Prestigious Awards?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>I was just in the HSL forum and there was a thread about prestigious awards, the majority of which I have never even heard of. To be honest, I thought I had a glimmer of a chance for Brown, but after seeing the number of kids who were familiar with these really, really smart awards, I now feel grossly inadequate and underqualified. And just plain dumb.</p>

<p>Just to put this out there - how many applicants to Brown’s class of 2013 have gotten any of these awards/honors, or done some Siemens-Westinghouse thing or an Intel science thing? This is the list from the thread (I copied and pasted):</p>

<p>10 - D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO gold medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winner/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
9 - ISEF(1st places), Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow
8 - TASP/RSI/NIH Research, Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist (inclusive of USAMO qualification), Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(2-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Scholastic Writing and Art, running your own <em>successful</em> business
7 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program, ARML top score
6 - USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO semifinalist, AIME, Science Olympiad National medals, Congressional Award Gold Medalist
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National History Day winner
4- Perfect Score (multiple years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals, USAMTS Gold, National History Day
3 - All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs, Eagle Scout, National Merit
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies, essay contests, State History Day
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll
0 - Who’s Who, National Honor Roll</p>

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<p>oh no i have none of those!! now i'll never get into the colleges.</p>

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<p>Wow. I was a Siemens National Finalist when I applied. I guess based on that I could have gone just about anywhere. Chose Brown though...</p>

<p>I'm glad that comp has gotten so much credit. People tend to think of Intel, which, if you know anything about the two competitions, I'd argue Siemens is the one with far more meaning and integrity.I guess I had a 10, a 7, a few 3s, and a few 1s.</p>

<p>Realize Siemens has like... 20 kids who are national finalists in both the team and single division total nationwide. So there's not exactly a huge pool of people with that kind of credential. Siemens and Intel have about 300 total projects awarded at the semi-finals each so even that's not a huge crowd. Considering the overlap between people who do well in both I'd guess well under 1.5k students have done something on that level (considering Siemens has team and can be done sophomore, junior, or senior year in that division).</p>

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<p>lolz I have none of those (except the ones under "1" and "0")</p>

<p>edit: oh and a 3 lol</p>

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<p>Whatever, this stuff is all BS.</p>

<p>Honestly, don't worry about the resume, worry about what's right for you and waste 50 bucks on a chance.</p>

<p>Hell, I've wasted more than that on a chance with a girl and got burned and was more than happy to deal with the situation.</p>

<p>Damn I'm articulate after a night at the bar.</p>

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<p>i'm like 54321</p>

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<p>Lol, I have 0, 1, and 3 awards, and I got Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam, aaahaha although apparently that counts for nothing.</p>

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<p>I have all 2's and below and I go to Brown. You can't tally your admissions chances on that list. </p>

<p>And Jason we have yet to drink beer together. Hmmph.</p>

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<p>Friday night I'm going to Trinity with some friends. You should come.</p>

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<p>I have 4,3,2,1,0 and a 7.</p>

<p>I'm hoping for an 8 this year, but it's after I get accepted by colleges and it won't matter in life somewhat anywway :P</p>

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<p>I've never been there though I know a lot about the building and the theater since it was my project for my senior seminar. I don't have any plans as far as I know so this may work out. My people will call your people.</p>

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<p>Wow and I just realized modestmelody is a dude.</p>

<p>I was thinking melody = girl = AH wow I'm so stereotypical. Sorry -- has nothing to do with OP. It's just you find some amazing stuff in forums and come to random realizations every now and then</p>

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<p>Crystal-- no worries. That'd be the second time this week that's happened and at least the 10th time someone has directly admitted the confusion to me directly.</p>

<p>I don't mind, I actually think it's quite interesting. Without trying to conceal my gender at all, my writing style does not seem to suggest my gender, rather, the identification of my gender appears to be a reflection of readers. Kind of cool.</p>

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<p>I qualify for #1 but didn't bother cuz NHS doesn't do diddly. I wasn't aware of all the other lovely acronyms. I wonder what those competitions do? LOL.</p>

<p>ADDENDUM: I got ... maxima cum laude on my last National Latin Exam, and summa cum laude on the last 2. Apparently I am degenerating. </p>

<p>Also! What's MOP? I would like to win that: "Ah yes, my daughter just won the prestigious MOP!" "Yeaaaah..."</p>

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<p>I have 0-3.</p>

<p>I doubt many people will have anything above 7.</p>

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<p>i know someone with both 9 and 10</p>

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<p>Anyone with a 10 has a 9 if its in those science competitions.</p>

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<p>not really. the person i know is 10 and 9 in different science competitions (isef and international olympiad). there's someone crazy from my school who's double 10 (d1 athelete and international olympiad gold medalist)</p>

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<p>I have a 10 (although not a gold medal)</p>

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<p>I wonder, do middle school accomplishments get taken into account? Not as heavily, just as heavily, or not at all? I went to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee when I was in middle school (~300 middle schoolers from all US states and territories and even some foreign countries qualify each year) and I mentioned it in the Additional Info section of the Common App. But that's the only thing I have that's on a national scale. (My area and high school are rather small and low on funding compared to the high schools that many people on this forum seem to go to.)</p>