Harvard Prize Book Award?

stemit
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:26:40 +0000

In our city students are nominated by the school (a “top” junior). The nominated students were then required to write an essay addressing a specific topic and submit a utube video addressing a separate specific topic. Winners were announced - the number of winners were significantly fewer then the number nominated; the books were given at a ceremony attended by Harvard alum and current students. The ceremony was very marketing oriented.

I have no clue what the weight of the award is on an application, except that it’s better to have received it then not to have received it. In light of the process to get the award(the recipient actually had to submit something and clear some unspecified hurdle), I would conclude its more than a school award but less than making it to the intel ISEf finals - a lot less.