<p>10------
D1 athlete (Lottery Odds)
----(Highest Level of athletics, best in country/world at your sport, top 500 out of 300000 athletes in your specific sport. Sometimes pays for total tuition.)</p>
<p>IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO medals (Given to about 50% of attendees, but 5% of all competitors as it is an international competition with pre-lims)
----(The International Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology Olympiad [Olympics for science]. Top 4 in America go here, crazy hard [10,000 apply in America] and prestigious in the order of Math, Bio, Chem, Physics. There is a thread to prepare for these and is the "easiest" of the 10's. Also, use Wikipedia. Is the continuation of a USAMO, USABO, USACO, USAPO etc. science olympiad)</p>
<p>Intel STS (top 10) (10 students open only to seniors)[ ]Home - Society for Science & the Public)
-Have to do research, usually college grad level</p>
<p>Siemens National Winner/National Finalists (20 winners including teams; [<a href="http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition.htm%5D%5B/url%5D">http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition.htm]</a>)
-same as intel ISEF.</p>
<p>ISEF top 3 Grand Prize (three open to all HS students/international; []Home - Society for Science & the Public)
-A Science and Engineering competition to solve problems, literally millions of students from around the world try to make it to the top, 1600 make it to the finals - extremely strong competitors</p>
<p>Published in Nature or Science
-A research paper. Not a competition, but very prestigious magazines like Nature and Science don't publish high-school work often.</p>
<p>9 - </p>
<p>Siemens Westinghouse (finalists app. 100; [<a href="http://www.siemens-foundation.org/po...iemens_rfs.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.siemens-foundation.org/po...iemens_rfs.pdf</a>)</p>
<p>MOP</p>
<p>Intel Finalist (40, including the top 10 [above])</p>
<p>NFL Nationals winner (speech and debate)(1 winner; []National Forensic League, Speech & Debate Honor Society - National tournament)</p>
<p>RSI (75 accepted [<a href="http://www-math.mit.edu/news/summer/rsi.html%5D%5B/url%5D">http://www-math.mit.edu/news/summer/rsi.html]</a>)</p>
<p>8 </p>
<p>TASP (64 accepted into program;
-[<a href="http://www.tellurideassociation.org/%5D%5B/url%5D">http://www.tellurideassociation.org/]</a>)</p>
<p>USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO national finalist (20 per organization; check wiki on international science olympiads to see them all; i.e Linguistics, Comp Sci etc. +details)</p>
<p>Siemens Semi-finalists
-(approx. 320 [<a href="http://www.siemens-foundation.org/po....pdf%5D%5B/url">http://www.siemens-foundation.org/po....pdf][/url</a>]</p>
<p>ISEF(1-4 places)
(ISEF approx. 400 of which 34 finished first; []Home - Society for Science & the Public)</p>
<p>Intel semifinalist (300 students;[]Home - Society for Science & the Public)</p>
<p>Running your own <em>successful</em> business</p>
<p>AMC Perfect Score
(app. 10; [<a href="http://amc.maa.org/amc1012/2011/stat...teStats.shtml%5D%5B/url%5D">http://amc.maa.org/amc1012/2011/stat...teStats.shtml]</a>)</p>
<p>Presidential Scholar including Arts
(141 students; [<a href="http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html%5D%5B/url%5D">http://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html]</a>)</p>
<p>Davidson Fellow (Seimens/Intel little brother)
(open to all HS students; 18 awarded in 2011 [<a href="http://www.davidsongifted.org//fello...2011_436.aspx%5D%5B/url%5D">http://www.davidsongifted.org//fello...2011_436.aspx]</a>)</p>
<p>Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Medal Award
(approx. 300 out of 200,000 submissions (including middle school submissions))</p>
<p>State AP Scholar
(102 awarded [as junior or even sophomore, requires about 15-20 APs that average a 4-5])</p>
<p>Google Code Jam, (Code Jam features pro coders along with amateurs )
Google Science Fair
(1 winner science fair), <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/events...inalists.html%5D%5B/url%5D">www.google.com/intl/en/events...inalists.html]</a>)</p>
<p>7 - </p>
<p>Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP (72 students, SSP - Summer Science Program), Clark Summer Program, YESS, NIH Research, and MITES.
USAMO qualification (270 students)</p>
<p>ARML Tiebreaker Round / Top Team (The Official American Regions Mathematics League Web Site)</p>
<p>Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver Medal Award (approx. 1200 HS students)</p>
<p>NFL Nationals qualifier (speech and debate)</p>
<p>Congressional Award Gold Medalist (Congressional Award: Program Requirements)
USAMTS Gold Medal</p>
<p>Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners</p>
<p>ISEF finalist (approx. 1600 HS students [international])</p>
<p>Google Science Fair Finalist (approx. 80 HS students [international])</p>
<p>6 - </p>
<p>USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO semifinalist, </p>
<p>Science Olympiad National medals, </p>
<p>Congressional Award Silver Medalist USAMTS Silver, </p>
<p>First Robotics National Championship, </p>
<p>State Athletic Championship (Texas, California, etc.), </p>
<p>5-- </p>
<p>National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National History Day winner, AIME qualification, Science Bowl national qualification, National AP Scholar (as a junior or sophomore)</p>
<p>4- </p>
<p>Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you're from), National History Day, JETS TEAMS National Finalist or Regional winner, MUN Gavel, AMC 10/12 school winner, Teen Jeopardy, Eagle Scout, National Merit, Toshiba ExploraVision</p>
<p>3 - </p>
<p>All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs, Rensselaer Medalist, State Science Fair, City Athletics Champion (If city is >100,000)
President's Service Award</p>
<p>2 - </p>
<p>Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests, State History Day</p>
<p>1 - </p>
<p>National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll, Key Club, CSF, Interact Club</p>
<p>0 - </p>
<p>Who's Who, National Honor Roll, National Society of High School Scholars</p>