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Free printable scholarship handout for school counselors

A one-page handout to post in your office or give to seniors. It shows students how to find scholarships that fit the time they have, and the QR code opens a free scholarship search. Add your school and state and the handout below updates as you type, with your state's open awards and a QR code to your state's page. Then print it or save it as a PDF.

In the print window, choose Save as PDF to keep a copy.

Scholarship Tracker

See how much work a scholarship takes before you start

A free scholarship search for high school seniors, built by a Georgia student. Every scholarship has an effort score from 0 to 100, so you can start with the ones you can finish this week.

Scan to start

522

open scholarships, with every requirement listed

140

are quick: a form or one short essay

Free

no account needed, and no sponsor pays to rank higher

What the effort score means

Quick

80 and up

Moderate

60 to 79

Substantial

40 to 59

Major project

0 to 39

The score comes from what the application asks for (essays, letters, transcripts), not from who the sponsor is. A 250-word essay on its own scores 80; a 500-word essay, a letter and a transcript scores 55. How it is worked out: www.scholarshiptracker.org/effort-score

A good way to start

  1. 1Tap “Quick to apply” to see the scholarships that take the least work.
  2. 2Save the ones that fit and add an email for a reminder before each deadline.
  3. 3Do a few quick ones first, then spend your time on one or two bigger ones.
  4. 4Confirm on the sponsor’s site before you submit: deadlines and rules change.

www.scholarshiptracker.org

Checked against each sponsor’s own page where we could reach it. Found a mistake? Every scholarship page has a “Report an error” link.

For the counselor: the school name is only used to tag the QR code, so you can see whether students from your school use it. Nothing about the student is collected; the data page explains what the site keeps.

Know a local scholarship that isn't listed? Submit it here and we'll check it against the sponsor's page before adding it.

Free Printable Scholarship Handout for School Counselors