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title: Counselor List - Choose Account Default Data Columns in Settings menu
description: In this guide, we will walk you through setting up the different information columns that will appear on your Counselor’s List when you begin a new list.
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# Counselor List - Choose Account Default Data Columns in Settings menu
## In this guide, we will walk you through setting up the different information columns that will appear on your Counselor’s List when you begin a new list.
**Counselor List - Default Columns Settings**
PER STUDENT DATA COLUMN CHOICES
To begin, navigate to you demonstration student account **Danny Demo's** **Counselor’s List**. In the upper section, you will see a **Menu** button. Click this button and select **College Data Menu**, where you can select which columns to include on your list.
Under the **College Data Menu**, you will find **banners**. Each banner contains a set of information columns. These columns indicate which data points are visible on the Counselor's List.
When a column is **turned on**, it will appear in green.
Each banner will also show how many columns within that section have been activated for various lists, such as the **Counselor List**, **Student List**, or **App Tracker**.
You can enable up to **40 columns per list.**
• The **Counselor List** generally has fewer columns compared to other lists.
• The **Student List** typically contains the most columns.
• The **App Tracker** columns mainly relate to your application tracking strategy and status columns.
For more detailed guidance on setting up your **App Tracker**, click here: [**How to Set Up Your App Tracker.**](https://helpdesk.counselmore.com/mentors-how-to-set-up-your-app-tracker?hsLang=en)
One helpful feature in CounselMore is the ability to **save your column selections as defaults**. If you frequently use the same columns for multiple students, you can customize these columns and save them as defaults for future use. To do this, use the **“Save as Defaults”** button at the top of the screen.
**Go to Student \> Counselor List \> Menu \> College Data Menu **
### **DEFAULTS IN SETTINGS MENU**
Additionally, you can go to **Settings \> Undergraduate Data Manager** to set your default columns and the order in which they will appear.
Once you have selected and reordered your columns for the **Counselor List**, **Student List**, and **App Tracker**, click **Apply changes to existing students**.
When you apply changes, newly selected columns will be added to the existing lists. However, it’s important to note that:
• The changes will **not remove** any columns that were previously added on a per-student basis.
• The order of columns will update according to your new preferences.
• Individual column choices will always override the global default settings.
**Viewing the Most Commonly Selected Columns**
If you're unsure which columns to select, CounselMore offers a helpful feature on the [**College Search and List Builder page**](https://www.counselmore.com/college-search-and-list-builder). Here, you can view the most commonly chosen data columns by other counselors for each list type. This feature can provide guidance on the most useful columns for your workflow.
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### **Multi License Accounts - with Management Suite**
**Multi License accounts with management Suite will have additional data default options.**
The below video describes data default options for managers of multi-license accounts.
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