Building a resume for college and scholarships
A one-page resume that fills itself from Transcripts, a version for each scholarship, a log of hours and a brag sheet for the people writing letters.
Open College in My Homeschool, choose a high schooler, then Resume. Grades and GPA, course rigor, test scores and activities come from Transcripts.
What makes a resume stand out
- Depth over a long list. A few activities kept up for years, with hours, beat many short ones.
- Results with numbers. “Organized 3 food drives that collected 1,800 pounds of food” beats “Food pantry volunteer.”
- Leadership, service and work. Scholarship readers look for these first. Farm, ranch and family-business work counts.
- Awards with their level (state, national) and how selective they were.
- Projects. Things built, researched, started or self-taught. Homeschoolers shine here.
- One page, with a version for each scholarship.
Build it
- On Build, choose Bring them in to add activities and awards from Transcripts.
- For each entry, tick the grades, add hours, and write up to three lines about what was done and what changed. The 💡 tips under each line suggest an action word or a number.
- Add skills, certifications and languages at the bottom.
A version for each scholarship
On Versions, add one, choose its focus (leadership, service, STEM, agriculture, faith, work, athletics or arts) and untick what doesn’t fit. Entries are shared, so a line fixed once is fixed everywhere.
Activity log
Log hours and what happened right after each event. Hours add up into each entry, and Add as a line turns a note into a resume line.
Brag sheet
Answer a few questions in the student’s own words and download a one-page brag sheet to hand to a teacher, pastor, coach or employer writing a recommendation.
Download
On Preview and download, pick a version, check that it fits on one page, then choose Fillable PDF (type the name, email and phone into the boxes) or Word (replace the [brackets]). 🔒 There is no box for the name, email or phone, so they aren’t saved; the lines you write are kept as written.
Working on it together
Choose Make a link to give your teen a private link. It opens only the resume, on their own phone or computer, with no account. You both see every change. Turn it off stops it at once; links also end after 120 days.