<p>I dont know if this should be on this thread as this post is only my second, but do any of you know how a first place TX state Academic Decathlon medal compares to other awards, like Science Olympiad. I live in West Texas and my school doesn't really offer any other academic competitions. I had never even heard of the Olympiad stuff until i saw this site, and I still don't even really know what it is. I have never even heard of a high school kid in my area doing a science fair so obviously i made the best of what i had. I'm have good grades and scores with a huge amount of EC (like over 5500 hours of tennis, not including acadeca) so i was wondering how this would affect my chances in Yale Admissions compared to others who have won the olympiad stuff or intel finalist (have no idea at all what that is )</p>
<p>Thank You!!!</p>