Including conferences in the CV of an undergraduate student Do you think it is important to include a list of attended conferences in your CV when you are an undergraduate student?

And what about the seminars you have attended which did not provide you with a certificate confirming you took them? Should they be mentioned too?
Do you think it is important to include a list of attended conferences in your CV when you are an undergraduate student?


Sure, why not?  It's not likely to make a big difference in graduate school applications, but it can't hurt and might help.  This is not a particularly valuable form of information, but it's worth including when you don't have lots more to say (and undergraduates are generally in that position).


  And what about the seminars you have attended which did not provide you with a certificate confirming you took them? Should they be mentioned too?


In the U.S., certificates confirming attendance are irrelevant. I couldn't recognize an official certificate if I saw one (there's no standard format or protection against forgery), so I consider them meaningless, and this is a common opinion here.  If you are sending your CV to a U.S. institution, then you don't need to worry about this at all.  In other countries the customs may differ, however.