Common App Honors Help

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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I can’t decide which honors I should list and what order I should list them, would love some help. Here’s all the honors I have in no particular order:

  1. Cum Laude Society, 11th (top 10% of class, would help since school doesn’t list rank)
  2. Best Mock Trial Witness @ Regional Competition, 11th
  3. President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold, 12th
  4. Sewannee Book Award, 11th (1/4 students given a book award, award directly chosen by Head of school)
  5. National Merit Commended, 11th (results haven’t come out yet, but my index score is higher than the last few year’s average)
  6. AP Scholar with Distinction, 11th
  7. Certificate with High Distinction at John Locke Institute Global Affairs Program at Georgetown, 11th (highest award given at the program)
  8. Service Honor Society, 11th
  9. French Honor Society, 11th
  10. National Honor Society, 11th
  11. Quill & Scroll, 10th & 11th
  12. Varsity Letters in Wrestling, 9th & 10th
  13. School Honor Rolls + Dean’s List, 9th-11th
  14. School Award for Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook, 11th

Any help would be appreciated!

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You can combine all the honor societies in one entry.

If you are reporting AP scores, you can drop the AP scholar.

Honor roll/deans list can also be dropped since your GPA will be on your application.

In terms of order, I typically recommend students list according to personal importance and time investment.

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