<p>Because my academic awards section (not counting EC awards) is nearly blank -- all significant awards are from the time I earned them in my birth country (just around 9th grade!) and I am quite afraid I haven't earned any since then, beyond the generic high-honors list -- which I am debating whether it's worth even putting down.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it, I had nothing of significance in there either ;) And I did fine. As long as you have other substance to your application, you'll be ok.</p>
<p>The other thing is that I'm wondering if some awards in the EC's should be put in the "academic honors" section (or perhaps not) -- they give us a single line for perhaps all the tournaments we have ever won in the activities section?! (But apparently I haven't encountered a character limit yet.)</p>
<p>yeah me either, I have just a few departmental awards</p>