<p>Hi guys. I just saw Yakisoba's thread, and I have a similar question.</p>
<p>In 8th grade, I was runner-up for the regional (equivalent of 'nationals' in the US) National History Day competition, and participated in nationals. I have a runner up award for the regionals and a participation award for nationals. I think the 1st one at least would be worth something, but I got them in middle school... would this still be worth mentioning on a college app?</p>
<p>Colleges want things from high school, so no. Besides, no regional or state competition is equivalent to the national competition. Assuming that you’re tron one of the participating countries, it is true that you beat out everyone in your country, but your country doesn’t have very stiff competition. States like California have literally thousands of kids all vying for one of two spots to go to nationals, and the competition is harsh. Most Californians are finalists at nationals because their projects have to be so good to win the state competition. This is basically my way of saying that if you do NHD again or something, don’t mark winning the regional history day as a national achievement, especially because there is a specific national competition. (Now, if they called it international history day, it might be different)</p>
<p>For me, the ‘regional’ competition encompasses everything in East and South Asia, and we get incredibly stiff competition from the kids in Singapore and China, especially Shanghai, who are the hosts. And, funny thing, there they do call it ‘international history day’. However, I see where you’re coming from, and you’re probably right- during the nationals in DC, I saw the documentaries from other kids in my group and had a chance to look at the exhibits. A couple were absolutely amazing. Anyways, thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>Paint, you’re international? Didn’t know that :D</p>
<p>But I agree with nhdmaniac, anything before high school won’t count, but if I’m not mistaken, you can go for NHD again even if you’re not in middle school.</p>