<p>Quick question...would a perfect attendance award in Junior year be okay to add to my Common App under the "Awards/Honors" section?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Tim</p>
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<p>no..definitely do NOT put it</p>
<p>I would take a perfect attendance kid over a kid that misses 10 days of school every year.</p>
<p>really if the one who misses school has perfect gpa and the one who attends is failing all his classes?</p>
<p>Hey, it shows commitment and responsibility. I don't like when kids think they can just take off "because they don't need to go". Try that when you get out in the real world.</p>
<p>I don't see how it can hurt.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your responses. I talked to my guidance counselor and he said it was okay, but I just wanted a second opinion, so I don't look like an idiot.</p>
<p>schoolsearching...why do you say that I should not put it? Seriously, I value everyones opinion.</p>
<p>In college, missing some classes means that you are a good student--it means you know how to prioritize. It also means you can take responsibility for catching up. Just don't do it in history class.</p>
<p>What I mean is, it shows you have the sense to know whether you would get more of a benefit by working on some project you have going, or going to a class that you know has nothing special going on that particular day. Most professors don't care about attendance if the class is a lecture... they do care if yoiu miss exams though.</p>
<p>In highschool, being absent is frowned upon.</p>
<p>It probably won't hurt you but to me, it seems like stretching to place an additional item on your "honors/awards" section.</p>
<p>I also disagree that perfect attendances shows "commitment" over someone who happens to catch a cold and doesn't want to get others sick. My super academically motivated daughter stays home when she's got a fever -- I'd challenge anyone to critique her "commitment". There's some amount of luck involved in perfect attendance, you've got to admit</p>
<p>It's a nice achievement but best savored in private -- my opinion.</p>
<p>I just really don't see how it can be a bad thing.</p>
<p>It might give the impression that you're a boy scout--someone who does everything by the books, but infact lacks creativity and the aility to make tough descisions.</p>
<p>irrelevant. won't affect chances.</p>
<p>As mentioned by someone before, it might seem like you haven't really done anything, and are just putting it to fill up space. I'd say skip it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't put it. It seems like a space filler and I highly doubt that they'd care (someone who missed 1 day of school because they had a fever of 105 wouldn't get perfect attendance while someone who had that fever on the weekend would...how is it really fair to judge between the two? Like T26E4 said, there's some degree of luck involved and really no skill aside from maybe motivation).</p>
<p>I have one of those too.. well my opinion is, put it in as a supplementary or complementary together with other awards if u have. But here seems to have so many contradicting opinions, I guess each ad officer would have different thoughts as well. lol</p>
<p>I wouldn't put it. In fact D did not put it down and to date she has missed 1 day of school since 6th grade and it was at the very end of 11th grade. So she technically had 5 years of perfect attendance before missing that one day. Son also missed only one day in all of his high school years (now college senior) and that one day was actually the schools fault. He also never mentioned the perfect attendance years on his applications.</p>
<p>Given that they only allow you so many spaces for awards, it would not be a priority.</p>
<p>You would look like the strangest, most socially awkward kid if you put that... hahah</p>
<p>It's a award, I don't see how it can hurt your chances. If there not looking for that award then they may just look over it, although if they find favor in it... then good thing you've listed. In other words your just listing awards, like they ask for. Many people on this forum try to throw out others, which would be okay if their throwing out ones of their own. Speaking as a person who got a perfect attendance award in 10th grade, never though about listing it but gives me second thoughts. If a perfect attendance award would hurt your chances with a university, then by all means I would second question if thats the university to attend.</p>
<p>I don't see it hurting or helping if you put it down, so that'd mean its irrelevant. Put it down if you'd like, or if you need that extra spot on the awards sheet.</p>