Question about filling in awards

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Thanks in advance for answering these questions</p>

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<li><p>Is it okay to abbreviate some awards? Would most MIT admissions officers understand the abbreviations (such as ARML for American Regions Math Leage?)...because I do not have enough room to fill in the entire name. What if its not that recognized of an abbreviation for a college like MIT? How would I go about filing that out (something like FCCLA for example---as im sure more people have ARML than FCCLA for MIT---or maybe an even more local abbreviation)</p></li>
<li><p>There are some awards that I have cannot fit in the line because it is very long (it is a non-scholastic award--nothing big and recognized, so I tried to give as much description as I could on the line so that an admissions officer could understand what award..but if I do that, then it wont fit...if I give less of a description, then the award might be ambigious since its not recognized). So what should I do then?</p></li>
<li><p>There isnt a place to put when you won the awards. Sometimes its a big difference winning an award once compared to it twice or more times (like making an Olympiad)...so how would I indicate when I won the award? Should I put it on the same line like (Award (Grades x, y, z...))? Also, if they want to verify it, wouldnt it be a good thing to put when you won the awards?</p></li>
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<p>Also, am I supposed to split up the SAT scores? Sorry, I am just getting started…have lots of questions.</p>

<p>It just says highest score, so should do something like this:</p>

<p>Date x: CR score
Date y: Math score
Date x: Writing score</p>

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<p>mit doesn’t look at the writing score.</p>

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<p>^Oh, but Im just wondering how I am suppose to fill in the section; Im not asking which score is important to the application.</p>

<p>The common app makes you put all scores from one test date in a block of math, CR, and writing, but you can put multiple test dates.</p>

<p>On the MIT app, it seems like I cannot add another test date.</p>

<p>So do I do something like
Date x: CR reading
Date y: Math
Date x: Writing</p>

<p>in the one and only block of the three tests? Thanks</p>

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<p>you put down your HIGHEST from each section from any test you have taken. Isn’t that obvious?!!? I mean why else would the app have a blank space for inserting the test date for EACH section?</p>

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<p>lol no need to brag, don’t show ego on cc. Either you put a post that helps others, or put a post of how you can improve further…lol this post is like "I got soooo many awards, I can’t fit in on the line…wow</p>

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<p>^^ I don’t think that is the case SA 07. The names of some awards are too long to fit in the space provided. The same thing happened to me. I don’t know if I should abbreviate because I don’t think they will know what it is, since it isn’t from the US.</p>

<p>Also, if you can’t fit in which place you won, what can you do?
Just type in the name of the competition?</p>

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<p>^^^ oh, well my bad</p>

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<p>You can always write out a page with more information on your awards, and send it in to the admissions office by mail.</p>