<p>Should you list them on your app?</p>
<p>I'm listing some from my 8th grade year, cuz that year was an important science year for me. I don't know if they encourage that though.</p>
<p>I think the only 'notable' one I got is getting 4.0 (dang school didn't calculate A+s) for 6/6 semesters. Would that be good to put on an app? My hs transcript kind of reflects that...only 2 Bs so far...</p>
<p>i know mostschools specifically ask for awards earned during highschool, and they dont really care about any middle school stuff. but im sure some wouldnt mind if you put it on.</p>
<p>I cam 18th in my state geography bee in 8th grade. Its a big competition (2 million people). Should I include this in my app. How big should the middle school event be to include it in the app. (do you have to go to the national level?)</p>
<p>No, it's fricken' middle school.</p>
<p>You should stick to HS accomplishments only. Haven't seen one college app where they ask for any info lower than 9th grade.</p>
<p>unless u won something extraordinary maybe like the national spelling bee or somthing =) otherwise local/state/other stuff wouldnt be worthy and i would hope u would have better things to put on ur resume =P they prefer high school things, but of course that is unless u have something amazing like debuting at carnegi hall =P</p>
<p>What you can do is somehow include it in an essay, how the challenge was so great, how you looked for similar challenges in highschiool, and hope to similar challenges in college, blah blah blah...you get the point...my D started volunteering in 3rd grade, building hours every year, and is now a youth commissioner, so she is plans on writing about growth and change as she has built upon her service committments....</p>
<p>people who win high school awards while in middle school should definitely list it. For instance, 2-3 middle schoolers generally gualify for the USA Mathematics Olympiad every year. Since this is otherwise the top 250-300 high schoolers in the country, you better believe a college will notice if you qualified as a 7th or 8th grader.</p>
<p>For awards restricted to middle schoolers, I would say high national honors are worth listing (like top 10 at the national Mathcounts, Geography Bee, or Speilling Bee competitions). I wouldn't list any middle school awards below that sort of thing unless you won nothing at all in high school and have absolutely nothing else to list.</p>
<p>I agree that if one in middle school won high school awards as texas137 suggested, listing them would be appropriate.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I don't suggest doing so -- even for things like state recognition at spelling Bee. </p>
<p>Colleges are most interested in what you have been doing in h.s. because that will best reflect what you are likely to achieve on their campus. With the exception of rare exceptional middle school awards, colleges might fear that if a student puts middle school awards on their application that the student spent their h.s. time resting on their laurels.</p>
<p>My older S had been in the top finishers of our state in National Geographic Bee and did not list that on his college applications. He filled the space with high school achievements.</p>
<p>I was homeschooled. All i have for the 8th grade( i just went back to public school) is student of the month and a 4.0.</p>
<p>I don't believ e anyone here is applying for prep school...</p>
<p>What about those applying to a summer program during 10th grade or 9th grade? For example, I'm a sophomore applying to NASA SHARP and don't have many 9th/10th grade awards so I've listed awards as early as 4th grade.</p>
<p>Summer program applications are different. Of course, if you're only a soph or even are a junior and are applying to a select summer program, it could help to include middle school accomplishments that were far above the norm.</p>
<p>For select science programs, for instance it could help to demonstrate a longtime interest in science.</p>
<p>By the time, however, that one is a h.s. senior and is applying to college, unless one has had truly extraordinary middle school accomplishments, leave them off the application. Realize, too, that if you, for instance won National Geographic bee as a 7th grader and have had no major accomplishments since, it really will look like you rested on your laurels. This doesn't mean that you would be expected to have won other national awards, but it does mean that you can't substitute a major middle school achievement for doing no ECs as a h.s. student.</p>