Set Up Your Spreadsheet

There are thousands of scholarships available every year, which means you have a lot of opportunities to find help paying for school.

Using a digital tool like a spreadsheet can help you keep track of all of these opportunities.

In this video, you will set up your spreadsheet to help you organize the information you discover about different scholarships in your research.

To begin, create column titles, also called headers, for the information you’d like to learn about each scholarship. List headers for the most essential information about each scholarship, such as the name of the scholarship, the organization offering it, a description of the scholarship, the scholarship’s deadline, the link to the organization’s website, and any contact information.

Bold your headers to make them stand out...

...and format your spreadsheet to wrap text. This will make longer text fit within individual cells.

Now, it’s your turn: Create column headers for your spreadsheet, Bold them, and format your spreadsheet to wrap text.