I am helping my daughter fill out the UF Coalition App and we are stuck on the Honors and Distinctions section - can she include regional/state athletic awards? Or is this strictly academic?
Also, can she include honors that she has qualified for, but will only officially received after graduation? Eg., Bright Futures Academic Scholar? Honor cord for Community Service (250+ hours)?
Thanks for any clarification!
This is just IMHO…
If athletics are an important EC, I would list it (success is always great! and it helps to show a strong level of commitment to her sport). As a general rule, list National awards first, then state level awards, school district/county and finally school level awards. I wouldn’t list all 5 as athletic awards, especially if you have some academic awards, but a few is fine.
UF can infer that a student would be awarded Bright Futures or an award for X number of volunteer hours (from other sections of the app), so I would include other awards, before those (though if you have some slots available, out of the 5, nothing wrong with filling them up with these). However, out of state schools that use the coalition app may not, so more value can be found from adding these for those schools. If your student may be a NMSF, I would list that…
Good Luck!
Thank you! That is very helpful…I appreciate your advice!