What is a Scholarship Application Portfolio?

A scholarship application portfolio (just one important section of a scholarship binder) is an expanded resume of your extracurricular activities, volunteer hours, awards and achievements, and more. After all, besides an essay, one of the most frequently requested items on any scholarship application is a list of your extracurricular activities, honors, and awards. However, constantly trying to recall these activities and their details off the top of your head can become tiresome and frustrating, especially when you have to do it with each and every application… this is where your scholarship application portfolio comes in!

Accumulating all of these items into a singular portfolio essentially creates your “cheat sheet”–a reference guide to all of your accomplishments–that can easily be copied and pasted into any of your scholarship applications…quickly expediting the time spent on an application. This decreased time per application means that you can apply to more scholarships in less time, thereby increasing your odds of receiving one. Although creating a comprehensive scholarship application portfolio takes a lot of work in the beginning, it saves time in the long run, making the application process a lot smoother!

How to Organize Your Scholarship Application Portfolio

Your scholarship application portfolio should be divided into following 5 sections: Extracurricular Activities, Volunteer Services, Honors and Awards, Leadership Positions, and Academics. When compiling these items, start at the high school level unless you earned something at the state, national, or global level prior to high school. Along with listing each item, you will need to provide a thorough description for each one, giving scholarship judges every detail they need to know about the activity.

Additional Resources for Applying to Scholarships

Applying to scholarships can feel overwhelming and time-consuming, especially with the limited amount of time students have between homework, college applications, extracurricular activities, and jobs. However, creating a comprehensive scholarship application portfolio can save students hours of time and quickly decrease the amount of time it takes to apply to each scholarship.

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