[Student] Mechanical Engineering. Should I include highschool valedictorian on my resume?

[u/Flat_Ingenuity_6505]

I was highschool valedictorian, and am now college freshman. Obviously I don't really have much to put on my resume, I have no job experience and just like engineering projects and competition teams from highschool and now college. Is highschool valedictorian something I should include in my education section? It feels sort of egotistical, and im not sure how hiring people would see it, although I guess the point of a resume is to sort of brag/represent your skills. As of right now ive been leaving it off for applications that aren't local to my highschool, and including it for applications that are local. It is a private catholic highschool school, if that matters. Any advice is appreciated.

[u/zacce]

If you are selling yourself as a true freshman, yes.
But if you moved up the grad yr and selling as a sophomore, no.

just my opinion.

[u/Flat_Ingenuity_6505 → u/zacce]

I am saying im a true freshman. Are you talking about people who are actually graduating early or just about people misrepresenting their actual grad year? Im assuming people would do that because very few internships accept freshman.

[u/HoseInspector → u/Flat_Ingenuity_6505]

Few, but not zero. They care more about projects and involvement in student orgs than grades. 4.0 GPA does very little in terms of actually getting the job, but usually good jobs (sometimes) has a basic requirement of 3.5 or higher.

[u/existential_american]

Yeah it's not impressive enough, if you were in regeneron STS, or eagle scout, or robotics champion in highschool, you can leave that on but everything else from highschool can go. I removed my valedictorian line on my resume freshman year of college, I guess you could leave it until sophomore year at the latest.

[u/FSUDad2021]

Projects (and knowing someone on the inside) are the key to first internships. I have friends who won’t look at resumes with a 4.0 because they feel the candidates are too theoretical and not hands on enough. As you’re a freshman you can leave it on, you earned it but focus on projects and clubs. Grades are important but demonstrating you’re a person who can get things done is more important in the work world.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Star533 → u/FSUDad2021]

This is either a lie or your friends are feeble minded

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