<p>I do it like this on my resume:</p>
<p>-Recipient of...
-Recipient of... 2005
-Was awarded...
-Was awarded XXX for topping my school in the O levels <---- does this sound arrogant? "topping school"?</p>
<p>I don't want to come across as arrogant, but I dunno any other way to put it. any tips?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Just put down the award. I don’t think you really need to explain them.</p>
<p>but what’s the point of putting down the awards if I can’t explain them? it’s not explained anywhere else. damn.</p>
<p>I’m having the same problem. I didn’t want to deal with it for UChicago, so I just left my awards off my app.
Wasn’t such a great idea, in hindsight…</p>
<p>Put down the award! You don’t have space to explain.. The name alone should be indicative of what the award is about.</p>
<p>It doesn’t sound arrogant in the least.</p>
<p>To avoid sounding arrogant, just provide the facts. For example, you can say “out of x number of applicants, I was one of x number of finalists.” Placing an award in this kind of context can be important in helping colleges understand the level of competition you were up against. Obviously, its not necessary for well-known awards like National Merit Semifinalist, or AP Scholar awards.</p>
<p>Or you can get rid of the “recipient of…” and just put what you were awarded- it’s a tad bit obvious that you were the recipient.</p>
<p>If you want to describe the award the recipient of part is still not necessary.</p>
<p>that doesnt sound arrogant at all, and i have actually filled out an app. where the awards section said “this is your chance to brag about yourself”</p>
<p>One way to do it is to put down:
Top Student Awards '04-'05: Subject I, II, III etc; '05-'06: Subject X etc.</p>
<p>If you are uplaoding into the common app additinal info area and have a ton of awards youc an reduce the font size; On the form itself the above format
seems to work nicely.
:)</p>
<p>To be honest, the honors/awards section is where you’re allowed to be pompous. Hell, don’t be humble about you. You’ve worked hard for these awards, and you’re puttin’ em down to show the adcoms who you are.</p>
<p>Where you don’t want to come across as pompous is in your essays. That would be bad. But to talk about your honors/awards inherently toots your own horn. Go for it. :)</p>
<p>okay, i will toot my own horn till they go deaf then! haha. and no… the award isn’t self-explanatory. it’s just an endowed award with name of endower and “book prize” at the end. so there would be really no point unless I explained it.</p>
<p>just put a summary in parentheses at the end…i.e., “for highest grades in history,” or whatever. Most school have such awards, so adcoms should be used to it.</p>