Building a portfolio isn't some huge task that only professionals do, you can do it too! The best part is that once you've created one applying for admittance or scholarships will go a whole lot smoother. Just make sure you proofread your work and get it proofread by some else.
Here's your portfolio supply list and some tips on how each thing will be most successful:
1- Resume: You're resume should be a one page explanation of your experience and accomplishments. So make sure to list your name & contact information at the top so the reader can find them easily. Then make five subheadings; Educational Experience, Work Experience, Leadership Experience, Awards and Achievements, and References. Under each one just fill it in. Click here for some good visual example of a resume: Example Resume.
If you need more help with creating a resume you can use the UtahFutures Website.
If you want to save a resume you created in UtahFutures you will need a login that your school counselor can give you.
2- Essay: Some scholarships or even admittance requirements include an essay. This should also be written to explain the topic that they give you and make sure to have it proofread. If you don't have much experience writing an essay this UtahFutures Website can help.
3-Transcript: You will need to include a copy of your official transcript, which means that you will need to get it from your school registrar, who will print it off, seal it, and sign that it is official. Make sure you have taken the ACT/SAT test in advance so that both your grades and your ACT/SAT score will show up on this transcript. Get multiple transcripts so you can have them on hand for multiple applications.
4- Letters of Recommendation: It is probably a good rule of thumb to ask those people who would write your Letter of Recommendation early & check back with them often to see the progress, so you can get them in time to submit them with your applications. You will want to ask people to write them from different areas in your life; someone who knows your work ethic, someone who knows your academic experience, and someone who knows you from your neighborhood/community/church. Make sure you tell theses people who will write the letter what the letter is for & give them a copy of your resume, so they can direct the letter to make you sound really good. Once these people write you a letter ask for multiple copies so you don't have to bug them again.
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