<p>"Briefly describe any scholastic distinctions or honors you have won beginning with ninth grade."</p>
<p>Am I supposed to do this in paragraph form, or kinda just listing with a brief description of each? I'm not sure what I am supposed to do....Anyone know?</p>
<p>Also, any ideas for the Academic Interest essays? It says talk about my "intellectual interests"...can anyone give me an example of this? </p>
<p>Thanks so much if you respond. I really do appreciate it.</p>
<p>you write "see attached" and they will look at your resume (you should have one)</p>
<p>I wrote mine out in paragraph form...</p>
<p>I listed mine with a brief description of each.</p>
<p>The way I did it for Cornell was...</p>
<p>Grade 9:
-Honor 1 (if it wasn't a clear honor or they might not understand it i gave a small explanation)
-Honor 2 (same as honor 1 and if it was a big award I would put like how many out of how many receive the award)
...and so on for the other grades. On my other apps which I didn't have to send I did it a better way</p>
<p>Activity/Honor:
Grade(s):
Position (if applicable):
Description of award/activity:</p>
<p>I find that way very neat and laid out. I also put the awards in the order they meant most to me, and same for the activities.</p>
<p>I hope you choose a decision you like.</p>
<p>I wrote mine in the exact same way psquared did, listed by grade with an explanation in parenthesis.</p>
<p>would a letter in marching band be considered 'academic'?</p>
<p>isn't there a section for this on common app to put grades honors etc.</p>
<p>IIRC, its one of the short answer blanks. If there isn't enough room, you can continue it in the additional information section as well.</p>
<p>for other awards that wouldn't be considered "academic" (like band awards), I listed them in the section at the end for any additional information. I'm not sure if it's on the paper application, but it's definitely on the online app.</p>
<p>gotcha thanks!</p>