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Do you ever wish you could include things on your resume from years outside of highschool?

I have several cool accomplishments... that, of course, have all occurred outside of high school, meaning I can't use them on college applications. Do you have anything you wish you could include in your resume that you have to leave out because you did it before high school?

Personally, I would include all my stats from 5th grade. I won a world championship for a creative problem solving competition, I won the state science fair, I was specially selected for my school's first robotics team and won a state title, I was the lead in our school's musical, I was invited to be a part of a choir to sing at an MLB game, did year round swim, and I gave our elementary school graduation speech. Also, I'm fairly certain I was at least in the top 5 in terms of class rank. If only I could be that accomplished in high school.

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