s/o - Honors and Awards- how many did your DC fill in out of the 5 ?

[Anonymous]

I had, no joke, 5 national / international awards. Then like 10-15 other regional awards. I went to MIT, though, so depends on the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had, no joke, 5 national / international awards. Then like 10-15 other regional awards. I went to MIT, though, so depends on the school.

Great to have a lot but tge common app limits it to 5.

[Anonymous]

This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

[Anonymous]

Zero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

+1 And multiple kids on this thread alone have none. That’s normal. That said, it takes a couple quick emails and about 10 minutes on your phone to fill out the NHS application. You could do it on the toilet. No one is too busy for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

+1 And multiple kids on this thread alone have none. That’s normal. That said, it takes a couple quick emails and about 10 minutes on your phone to fill out the NHS application. You could do it on the toilet. No one is too busy for that.

Re: NHS. Depends on the school. My DD had to write multiple short essays. Once in, has to do 16 service learning hours per semester - and many easy volunteer hours don’t count. (Also, meetings are mandatory). Some kids don’t join because they don’t have time for it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

+1 And multiple kids on this thread alone have none. That’s normal. That said, it takes a couple quick emails and about 10 minutes on your phone to fill out the NHS application. You could do it on the toilet. No one is too busy for that.

Re: NHS. Depends on the school. My DD had to write multiple short essays. Once in, has to do 16 service learning hours per semester - and many easy volunteer hours don’t count. (Also, meetings are mandatory). Some kids don’t join because they don’t have time for it.

Ours is not that involved. Not sure there’s a space other than gym or auditorium to even hold all the members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

+1 And multiple kids on this thread alone have none. That’s normal. That said, it takes a couple quick emails and about 10 minutes on your phone to fill out the NHS application. You could do it on the toilet. No one is too busy for that.

Re: NHS. Depends on the school. My DD had to write multiple short essays. Once in, has to do 16 service learning hours per semester - and many easy volunteer hours don’t count. (Also, meetings are mandatory). Some kids don’t join because they don’t have time for it.

My kid was invited to join NHS but didn't do it.
Wasn't feeling doing the required service hours, especially after having a heavy academic load + paid employment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

I'm with you on this one. I didn't like doing the "award collection."
In FCPS, the standard application for nominations for scholarships has an entire column for listing awards.
My kid will likely end up with a 4.3+ GPA by the end of HS, has 12 APs, 1400+ SAT, and doesn't have a lot of awards-- and also, very little volunteer work and zero sports. My kid has a really great work ethic as well. Their essay focused on the stuff they do at home!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole racket is hilarious. My son is a straight A student and will probably graduate with at least 10APs and had already scored 5s on the 2 he took sophomore year. Scored a 1480 on his PSATs.

He had no time to award collect. He plays a varsity sport and when not in season he has to work. So not only does he keep up perfect grades, he plays a varsity sport and works 20-40hrs a week. What a friggin joke! Yea this might hurt my son in the admissions process , but I can guarantee you he will be a high achiever in life with his real world work ethic.

I guess his essays will be “sorry, don’t have time to grade grub and grub for Bs awards because I’ve been busy working like a boss”

Working is so much better than awards these day with the equity push. Don't worry about it.

+1 And multiple kids on this thread alone have none. That’s normal. That said, it takes a couple quick emails and about 10 minutes on your phone to fill out the NHS application. You could do it on the toilet. No one is too busy for that.

Re: NHS. Depends on the school. My DD had to write multiple short essays. Once in, has to do 16 service learning hours per semester - and many easy volunteer hours don’t count. (Also, meetings are mandatory). Some kids don’t join because they don’t have time for it.

My kid was invited to join NHS but didn't do it.
Wasn't feeling doing the required service hours, especially after having a heavy academic load + paid employment.

It’s not very helpful (if at all at top schools) for admissions. It’s pretty ubiquitous. But it gives kids something to put down in the honors section.