Honors on the Common App?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>For the spot that says:

Honors
Briefly list any academic distinctions or honors you have received since the ninth grade or international equivalent.
Grade Level or post-graduate (PG):
    9   10  11  12  PG 
Level of Recognition:&lt;br&gt;
School  State/Regional  National    Inter-National

What do I put? Can I get any examples?</p>

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<p>Examples: Presidential Scholar Candidate, MD Distinguished Scholar, ISEF winner/finalist, NMSF, AP Scholar Awards, USABO semi/finalist (or any other one of these), Local/Regional Science Fair, Sci Olympiad metals, Siemens, etc</p>

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<p>bump any other help? can i get some examples that i might have (as a slightly above average student)</p>

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<p>@mabsjenbu123: The applications for the Presidential Scholar candidates don’t get sent out until January 2010 :slight_smile: So there’s no way to know if you’re a candidate already…right? [Frequently</a> Asked Questions – Presidential Scholars Program](<a href=“Frequently Asked Questions -- U.S. Presidential Scholars Program”>Frequently Asked Questions -- U.S. Presidential Scholars Program)</p>

<p>Anything like National Merit, National Honor Society, any awards in extracurriculars, or even something school related like Homecoming Royalty or Student of the Month.</p>

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<p>Honor Roll
Spanish Honor Society</p>

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<p>for honor roll do i just list the type and how many years i got it for? thats kinda lame lol…</p>

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<p>Well, if honor roll is the only honor you have received in school then it really isn’t lame.</p>

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<p>National AP Scholar, NMSF, NHS, Outstanding Achievement awards, community service awards, science/math competition awards, etc.</p>

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<p>How bad does it look if you don’t have any honors or awards when applying to top 20 schools?</p>

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<p>anyone? 10c</p>

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<p>i’m sure u have some things if u consider yourself a real applicant for a top 20 school. any honors societies, AP scholar, my school has this ‘annual honors commendation’, which i’m pretty sure is worth nothing, but looks good, nonetheless…those are the ones i put & i’m probably more average than u, lol.</p>

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<p>whats the level of recognition for AP Scholar with Distinction?</p>

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<p>would national honor society/ national ap scholar count as a “national” award??
also, many people have national honor society so would it look better if you won something like “national spelling bee”?</p>

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<p>Could someone answer “nooblet”'s question:</p>

<p>I’m wondering the same thing. Is the National Honor Society a national award??</p>

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<p>No. Since the selection is a school-wide process, it’s only a school award.</p>

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<p>You can go to this site for definitive answers on listing National Honor Society:
[Support</a> Center](<a href=“http://s3.parature.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5524]Support”>http://s3.parature.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5524)</p>

<p>For other questions, go to the CommonApp website, then “Contact Us,” then “Application Support Center.”</p>

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<p>RANDOM QUESTION:</p>

<p>Is it a bad idea to use my last name as the common app username?
Will colleges even see the username?</p>

<p>Or should I take a risk and use an interesting username?</p>

<p>I am very meticulous, and pay way too much attention to little details as such.</p>

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<p>i did interesting, so if they do see my username they’ll think I’m a nut :slight_smile: but surprisingly, I don’t have a problem with that</p>

<p>I HIGHLY doubt they’d see your username</p>

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<p>Does a varsity letter count as an award? What should I put it under?</p>

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<p>under "Positions held, letters earned on the activites.</p>