<p>I went to the state in 8th grade and received the highest award, Gold. Is that something i can put on an application since it wasn't in high school?</p>
<p>Also, if i do put it on, does it really mean anything?</p>
<p>Let me ask you this - have you done anything with science since then? Additional science competitions, extra science classes, planning on majoring in science?</p>
<p>If any of the above answers are “yes” then you are most likely going to be including an essay (or short answer) about your interest in science. In that case, I think it is fine to bring up the award. But if you haven’t done anything significant related to science since then, I think it might look funny to mention it.</p>
<p>My older son is doing this with his trumpet playing. In his essays, he writes about starting in 6th and 7th grades with private instruction and a school concert band, continuing thru 3 years (8-10) of no school band at all and self-taught progress, and finally back to a full marching/concert band and private lessons (11, 12). All this leading to his wanting to continue the band experience in college.</p>
<p>Key thing is to put it into some meaningful context.</p>
<p>yeah i plan on majoring pre-med, and i’ve taken a bunch of science classes. so you think i should just incorporate it into my essay?</p>
<p>Probably. Colleges usually look for accomplishments in your high school years. Sadly, my third grade spelling bee champion ribbon won’t be finding its way onto an extracurricular form of mine this year because of that. :(</p>