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Scholarship Resumes – Do you need one?
What are college scholarship resumes, and why are they needed for students trying to win money for school?
This is also known as an activity resume or brag sheet.
Starting early is key, because if students find their activities lacking, they still have time to put in some community service hours, sign-up for Advanced Placement classes, and/or find their honors and awards certificates that have been won.
What are you waiting for?
Not sure what a scholarship resume should include?
Use this list:
- Full legal name
- Address
- Phone number
- Email address
- Education (Begin with high school and share grad date or expected grad date.)
- G.P.A.
- A.P./Honors classes taken
- College classes
- Community Service/Volunteering
- Jobs/Employment
- Special skills/Interests
- Leadership Experience
- Awards/Honors
- Academic Achievements
- Valedictorian/Salutatorian Status
- Personal mission statement
Many scholarship applications include an option to upload resumes directly, rather than listing each activity students participated in while in high school.
What are college scholarship resumes and why are they needed for students trying to win money for school? Read this! Share on XScholarship or activity resumes save a ton of time and allow students to share more details about themselves, making them more favorable and personable to the judges.
For mailed-in applications, students can print their scholarship resumes and include them in the required materials.
When resumes for scholarships are created early in high school, students can simply keep adding activities as they progress and have a complete resume by the time they are high school seniors, knee-deep in scholarship applications.
The scholarship resume is not just for scholarship applications.
There are more ways to use it that will strengthen the student in the eyes of the judges.
Have you created your activity resume for scholarships yet?
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Exactly what you need to include (and NOT include) in a college scholarship resume is explained in detail in my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks for parents and their students.
What are parents saying about the ebooks? THIS! ⬇️
“My kids have won scholarships because of Monica’s parent and student ebooks “How to Win College Scholarships.” They are worth the purchase – all info in one place, in an indexed, organized, and searchable document.
For me – #1 reason, ‘I didn’t know what I didn’t know’ when starting the process with my oldest daughter. Thankfully I knew Monica, got the very first version of her ebooks and benefited from her experience. I started learning early about what was needed so I could help my daughter. She is now 25, a college grad and finished with $0 in student loan debt! I have two sons currently in college and one HS sophomore. No student or parent loans needed! (My kids do work all summer to help and we contribute with some savings; approx. half of all expenses have been covered by their scholarship winnings!)
Most helpful to us have been these sections in the ebooks: partnering with your student/ teamwork, getting great letters of recommendation, the scholarship resume, and how to write exceptional essays. Also, having ready access to all of the live and updated scholarships lists is a great bonus feature!” B.G., Michigan
Monica Matthews is the author of How to Win College Scholarships. She helped her own son win over $100,000 in college scholarships and now shares her expertise with other parents and their students. She truly has “been there, done that” in regard to helping parents and students navigate the scholarship process.
Her method of helping students in finding college scholarships, writing unique and compelling scholarship essays, creating amazing scholarship application packets, and more have taught desperate parents to help their own students win thousands of scholarship dollars. She teaches them how to apply S.M.A.R.T. with outstanding results.
Monica’s scholarship tips have been featured on many prominent websites, and she has been dubbed the “Go-To” expert on college scholarships.
I am a dedicated and hard working CIS student at the University of North Alabama.
That’s great, Dezmond! Are you still applying for scholarships? Find a list open to current college students here. Good luck and make sure you apply SMART!