Free Downloadable Resources
Checklists, worksheets, templates, and bundles to keep you organized through every step of the college planning process. All 12 resources are completely free — just enter your email to download.
Financial Aid Toolkit Bundle
A comprehensive financial aid package including the FAFSA preparation guide, scholarship tracker, financial aid comparison worksheet, and a student loan glossary.
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Financial Aid Toolkit Bundle
A comprehensive financial aid package including the FAFSA preparation guide, scholarship tracker, financial aid comparison worksheet, and a student loan glossary.
Complete College Application Bundle
Everything you need in one download: application timeline, essay outlines, recommendation letter templates, college comparison worksheet, and a senior-year checklist.
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Complete College Application Bundle
Everything you need in one download: application timeline, essay outlines, recommendation letter templates, college comparison worksheet, and a senior-year checklist.
Student Resume Template
A clean, professional resume template designed for high school and college students with sections for education, experience, skills, activities, and honors.
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Student Resume Template
A clean, professional resume template designed for high school and college students with sections for education, experience, skills, activities, and honors.
College Essay Outline Template
A fill-in-the-blank outline template for structuring your Common App personal statement and supplemental essays with prompts for brainstorming, hooks, and reflection.
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College Essay Outline Template
A fill-in-the-blank outline template for structuring your Common App personal statement and supplemental essays with prompts for brainstorming, hooks, and reflection.
Recommendation Letter Request Template
A professional email and in-person script template for requesting recommendation letters from teachers and counselors, including a brag sheet for recommenders.
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Recommendation Letter Request Template
A professional email and in-person script template for requesting recommendation letters from teachers and counselors, including a brag sheet for recommenders.
College Visit Evaluation Form
A structured evaluation form to fill out during or after each campus visit, covering academics, campus life, facilities, financial aid, and your overall impressions.
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College Visit Evaluation Form
A structured evaluation form to fill out during or after each campus visit, covering academics, campus life, facilities, financial aid, and your overall impressions.
Financial Aid Comparison Worksheet
Side-by-side comparison worksheet for evaluating financial aid award letters from multiple colleges, calculating true net cost, and identifying the best value.
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Financial Aid Comparison Worksheet
Side-by-side comparison worksheet for evaluating financial aid award letters from multiple colleges, calculating true net cost, and identifying the best value.
Scholarship Tracker Worksheet
An organized spreadsheet-style worksheet to track scholarship names, deadlines, requirements, essay prompts, award amounts, and application status in one place.
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Scholarship Tracker Worksheet
An organized spreadsheet-style worksheet to track scholarship names, deadlines, requirements, essay prompts, award amounts, and application status in one place.
College Planning Checklist: Senior Year
Your senior-year roadmap from early applications through enrollment, including FAFSA filing, essay deadlines, financial aid comparisons, and decision day prep.
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College Planning Checklist: Senior Year
Your senior-year roadmap from early applications through enrollment, including FAFSA filing, essay deadlines, financial aid comparisons, and decision day prep.
College Planning Checklist: Junior Year
The critical junior-year checklist covering SAT/ACT scheduling, college list building, recommendation letter requests, and summer program applications.
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College Planning Checklist: Junior Year
The critical junior-year checklist covering SAT/ACT scheduling, college list building, recommendation letter requests, and summer program applications.
College Planning Checklist: Sophomore Year
Sophomore-year action items including standardized test preparation, campus visit planning, course rigor decisions, and building your extracurricular profile.
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College Planning Checklist: Sophomore Year
Sophomore-year action items including standardized test preparation, campus visit planning, course rigor decisions, and building your extracurricular profile.
College Planning Checklist: Freshman Year
A comprehensive month-by-month checklist for high school freshmen covering GPA foundations, extracurricular exploration, and early college awareness activities.
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College Planning Checklist: Freshman Year
A comprehensive month-by-month checklist for high school freshmen covering GPA foundations, extracurricular exploration, and early college awareness activities.
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About Our Downloadable Resources
EducationDataExplorer offers a growing library of free downloadable resources designed to help students and families navigate the college planning process. From freshman-year planning checklists to senior-year application templates, each resource is crafted by education professionals to provide clear, step-by-step guidance.
Our worksheets and templates cover financial aid calculations, college comparison spreadsheets, essay brainstorming frameworks, and scholarship tracking tools. Every resource is available as a downloadable file — simply enter your email address to access the full document instantly.
Resources are organized by category and grade level so you can quickly find exactly what you need. Whether you're just beginning to think about college or finalizing your applications, there's a resource here to help you stay on track.