<p>Just wondering in terms of the whole college app. Is it ranked as just another award that means nothing or something thats comparable to science olympiad semifinalist/perfect SATs?</p>
<p>I've heard of the Scholastic Art and Writing awards and those seem pretty important, so what about NCTE?</p>
<p>im wondering the same thing i got it this year as well and ive already put it on my submitted applications soooo....
my teacher that nominated me said it's not something to sneeze at</p>
<p>it's really presitigious</p>
<p>Bump - can anyone else confirm tryin2Bcool?</p>
<p>It's very prestigious.</p>
<p>~600 students around the country receive this award. It's given out with state quotas. I surmise it's comparable to a slightly less prestigious, literary take of an Intel Semifinalist standing (which is awarded to ~300 students around the country)</p>
<p>I just got nominated for this and I'm psyched!</p>
<p>Is being nominated worth mentioning? 'Cause I'm proud of it... lmao. >__></p>
<p>Also: the form says that 876 kids receive it yearly.</p>
<p>@ Marimare - Sounds about right then.</p>
<p>@ Poseur - Congrats! I was nominated for this too and I come from an easy state lol, so hopefully I'll get it. I think being nominated would probably be like a school-level/department type award.</p>
<p>Yeah, you probably shouldn't mention "nominated" unless you are into putting down "math department A+ kid," etc. on applications.</p>
<p>Echelon, that's great! Competition in my state is somewhat hard, but I truly pity the NJ and MA kids, lol. What am I saying? Our school is still having an inhouse competition and I haven't even been nominated. </p>
<p>876 kids? I know that the number should be double the number of members in the House of Representatives, since they allow (2 times #ofrepsofstate) winners for a given state.</p>