<p>What are the most highly looked upon awards by colleges? (other than Siemens, Nat'l Merit, Presidential Scholar, etc) Thank you</p>
<p>well intel sts, intel isef, and davidson fellow rank up there.</p>
<p>Yep...alll pretty hard to win. They require early preperation.</p>
<p>all those olympiads: math, bio, chem, phys, etc</p>
<p>...which becomes a problem for internationals. We don't have Siemens, Intel (we do have local science fairs though), National Merit and the like. I sure hope the admission officers consider this when evaluating an international student's application.</p>