<p>I know there's a spot on the common app that asks for a list of academic honors. I don't have anything special that is obviously academic (Intel, USAMO) but I have several awards from extracurriculars that can be considered academic (Youth & Government, Mock Trial). Would these count?</p>
<p>Academic awards don’t have to be at the international or national level, they can be school specific. I think there’s a place to check whether the honor/award was school, regional, state, national, or international. </p>
<p>So items like making the honor roll at your school could also be entered.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure awards earned through extra-curricular activities also count as academic.</p>
<p>You can definitely put in school-level awards, but it’s best to list awards in order of “prestige.” In other words, I would most probably list any state/national/international awards before school/chapter awards.</p>
<p>I just looked at the Common App - the section is called Honors. It says: </p>
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<p>You select radio buttons to designate at what grade level(s) the honor was received, and also select the highest level of recognition between the following four categories: School, State or Regional, National, International. There are only 5 lines, so you would want to feature your highest level awards.</p>
<p>If we have non-academic awards (e.g. music or civic service), should we list that in “additional information”?</p>
<p>^ you also can place your honors/awards in EC place.</p>
<p>My school has an award at the end of the year where every student who had a 92+ accumulative average for the year gets a plaque. Does this count? It’s called the “Principals List Award”?</p>
<p>Yes it would count, but if you have enough awards to fill that section, then it would be best to leave that award out.</p>
<p>You may want to leave GPA/honor roll awards aside. The college is already going to know that you have such-and-such GPA. It’s best to save the awards section for other stuff. I didn’t even mention high honor roll anywhere in my college applications.</p>
<p>So the debate/mock trial/statesman awards would count? they are regional/state level, but i’m not sure if they qualify as academic</p>
<p>What about someone who has won multiple awards in a single activity, such as Model UN or Speech/Debate? There isn’t room to list each one separately.</p>
<p>@yoamogatos, list the most important one(s). For example, it’s better off to simply list a national award than to separately list all the awards earned in qualifying regional/state competitions.</p>
<p>@shyams I would still list them.</p>