<p>Hey, guys. </p>
<p>I've been looking at the common app, and I noticed the awards/honors area. I know what they're asking for, technically, but may I have some examples? </p>
<p>What would be some honors/awards a top-tier student would have? Maybe someone who was going to the Ivies/Tier 1? </p>
<p>Does this mean only academic, or can it mean other areas as well? </p>
<p>Examples, please :) </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Many top students have EC’s that end up with competitions - so if the student had won a speech contest, or been given an academic award at their school, or through a local organization.</p>
<p>Yeah the awards section as always been kind of blown off my most applicants I know. This is because some extracurriculars are award-specific, whereas others are not. I know many high tier applicants who basically left the awards section blank except for maybe an AP award or something.</p>
<p>a question, please?</p>
<p>I join this arts and journalism competition - a major and well-known one in ASEAN, particularly in my country. But it’s simply different from, say, National Merit Scholar in US. </p>
<p>From that competition, my team won, and I got selected to join an exchange program, entirely free. (woohoo!) XD M exchange friends and I also appear in the national newspaper during our 3-week homestay.</p>
<p>But, does that even count?? Won’t the adcoms be indifferent?</p>
<p>can you put student of month</p>