What is the Harvard book award and how do you receive it?

Applying to College
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<p>Also, does it have a lot of weight on the college application?</p>

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<p><a href=“Harvard Book Award - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Book_Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The fact that about 2000 students get a Harvard book award every year should tell you all you need to know about its weight on a college application. Book awards (and there are a lot of them offered by various colleges’ alumni associations) are a nice addition to the “awards” list on one’s applications, but nothing more.</p>

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<p>You know how many Harvard Book Award winners have been awarded at that nearby urban or rural HS? ZERO – ever. Why is that?</p>

<p>It means you happen to attend a HS that someone at the local H alumni club wants to maintain as a source of good relations/applicants. They deliver a book to the school office. It gets put in a pile with the others. The teachers choose a “worthy” junior to be recognized. One gets the Harvard award, another gets the Brown award, etc. </p>

<p>Alone, it means ZERO to the application process – other than it reflects that the recipient is among the top Juniors. </p>