Would you post this award on your resume?

[Anonymous]

High stats kid. Kid has a lot of ECs and awards- therefore if a resume can be considered, he will and needs to include it.

Kid just won a financial award (several thousand dollars). Qualifications for the award included high stats, excellent ECs, and an interest in going to "Duke" (diff school name inserted). Award is named after Duke's former present who also previously held a top government job in education before that. Called The John Doe Scholarship Award, not referencing Duke, but if anyone googled John Doe, it would be known that the person was both former president of Duke, a former president of a second college AND also held a top government job in ed. So it may or may not be associated with Duke.

Obviously, when applying to Duke - which kid absolutely wants to and will do - would you list the award in resume and/or awards section and also would you provide an explanation as to the award and leave out the reference to Duke?

[Anonymous]

Is this or isn't this an award from Duke ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this or isn't this an award from Duke ?

Read the post again. It is not Duke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this or isn't this an award from Duke ?

Read the post again. It is not Duke

No. Reading it once was torture enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this or isn't this an award from Duke ?

Read the post again. It is not Duke

The post is definitely confusing, so let’s give people a little grace.

I would list the award when applying to Duke but probably not list at all when applying to other top schools as I would think this kid really just wants to go to Duke.

[Anonymous]

What is the actual school that the award pertains to?

[Anonymous]

I would list it somewhere in the application for "Duke". I would assume that Duke is familiar with this award and doesn't need any additional information about it.

I might leave it off of the application for other colleges, if I thought there was too much implication that the applicant is not as interested in that school as they are in Duke.

[Anonymous]

Terry Stanford Scholarship for Methodist University ?

If yes, this is a scholarship which requires financial need and, therefore, is not entirely based on merit or accomplishments.

I would not mention it.

[Anonymous]

The last post was helpful.

No, it is not Duke, but another school akin to Duke.

I didn’t think my post was confusing, but included a lot of extra info bc I think it all needs to be considered in answering.

So sorry someone found it torturous to read it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The last post was helpful.

No, it is not Duke, but another school akin to Duke.

I didn’t think my post was confusing, but included a lot of extra info bc I think it all needs to be considered in answering.

So sorry someone found it torturous to read it.

Yes, your post was, and is, poorly written. Confuses the reader. Try to write in a more clear & concise manner.

[Anonymous]

Another who found it tourturous.

List all awards is a good rule to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The last post was helpful.

No, it is not Duke, but another school akin to Duke.

I didn’t think my post was confusing, but included a lot of extra info bc I think it all needs to be considered in answering.

So sorry someone found it torturous to read it.

Yes, your post was, and is, poorly written. Confuses the reader. Try to write in a more clear & concise manner.

Post was incomprehensible.

[Anonymous]

This post is so hard to read I feel sad

[Anonymous]

Lots of colleges sponsor “awards” for high schools to give to rising seniors. The college sets the criteria and the high school chooses the recipient based on that. It’s not like the recipient applied to the college because they were interested in it. These things come to students, not the reverse.

I received the Wellesley Book Award back in the day - can’t remember if it was for academic achievement or community service or character - and yes, I included it on my applications to all schools. The award was an indication that my high school chose me over my peers based on some specific criteria - so yes, it’s an award other schools should know about, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High stats kid. Kid has a lot of ECs and awards- therefore if a resume can be considered, he will and needs to include it.

Kid just won a financial award (several thousand dollars). Qualifications for the award included high stats, excellent ECs, and an interest in going to "Duke" (diff school name inserted). Award is named after Duke's former present who also previously held a top government job in education before that. Called The John Doe Scholarship Award referencing Duke, but if anyone googled John Doe, it would be known that the person was both former president of Duke, a former president of a second college AND also held a top government job in ed. So it may or may not be associated with Duke.

Obviously, when applying to Duke - which kid absolutely wants to and will do - would you list the award in resume and/or awards section and also would you provide an explanation as to the award and leave out the reference to Duke?

Stop overthinking this. Just include it.

And please take Duke out of your mouth. It doesn’t deserve being used as a generic in lieu of some school.