How much do awards/honors matter?

TaraLove
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:35:34 +0000

I attend a small international school in Korea that hardly gives out any awards.
It does not have even the most common ones like honor rolls and National Merit.
As a result, I could list only two awards in the awards section of the common app.
However, I do have leadership positions, volunteer hours, and other various ECs.

Will my lack of awards/honors affect my chances of admission to colleges?

By the way, I applied ED to Cornell (College of Human Ecology)