Do colleges care about awards a lot?

T26E4
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:08:04 +0000

Colleges accept plenty of “B” students. Colleges accept many people without athletic or music honors. It all depends.

The more selective a suite of colleges you target, the more you’ll have to be excellent and stand out. Awards can be part of this, but not exclusively. The answer is this WON’T affect you depending on the schools you’re targeting. If all you have is middle of the road achievements in ECs and solid academic performance, know that those chasing the few slots at the ultra-selective colleges will have both – and in droves and lacking superior achievement outside the classroom WILL affect your chances.