The Common Application asks me to write the ‘activities’.
Does receiving an award count as an ‘activity’?
Also, if receiving an award does count as an ‘activity’, what should I write in the section that asks,
‘Position/Leadership description and organization name, if applicable’
Should I write the name of the competition as the ‘organization name’? Or should I write the name of the Organization that held the competition as the ‘organization name’?
Thank you:)
No, an award is an award.
In my school, an activity is a club to which you devote a pretty substantial amount of time. There are definite parameters to determine whether or not you receive credit for any particular activity.
So if you’re talking, say, about an essay scholarship, then I would put it under “awards.”
But if you’re talking Debate States , then it’s an activity.
Thank you for the response! 
Where is the ‘award’ section of the common application? Also, if I led a group of 5 friends to do a research and got an award, should I put it under the ‘awards’ or ‘activity’? I mean, we did a significant amount of time researching and doing observations… will that count as an ‘activity’?
To be honest, your guidance counselor probably has a better idea of the scope of your project; he or she is probably better able to help you.
Or he/she could certainly mention it in his/her letter of recommendation.
I hope I had a guidance counselor or someone to help me, but I’m applying as a transfer student, so I don’t have a guidance counselor. 
(Also I have never used the Common App before because I am a foreign student. I’m sorry if I’m asking umm too trivial and stupid questions.)
Not trivial or stupid, but I simply don’t know the answers.
It’s early on the East Coast… and on a HUGE day for sports for most of the country, so people may be sleeping in. Check back later and I’m sure someone will have the info you need.
Thank you for your kindness! I really appreciate it!
Oh and I’m just asking out of curiosity, is the ‘huge day for sports’ related to the NFL?
Anything you do beside ‘school’ (going to school, attending school, homework don’t count) is an activity. It can be a job you have, watching an elderly family member, learning to roller skate, participating in after school clubs, the conservatory, building an app, playing soccer, making a stop motion film with Legos, having a YouTube channel… You must describe in a few words what you did and which awards you got if any and the awards themselves can be described under ‘honors’. If there aren’t enough characters to describe what you did and achieved, you can use ‘additional information’.
Thank you for your comment!
Umm… I don’t know if it’s because I’m applying as a transfer student, but there are no ‘honors’ section in the common app. (I also found by comparing mine with the tutorial video that my common app doesn’t have the ‘grades’ section…)
Yes, today is Super Bowl Sunday.
We’re not football fans, so I’ve been hanging out on the computer… there’s nothing at all on that I want to watch.