<p>I attend a small international school in Korea that hardly gives out any awards.
It does not have even the most common ones like honor rolls and National Merit.
As a result, I could list only two awards in the awards section of the common app.
However, I do have leadership positions, volunteer hours, and other various ECs.</p>
<p>Will my lack of awards/honors affect my chances of admission to colleges?</p>
<p>By the way, I applied ED to Cornell (College of Human Ecology)</p>
<p>As with grades, scholastic honors and awards will be taken in context. If your school offers none, you won’t have them. However, many of the awards students are listing are not related to their schools. National Merit is not a school-based award, and is available outside the US, though I believe only to US citizens. Even with the US based awards, most are only available to a very small number of students. You should be fine as long as you can show involvement within your community.</p>