Lame Award...list it?

Parents Forum
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<p>My D got her state junior-year assessment results the other day. She "exceeds expectations" in all but one area (she totally psychs herself out about that one too) and received a certificate that says: </p>

<p>"Random State Achievement Award" for Exceeding the Random State Learning Standards in X, Y, Z. Presented by the Random State Board of Education to sujormik's D to recognize excellent academic performance on the 2011 "RSAE"</p>

<p>Now we realize this is lame. And it would NEVER be something that would "tip the scales" in her favor in a situation where she was on the borderline of being accepted somewhere.</p>

<p>On the other hand, she doesn't have much in the way of academic awards other than some honor society stuff. It'd be another line on the Common App.</p>

<p>My first thought was, go ahead, can't hurt. My second thought was, would an adcom see that and go "BS?" who cares? Any ideas?</p>

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<p>If it says state achievement award, it is probably worth listing. Unless she has lots of other awards with more prestige.</p>

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<p>List it. You really never know what is going to catch someone’s eye.</p>

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<p>Your daughter’s award probably wouldn’t hurt, so there’s no harm in listing it.</p>

<p>My son listed something from the “yearbook” from a summer program - “Student most likely to question the instructor”. We figure it probably helped.</p>

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<p>I would list it. It looks better to have something rather than nothing in the awards section.</p>

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<p>I would list it. It’s kind of like NHS…it’s not a big deal, but if you don’t list it and everyone else does, the school could wonder why you didn’t get it.</p>

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<p>Thank you all!</p>

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<p>Wow, we never listed those state scaled “awards” with the two older kids. I guess I thought all college bound kids would score in that range. Note to self to remind #3 to include.</p>

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<p>Re #4 - I guess my son should have put his “Backwards Bailer” reward in from Sailing Class. :)</p>