<p>I recently got a scholarship award, so I have to cut one of these from my Common App:</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Commended Scholar
NHS</p>
<p>They'll know I received AP Scholar with Distinction based off of my AP tests, but NHS and Commended Scholar don't seem very prestigious. So what award should I cut?</p>
<p>NHS. NHS is pointless.</p>
<p>I’d cut AP Scholar with Distinction because, like you said, they’ll know you recieved the award from your AP score.</p>
<p>Any other opinions? I feel NHS is pointless as well, but Commended Scholar is kind of like “eh, you did decently, but not quite good enough.”</p>
<p>So far I’m cutting AP Scholar with Distinction, but I still want more opinions before I submit my app.</p>
<p>Edit: Yes, I know, this is a late app, but I made a new version of the Common App.</p>
<p>NHS as in National Honor Society or National Hispanic Scholar?</p>
<p>Rather than cut, group. Put NHS, AP Scholar w/Distinction and NM Commended all on the same line. Abbreviate if necessary so everything fits.</p>
<p>^ Am I even allowed to do that?</p>
<p>And NHS as in National Honor Society</p>
<p>Why not? It is your application - make the most of it. As long as you are posting accurate information, go for it.</p>
<p>To me it especially makes sense to group all the “expected” stuff - the things all of you top students do. You don’t want to devote a lot of precious space to them because they seem a bit ordinary since all the top applicants have them, but you don’t want anyone to think you didn’t do the basic stuff. Group.</p>
<p>Then definitely cut NHS. It’s more of an organization than an award; just relocate it to the EC section.</p>
<p>NHS is considered an activity, not an award.</p>
<p>Did you actually win anything in NHS, like a scholarship? If you did, like everyone else said, keep it and group, if not, like ^ put it in EC’s.</p>
<p>Either group them or move NHS to extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Group the AP scholar and commended scholar as they both are somewhat automatic, and your scores basically duplicate the information; leave NHS, especially if you held a leadership role or did something significant.</p>