<p>A lot of students have no significant awards and still get into Brown – and most definitely Brown considers your situation, Asukal, and wouldn’t expect you to have national honors precisely for the reason you mention. Most middle school accomplishments would be ignored. Someone who placed high in the Spelling Bee might be of interest – but of greater interest is what you’ve done since then.</p>
<p>Thanks, fireandrain. I feel better now, 'cause you’re right that it’s not fair to expect national awards out of me if I hadn’t even heard of any of them before I joined CC and found out that others had them. ;)</p>