Common App- Academic Honors?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm stressing about college apps already...I just wanted to get some opinions on the academic honors of the common application. Right now, I have High Honors for however long I've been in high school, Maxima Cum Laude in the National Latin Exam in 10th Grade, (will have) National Honors Society, and that's about it. Is that enough? There are two more spaces in section, and I feel that leaving them blank wouldn't be the greatest decision. I will take the AMC 12 (even if I don't qualify for AIME, should I still put it down?), and I will join the Science Team at my school (should I put that in Academic Honors or the EC section below, or both?). </p>

<p>Thanks for everybody who would take the time to read that and post a reply!
(I plan on applying to Harvard, Columbia, Yale, UPenn, etc.)</p>

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<p>It’s not a good idea to leave them blank at all. AMC12 is fine,but not AIME(don’t let ao feel your purpose is to fill the blanks, do you think it absurd to have “participation in AIME” as your honor?) The science team thing doesn’t seem acceptable to me, it fits in EC more and information should never overlap. Think! Think of anything concerns ACADEMY. Good luck with AMC12.</p>

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<p>^ It’s anything but absurd to put ‘AIME participation’ under the honors category as that’s something you do need to QUALIFY for. I’ve seen many people (read:100+) , including myself, put down that as an academic honor. It is even used as the perfect example for academic distinction by some admission officers when giving talks.</p>