awards ivy leagues and stanford like to see

Applying to College
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out of the following which top 10 awards to colleges like to see? i know none of them are all that impressive…

National Merit Semifinalist (applying for finalist position)
Member of the National Honor Society (NHS)
California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Potential Sealbearer
The American Youth Foundation- Danforth I DARE YOU Leadership Award
AP Scholar with Distinction
Governor’s Scholars Award
Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) recipient

Two-time recipient of the Fullerton Sunrise Rotary Club Top 100 Academic Achievement Award
Honor Guard- Top 6 of the Class of 2005
Honors At Entrance
Golden State Examination: Algebra Honors, Geometry Honors, Biology High Honors, 2nd Year Spanish High Honors
Student of the Month:
Certificate of Merit (Departmental Awards):
Diploma of Merit (Language Departmental Awards)
Principal’s Honor Roll throughout high school career
Who’s Who Among American High School Students nominee
National Honor Roll recipient

Scholar Athlete Award for Badminton

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<p>Would they even care about ELC or CSF? I totally forgot about those... hmm... I wonder if I could include ELC to give a sense of how I rank, and at least narrow it down to top 4%... </p>

<p>I'd list departmental awards. </p>

<p>And DO NOT list Who's Who. It's complete BS.</p>