Can we include 8th grade state and national awards on our resume? I seem to have more 8th grade accomplishments than 9th and 10th. So can I include those too (this includes a district and city award).
Please reply fast (I’m kinda desperate)
No
Typically no, as it does seem desperate (like you peaked in 8th grade), but if you continued in 9th and 10th you can list all the awards, starting with 8th, then 9th and 10th. Don’t list something you only got in 8th grade. But it won’t help you much at this point.
Where are you applying?
(In many cases, ECs don’t really matter)
Is this resume for colleges or college scholarships? Then NO.
If this is for a summer program and you’re a Freshman or Sophomore in HS, then that’s fine.
If the award was during the summer before 9th grade it would count. But keep working in that area or expand to something else.
Another thing- this is a doubt on behalf of my friend:
He had completed all 8 grades of piano when he was in 8th grade. After that, he only practiced and stuff, but didn’t take it further. So can he include his 8th grade certificate on his application?
@T26E4
“Is this resume for colleges or college scholarships? Then NO.”
So the college scholarships my son was awarded this year(8th grade) will be seen how by the universities?
@moscott Conventional wisdom is that achivements before 9th grade aren’t useful for college evaluations. Your son’s award my bend that CW I would say. But if space were limited, I’d say it’s the least of his achievements by the time he’s a Senior, applying to colleges. IMHO
@T26E4…Thanks. Hopefully it will be the least lol. However where would I list the scholarship money which came with the award(National btw)?
You can put it in other info, are you filling it out now?. The only place you have to report the monetary award is to the financial aid office. But hopefully there are accomplishments in high school to take the place of the few slots.
@BrownParent
No, he is in 8th grade. The scholarship is only offered to 8th grade students so it’s not like other academic awards you can pursue in high school. Out of 425,000 participants, then narrowed to 9,700 and finally to be named top overall 8th grader in the US and not be able to list it seems odd. Oh well.
Do list it, since it’s significant… but if nothing else happened since then activity and awards-wise, it’d beg the question “what happened to such a bright kid…?”
Are you a sophomore now? Your other urgent threat stated that you are transferring and going into your junior year. Why is this an “Urgent Question” and why are you " kinda desperate"?
I don’t understand your urgency and desperation. When are you planning on applying to college?
I’m applying in one and a half years, mnm111. But if I want my online magazine to be successful, a last minute job just isn’t going to work out.
And the question of whether to include an 8th grade scholarship is pertinent to your online mag?
@Erin’s Dad
While I don’t understand the correlation to the online mag as well, to be fair it is I that had mentioned the college scholarship that was earned in 8th grade.
Oops. Sorry I interwove those.
Ok…I’m not a serious ivy league applicant or anything (too expensive…), but I am curious about a few things:
Harvard wants national or even international achievements- but do they mention in any particular subject, or activity? For instance, will an IPhO silver medalist be preferred over a person who has won an international essay writing competition, if other aspects of their application are similar?
Or… Intel finalist or (inter)national poetry awardee?
I know MIT will, but will ivy league?
Thanks!
Who the heck told you that?
^because for internationals, it’s true.
However, no, there’s no preference in the subject or field of the international award.