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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder the same. I suspect a good many posters consider Scholastic Keys, PVSAs, and Congressional Awards "national awards." Maybe also Eagle/Girl Scout Gold.

It feels like the number of mentions of "national awards" is disproportionate to the number of actual legit national awards.[/quote]

There are Scholastic Awards in art and writing that are at the National Level and Scholastic Awards on the regional level. Some come with scholarship money. I would definitely call a national scholastic art or writing award a national award for kids pursuing related interests.  There's nothing higher in those fields and they matter to those fields. [/quote]

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My teenager has a Scholastic Gold Key. That is regional. A few kids at her school won Scholastic National Silver or Gold Medals. Those are national.

I think if you care compared to kids from all over the country and you are selected, it may count as national (assuming only a small percent are selected).

To the earlier poster wondering about honor societies and Eagle/Gold. Honor societies are decided at the school level. That is a school-level award. Doesn't matter if "national" is part of the name. Eagle/Gold is regional, though you could argue those are more of an earned distinction than an award (because you weren't competing with others). The Gold Awards that are selected for the 10 scholarships for the entire council - 10 selected out of 200-ish Gold Award projects - those are regional awards.[/quote]

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