Rank of Awards

Applying to College
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<p>My mom found this from another website, and I thought it'd be nice to share, since many people are asking questions (about NM in particular)-</p>

<p>Awards (ranked 1-10, 1 is most impressive):
1: D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winnter/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize, Published in Nature or Science</p>

<p>2: Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, NFL Nationals winner, RSI</p>

<p>3: TASP, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist (& USAMO qualification), Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF (1-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Running your own <em>successful</em> business, AMC Perfect Score, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellowship, Presidential Scholar of the Arts, Scholastic Art & Writing Portfolio Gold Award</p>

<p>4: Selective summer programs/competitions (e.g. SSP, Clark Summer Program, YESS, NIH Research, and MITES) ARML top score, Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver or Gold Medal. NFL Nationals qualifier, Congressional Award Gold Medalist, YES Competition top 4.</p>

<p>5: USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO semifinalist, Science Olympiad National medals, Congressional Award Silver Medalist, Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners</p>

<p>6: National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National History Day winner, AIME, AMC 12 school winner</p>

<p>7: Perfect Score (multiple years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depends on your state), USAMTS Gold, National History Day, JETS TEAMS National Finalist or Regional winner, MUN Gavel</p>

<p>8: All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs, Eagle Scout, National Merit</p>

<p>9: Bank of America awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests, State History Day</p>

<p>10: NHS, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll, Key Club, CSF, Interact Club</p>

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<p>Scholastics Art and Writing Portfolios aren’t awarded until second semester senior year, so they can’t be used in admissions.</p>

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<p>It’s a pretty good list. I’d add Prudential Spirit of Community State Honoree to the list in the 3 or 4 range.</p>

<p>I attended the national award ceremony for that a couple of years ago, and at one event I learned that of the four HS kids at my table, two were going to Cornell and one to Princeton.</p>

<p>Correlation? Causation?</p>

<p>I don’t know, but statistically interesting.</p>

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<p>Do selective summer programs actually go under the awards category? I thought they would only be listed as extracurriculars.</p>

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<p>what is a USChO semifinalist? Is that being in the top 50 nationally?</p>

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<p>Do you happen to know where your mom found this? I tried googling words to find it but couldn’t… thanks</p>

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<p>^There was actually a similar list posted on CC
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/302001-list-top-prestigious-awards.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/302001-list-top-prestigious-awards.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Perhaps she got the list from there?</p>

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<p>It was actually on a board on wenxuecity.com. It’s mostly in Chinese. The author might have gotten it from CC?</p>

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<p>How can you be a D1 athlete if you are applying?</p>