Keep every college and scholarship deadline in one workbook and see how many days are left. This .xlsx file has an Overview sheet and five tracking sheets: Colleges (40 rows), Scholarships (40 rows), Essays (60 rows), Recommendations (20 rows), and Transcripts & Scores (40 rows), plus a README sheet.

How it works: type each college name, pick a Plan (EA, ED, Second-round ED, Restrictive EA, RD, Rolling, Priority, Other), and enter the deadline, application fee, and Status. Scholarships take a name, amount, deadline, requirements, and Status. Days left and a Flag (Due soon or Overdue) fill in by themselves from today’s date. When a deadline passes and the item is still Not started or In progress, the row turns red. Essays track who each essay is for, the word limit, the due date, and the stage from Not started to Final. Recommendations log who you asked, when, when the letter is needed, its status, and whether you sent a thank-you note. Transcripts & Scores logs each transcript, mid-year report, or test score report to send, with due date, fee, Sent, and Received.

The Overview fills in by itself: days until your nearest upcoming deadline across colleges and scholarships (with the college or scholarship name), how many applications and scholarships are submitted, how many are due soon or overdue, total application and sending fees, the amount awarded, and counts for essays, letters, and records. Overdue counts turn red.

What you get: a BLANK workbook, a SAMPLE workbook filled in with invented colleges, scholarships, and people, and a README. Every dropdown, date, and number cell shows a short help message, and dropdowns reject typed entries that aren’t on their list; text pasted into a cell can bypass this check. Each sheet is set up to print one page wide on US Letter paper. The print layout was checked as PDF on Letter and A4; it has not been test-printed on paper. This workbook only organizes what you type in; always check each deadline and requirement with the college or scholarship itself.

Compatibility: Tested in LibreOffice Calc. Google Sheets not tested. Excel not tested.

This is a digital download; nothing will be shipped. Personal use only.