<p>Recently I placed 19th in an international math competition hosted by Mu Alpha Theta. Should I go ahead and tell schools about this? Some schools may have already reviewed my app, which is why I’m asking…</p>
<p>Congrats! However, it could be annoying for the school, since they have such a big influx of e-mails around this time of year. Also, aren’t AOs not allowed to contact applicants until March 9-10?</p>
<p>I would say that definitely sounds important enough to email the schools.</p>
<p>GoldenRatio: Hm…I’ve been calling the offices after Jan 15th, so I don’t think it should be a problem. </p>
<p>Thank you! I think I’ll just hold this off, since it won’t make much of an effect on my decision.</p>
<p>Congratulations!! Math has never been a strong point for me. Make sure you include it on your college apps and other apps.</p>
<p>Future Exonian- I’ll chime in.</p>
<p>You applied as a late applicant last year. I assume you were not accepted as you are applying again.</p>
<p>You retook the SSAT after you were not thrilled with your SSAT score in Reading. Then you mentioned that you did worse on the 2nd SSAT so you wanted to see if the schools can discard your 2nd SSAT scores. I do not know whether you called the schools or not to ask this question. While it’s not “against the rules” to take the test a 2nd time, and I see many kids do retake it, I’d be very interested in seeing the acceptance rates on the kids who took the SSAT more than once. I’m not inferring anything; I’d simply be interested in the stats.</p>
<p>You mention that you’ve been calling them regularly after Jan 15.</p>
<p>Reading what you have posted, I assume you included all about your Math and Spelling Bee Contests on your Apps. </p>
<p>My advise is to simply sit back and patiently wait. I mean, don’t kill your own chances by seeming way too anxious before March 9 rolls around. Be proud of what you have accomplished and now patiently await the results.</p>
<p>On another note, I do see you mentioned on another thread that there isn’t any prestige in the Stanford Summer Course for High School kids. Why do you say that? Do you know that as fact. I do know that the courses that the kids take are college courses right along side the summer school college kids. Further, the kids get a grade and that grade is for college work done at Stanford and is transferable to other colleges. While I have no experience, I am quite interested in possibly applying to Stanford’s Summer Program next year. To me, taking a “real” college course alongside other college kids at Stanford and getting a real grade that goes on a real Stanford transcript seems like that “should” carry quite a bit of weight in the college admissions game. I’m interested to hear why you stated that it holds no prestige and one would be better off simply taking Physics AP, Chemistry AP, etc at boarding school.</p>
<p>While I’m not going to tell you to “not” contact the schools, just make sure you don’t kill yourself before March 9 by seeming way too anxious.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how much it will help (partly due to my ignorance on the nature of your award), but I don’t think it will hurt. DC received a prestigious award in early February and let schools informed of this by email. They welcomed it, congratulated her and said to add the new fact into application file.</p>
<p>I agree with bshopeful2013’s response 
It’s all about balance; you cannot seem indifferent to all this, but you also cannot overdo it, either.</p>
<p>I’m not overdoing anything – I just had a couple questions. That’s all :)</p>
<p>:) </p>
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<p>I would definitely send it in… You could mention in the email that you understand that admissions office is busy with processing applications and politely request the award to be added to the file, if possible. It doesn’t hurt. Good luck.</p>
<p>you definitely should tell them your new awards, based on our experience.</p>