 4 email segments and presented the findings to the marketing manager and two analysts at the end-of-internship review.

Capstone and Course Projects

Riverton University

2025 to 2026

  • Led a 4-person capstone team forecasting monthly demand for a local food bank in Python (pandas, statsmodels); the food bank used the forecast to plan its holiday volunteer schedule.
  • Designed and ran a 300-response Qualtrics survey on student transit use for an econometrics course, then cleaned the data and wrote a 12-page regression report that earned an A.

Shift Lead

Riverton Coffee House

2024 to Present

  • Worked 15 to 20 hours a week during the semester, trained 6 new baristas, and closed out the register and daily sales report.

Treasurer and Statistics Tutor

Riverton University

2024 to 2026

  • Tracked the club's student activities budget in Google Sheets and prepared the end-of-semester spending report for student government.
  • Tutored first-year students in introductory statistics at the campus learning center, 6 hours a week across two semesters.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Minor in Data Analytics (GPA 3.6)

Riverton University

Expected May 2027

Sample content. Alex Morgan, the employers and the school shown above are fictional, and the contact details are reserved placeholders.

How to write a student resume

Education goes first while you are in school or within about a year of graduating. Give the degree, major, minor, university, and expected graduation month and year. Employers hiring for internships and new-graduate programs check the date to see whether you fit their start window.

Write every piece of experience the same way: what you did, with which tools, and what came of it. An internship, a class project and a weekend job all fit that format, and writing them alike lets a recruiter compare them.

Keep part-time jobs, including unrelated ones. Serving customers, running a register, training new staff and working through a full course load all show reliability, which is what an entry-level screener is checking for.

Add relevant coursework only when it matches the posting, as one line of course names. A list of every class you have taken uses space a project bullet would use better.

Why student applications get screened out

These are the failures specific to this role: the ones a generic CV guide will not warn you about.

  • No graduation date, so the screener cannot tell whether you fit an internship cycle or a new-graduate start date.
  • An objective statement about wanting to learn and grow, which takes the top of the page and says nothing specific about you.
  • Class projects described by topic alone, with no tools, team size or personal contribution.
  • GPA left off when the posting asks for it, which some application systems treat as a missing requirement.
  • Part-time and service jobs dropped entirely, leaving a page that looks emptier than the candidate's actual week.
  • Work authorization left unclear for international students on F-1 status, which stalls the application at the first recruiter call.
  • A two-page resume, a photo, or a decorative two-column template, each of which reads as inexperience at entry level.
  • An unprofessional email address, or a personal one where the posting expects the university address.

What drives pay for this role

Pay at this stage depends mostly on the field and the type of role. Internships may pay hourly or a fixed stipend, and some are unpaid or for academic credit, under rules that vary by country and state. For entry-level offers, the levers are the industry and function (technical and finance roles generally price above nonprofit and media work), the city and its cost of living, whether the employer runs a structured graduate program with a set starting rate, and relevant internship experience, which some employers credit at the offer stage. Compare the whole offer, including any signing bonus, relocation support and benefits.

Student resume questions

Should I put my GPA on my resume?
Put it on when the posting asks for it and when it helps you. Some employers, particularly in finance, consulting and engineering, use it as an early filter, and a missing GPA can read as a low one. If your major GPA is stronger than your overall GPA, list both and label each clearly.
What if I have no internship?
Use what you have, written as evidence: class projects with real data or a real client, research with a professor, campus jobs, club leadership, volunteering and part-time work. Name the tools you used and what each piece of work produced.
Should I include high school?
Usually only in your first year or two of college, or when it adds something the posting cares about, such as a relevant award. Once you have college coursework, projects or jobs, high school details take space better spent on them.
Does a student resume have to be one page?
Yes, in almost every case. Recruiters for internships and entry-level roles expect one page, and fitting it on one page also shows you can decide what matters. Cut older or weaker items before shrinking the font below a readable size.
How do I list a degree I have not finished?
Write the expected date: 'B.S. Economics, expected May 2027'. That is standard and honest, and it lets an application system read the graduation date correctly. Never write the degree as if it had already been awarded.

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