How should I write this on my common application?

Applying to College
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<p>I am applying to Ivy League colleges and I want to put my AMC12 in my awards section. The only problem is I missed out on AIME by 2 marks, however I did come 4th in my whole school. The fact that many, in fact a lot, applicants are AIME qualifiers so which is the best way to phrase this award on my common application:</p>

<ol>
<li>Not put AMC at all</li>
<li>Say I came 4th in school - [SCHOOL]</li>
<li>Say I came in at least top 10% internationally - [INTERNATIONAL]</li>
</ol>

<p>Also, what would be the best way to phrase the following awards/distinctions on the common app:</p>

<ul>
<li>UKMT Gold Medal [INTERNATIONAL] - top 6% internationally</li>
<li>AMC12 [INTERNATIONAL] - top 10% internationally</li>
<li>Sunlife Mathematics Scholarship Competition [INTERNATIONAL] - top 30% internationally</li>
<li>Euclid Scholarship Mathematics Competition Distinction [INTERNATIONAL] - top 15% internationally</li>
<li>Selected Student Council representative for two consecutive years [SCHOOL]</li>
</ul>

<p>Thanks a lot for the help guys!</p>

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<p>Bump! Anyone?</p>

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<p>Please… someone?</p>

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<p>Umm, how about putting it in the additional information section?</p>

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<p>It doesn’t count as an academic award/distinction?</p>

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<p>It does, but the academic award section only gives you a few characters to write the name of your award, not a whole lot of space to list all five/six of those distinctions (actually, there’s only space for four awards). So I think it would be better to name the awards briefly in the awards section, followed by “see additional info”, and then list/explain your awards in a separate attachment, alone with any extracurricular activities that need to be explained, etc.</p>

<p>I don’t know, that’s just what I did when I was fill out the common app last year.</p>

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<p>Oh ok. I understand what you mean now, thanks man. I should have thought that; first person in the family applying to American universities. :D</p>