So the common application has room for 5 awards/honors, but I have around 20 or so that I really want to represent on my common application. Would it make sense to put these under the “Additional Information” section of the common application or would that come across as trying too hard to impress? Thanks!
not sure what types your are referring to, but are some associated with ‘Activities’ you are listing in the Activities section? If you have an award/honor related to an activity you are listing, indicate the award there.
Also, often times awards are easily combined. For example, maybe you received TOP Student in Math freshman year, and TOP student in English sophomore year. You can combine those into one, such as:
Annual TOP student award: Math (9), English (10)
They are associated with some of the activities in my “activities” section, but I have also received other prestigious national awards that I can’t really find space for in my application. It is also very tough to combine them with other awards. Would it make sense for me to put these awards in the “See Additional Information” part of the common app???
Yes. If you can’t fit them in other areas, you can certainly put them in the Add’l Info area. I would list what you consider to be your (5) most important in the awards/honors section.
Some competitive colleges allow you to upload a resume. So that would be a good place to put the awards.