Scholarship Resume Requirements
Your resume is an important part of the competitive & mentored program scholarship application, allowing you to showcase your individual achievements.
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Highlight your academic and extra-curricular involvement with your scholarship resume.
Here are a few requirements and helpful tips for you to use before you submit your resume:
- Your resume should be no longer than 2 pages.
- If you use any acronyms be sure to explain what they stand for.
- Check your spelling carefully.
- Use headers and/or section titles to organize your resume.
- Include a BRIEF explanation of leadership roles and/or involvement. This is helpful if the reviewer is not familiar with your clubs and/or organizations.
- Include length of time spent in organizations and/or leadership roles.
- Submit your scholarship or program application and required documents, including a scholarship resume, in your New Cards Gateway by December 1.
Resume Scoring Rubric
Your resume will be scored by the following categories:
- Academic Engagement
- Leadership Initiative & Extra-Curricular Involvement
- Formatting & Grammar
Academic Engagement
All activities that are associated with academic involvement. This can include but is not limited to AP, IB, Dual Credit, academic clubs/honor societies, research, etc.
CATEGORY | OUTSTANDING | EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS | SATISFACTORY | ATTEMPTED | NOT ATTEMPTED |
Academic Engagement Score 0-8 | Academic experiences that far exceed basic graduation requirements. Participation in multiple academic related activities/clubs/ organizations. Adequately describes involvement. | Academic experiences that moderately exceed basic graduation requirements. Limited participation in academic related activities/clubs/ organizations. Does not adequately describe involvement. | Academic experiences that exceeds basic graduation requirements. No participation in academic related activities/ clubs/organizations | Meets basic graduation requirements. No involvement in academic related activities/clubs/ | Does not meet basic graduation requirements. |
Leadership Initiative & Extra-Curricular Involvement
Outside the classroom activities in which you have participated. You should also include any leadership/management roles you have held. This can include but is not limited to clubs/organizations, service, work, sports, etc.
CATEGORY | OUTSTANDING | EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS | SATISFACTORY | ATTEMPTED | NOT ATTEMPTED |
| Leadership Initiative & Extra-Curricular Commitment Score 0-8 | Balanced participation in extracurricular activities. Held a leadership role in multiple activities. Includes adequate descriptions of involvement. Demonstrates meaningful commitment | Some balanced participation in extracurricular activities. Held a leadership role in at least 1 activity. Includes basic descriptions of involvement. Demonstrates meaningful commitment | Limited participation in extra-curricular activities. No leadership roles –OR leadership roles with no descriptions. Little meaningful commitment (no involvement lasting more than 1 year) | Participated in 1 or less extra-curricular activities. No involvements lasting more than 1 year. No explanations. | No involvement outside the classroom. |
Formatting & Grammar
Factors such as spelling, organization, formatting and page length.
CATEGORY | OUTSTANDING | EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS | SATISFACTORY | ATTEMPTED | NOT ATTEMPTED |
| Formatting & Grammar Score 0-8 | Well organized with headings and sections. Consistent formatting. No misspellings No more than 2 pages. | Mostly organized but no headings or sections. Consistent formatting. No misspellings No more than 2 pages. | No specific order Inconsistent formatting. Some misspellings 3/4 page or less | No specific order No formatting Multiple misspellings 1/2 page or less | Insufficient information |