Another which honors to choose thread

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>There are only 5 spaces for honors on the common app, but I have more than 5 honors, and I'm not sure which to list. Please help.</p>

<p>I know the first three that I am going to list, but I am having trouble picking two from among the following.</p>

<p>AP Scholar w Distinction- 4 5 5 5 4
Principal's List (all A's in every class for a quarter) x13
School Merit Scholarship- 25% discount from my (private) school for placing in the top 1% of its entrance exam
National Spanish Honor Society (not an EC, just an award)
Harvard Book Award</p>

<p>Any input is welcome.</p>

<p>Also, is NMSF a junior or a senior award? You get it in Sept. of your Senior year but take the test as a Junior, so I'm a bit confused.</p>

<p>One final question about the common app: in the AP section, it says to list "Number of AP subject tests you have taken or expect to take." I guess this includes one I will take as a senior, right? I have a problem in that I will have 12 tests taken as a senior but I can only list up to 10. What should I do?</p>

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<p>Can I just list extra honors/AP tests in the additional information section?</p>

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<p>Bump because nobody replied and the question remains.</p>

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<p>I would for sure list the scholarship and book award. As for the AP scholar thing, I’m not sure if it’s worth listing since you self-report AP scores and they can see that you’ve gotten high scores on 5. Also, the principal’s list is just based on getting A’s, which can be seen on your transcript, so it’s probably not worth listing either. As for the honor society, I’m not sure how that is chosen but from what I see on CC it seems very common. If you have room I would include it, but I’m pretty sure it’s not anything prestigious (though that probably varies by school).</p>

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<p>You can certainly take advantage of the space in the additional information section to add honors and APs that don’t fit elsewhere.</p>