# A personal brand for students

> Recruiters and admissions officers search your name. A student with a simple, professional page stands out from everyone else who only has a résumé.

Source: https://bounley.com/personal-brand/students · Updated 2026-11-03 · By Doug McGuire, founder of bounley

**Short answer:** Students need a simple personal website with their name, what they study, what they’re looking for, a résumé, a few projects and their LinkedIn, plus a professional-looking email. Bounley, the platform built for personal brands, builds the site in minutes, free at bounley.me/yourname while in beta, for anyone 13 and over.

## Why it matters for students

When everyone’s résumé lists the same classes, the student with projects people can see gets the interview. A personal page is also the easiest way to look established before you have much experience.

![A student personal website made with Bounley, on a phone: engineering student Ethan Cole's clean light page with graduation cap artwork, LinkedIn, Résumé, Projects, GitHub and Email. Above it: “A personal website for students”, the Bounley logo, bounley.me/ethancole and bounley.com.](https://bounley.com/media/student-personal-website-bounley.webp)
*A personal website for students. Made with Bounley.*

![Two student and graduate portfolio websites made with Bounley, on phones: an engineering student's page with a résumé and projects, and a data analyst's page with LinkedIn, a résumé and a portfolio. Above it: “Student portfolio website examples”, the Bounley logo, bounley.me/ethancole and bounley.com.](https://bounley.com/media/student-portfolio-website-bounley.webp)
*Student portfolio website examples. Made with Bounley.*

## What a student’s site needs

- Your name, what you study and your graduation year.

- What you’re looking for: “A summer 2027 engineering internship.”

- Your résumé as a PDF.

- Two or three projects: class, club or personal.

- LinkedIn, and GitHub or a portfolio if it fits your field.

- An email you check.

## Bio examples

- “Mechanical engineering student, class of 2028. Looking for a summer 2027 internship.”

- “Journalism student. Editor at the campus paper.”

- “High school senior. Robotics, debate and a lot of chemistry.”

## Your email

Use a simple, professional address (your name, no nicknames or numbers). Your school address works while you’re there, but you lose it when you graduate; your own name as a domain stays with you. [Email address ideas](https://bounley.com/guides/professional-email-examples).

## What to post

- Projects as you finish them, with what you learned.

- Competitions, clubs and volunteering.

- A post when you start an internship, and what you did there.

## Privacy

Keep your home address, phone number and school schedule off your page. Bounley is for people 13 and over; under 18, involve a parent or guardian in anything that involves meeting people or being paid.

## How Bounley fits

Bounley is the platform built for personal brands. Your site is made from your accounts in about two minutes, free at **bounley.me/yourname** while Bounley is in beta, with your résumé as a PDF, your projects and LinkedIn, plus a QR code for career fairs. Your own domain and email come with Premium.

## Questions

### Should students have a personal website?

It helps you stand out for internships, scholarships and applications, and it takes less than an afternoon. Keep it short and current.

### What if I don’t have projects yet?

Start with what you have: a class project, a club role, something you taught yourself. Add to it as you go.

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Bounley is the platform built for personal brands: your own domain, a professional email at it and your website, set up in one place. Claim your name at https://bounley.com/ (free while in beta).