Mention junior year college scholarship awards or no?

[Anonymous]

Kid won a scholarship award to a college in junior year of high school.

It’s called something like the (College Name) Book Award.

Is this something to mention in college applications? Is it odd to note you won a scholarship to one school while applying to another school?

[Anonymous]

Mention it. It shows the respect the faculty have for your kid. That matters. No, it's not odd. Happens all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mention it. It shows the respect the faculty have for your kid. That matters. No, it's not odd. Happens all the time.

Okay. Thank you!

OP

[Anonymous]

A lot of the "college book awards" are not scholarships at all, just, well, books! I think it's the rare one that also comes with the possibility of a scholarship at that specific school. In any case, I think that college admissions people know that these are honors bestowed by the high school faculty and can only mean good things.

https://booksmakeadifference.com/college-book-awards/

[Anonymous]

Mention it. It will have zero impact on the application either way. Nobody care about this kind of stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of the "college book awards" are not scholarships at all, just, well, books! I think it's the rare one that also comes with the possibility of a scholarship at that specific school. In any case, I think that college admissions people know that these are honors bestowed by the high school faculty and can only mean good things.

https://booksmakeadifference.com/college-book-awards/

Is this how it works? I won one of these back in the ‘80s from Smith College after an essay competition. I assumed that someone from Smith actually read the essays and picked the best one. I got a certificate and Pride and Prejudice (which I adored) and an invitation to apply to Smith. I wasn’t really sure about the idea of an all girls school (how we referred to them then), but I was flattered and submitted a request for an application. Got a letter back saying “Dear Mr. [unisex first name][last name]. We regret to inform you that Smith is a college for women only. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.” I snorted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of the "college book awards" are not scholarships at all, just, well, books! I think it's the rare one that also comes with the possibility of a scholarship at that specific school. In any case, I think that college admissions people know that these are honors bestowed by the high school faculty and can only mean good things.

https://booksmakeadifference.com/college-book-awards/

Is this how it works? I won one of these back in the ‘80s from Smith College after an essay competition. I assumed that someone from Smith actually read the essays and picked the best one. I got a certificate and Pride and Prejudice (which I adored) and an invitation to apply to Smith. I wasn’t really sure about the idea of an all girls school (how we referred to them then), but I was flattered and submitted a request for an application. Got a letter back saying “Dear Mr. [unisex first name][last name]. We regret to inform you that Smith is a college for women only. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.” I snorted.

I also got the Smith book award (ca. 1990), and at my school, I believe it was unrelated to an essay contest (or maybe my school just didn't participate and let the faculty decide).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mention it. It will have zero impact on the application either way. Nobody care about this kind of stuff.

How do you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of the "college book awards" are not scholarships at all, just, well, books! I think it's the rare one that also comes with the possibility of a scholarship at that specific school. In any case, I think that college admissions people know that these are honors bestowed by the high school faculty and can only mean good things.

https://booksmakeadifference.com/college-book-awards/

I didn’t know how rare it was. It’s a scholarship for $20,000.