<p>History Day was my favorite thing in middle school. My friends and I spent most of the year working on and traveled to nationals together in eighth grade and had so much fun together. It’s seriously my favorite middle school memory.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t think it played into college admissions. In my area, it wasn’t nearly as much of a promoted thing through school in high school and we stopped doing it. If you did well in high school, I imagine that it would play into college admissions. Either way, it’s a great way to have fun, learn research schools, learn about periods of history and different ways of doing projects, and do a long-term intensive project.</p>