Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 16:18     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about public schools where many kids enter math competitions or scholastic competitions.

In private schools, no one is participating in STEM competitions or scholastic art&writing. Award section is not important at all. Your grades, course rigor, LOR, and SAT score determine your destination.



Especially if you are not into Ivies, awards are not important. Kids with good stats goes to Rice type of schools.


If you think a kid is getting into Rice without high stats AND great ECs, LORs, awards, and essays, you're crazy. Zero chance Rice is admitting high stats kids (and little else to boost up their app).


In Texas? Could happen.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 16:08     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about public schools where many kids enter math competitions or scholastic competitions.

In private schools, no one is participating in STEM competitions or scholastic art&writing. Award section is not important at all. Your grades, course rigor, LOR, and SAT score determine your destination.



Especially if you are not into Ivies, awards are not important. Kids with good stats goes to Rice type of schools.


If you think a kid is getting into Rice without high stats AND great ECs, LORs, awards, and essays, you're crazy. Zero chance Rice is admitting high stats kids (and little else to boost up their app).


Think it depends in part on the school they come from.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:54     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about public schools where many kids enter math competitions or scholastic competitions.

In private schools, no one is participating in STEM competitions or scholastic art&writing. Award section is not important at all. Your grades, course rigor, LOR, and SAT score determine your destination.



Especially if you are not into Ivies, awards are not important. Kids with good stats goes to Rice type of schools.


If you think a kid is getting into Rice without high stats AND great ECs, LORs, awards, and essays, you're crazy. Zero chance Rice is admitting high stats kids (and little else to boost up their app).
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:40     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DS is junior. Suddenly realizing we have no awards. Can we apply for some and how and when. Major is math and STEM. Thanks


'We' have no awards? Are you attending high school too? Or college with them?



Shut up already!
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:39     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:DS is junior. Suddenly realizing we have no awards. Can we apply for some and how and when. Major is math and STEM. Thanks


'We' have no awards? Are you attending high school too? Or college with them?

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:36     Subject: No awards freaking out
My kid also listed Principals Honor Roll, etc in that section.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:31     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:DS is junior. Suddenly realizing we have no awards. Can we apply for some and how and when. Major is math and STEM. Thanks


For any meaningful awards, the process starts at 9-th grade. You don't expect a kid suddenly becomes good at a competition by 11-th grade. The kid would start at 9-th grade, continue on for another two years, and hopefully get some awards by the end of 11-th grade.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 15:21     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:DS is junior. Suddenly realizing we have no awards. Can we apply for some and how and when. Major is math and STEM. Thanks


OP, you set the tone. Please stop freaking out.
This actually sounds like a good essay topic. Not being snarky.
Your student will use every bit of the application to sell themselves, awards or no.
Breathe.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:53     Subject: Re:No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:can you enter a mother son dance competition? Or maybe a pumpkin carving contest?


Haha! Like Motherboy from arrested development


lol. You win the award for best comment today
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:49     Subject: Re:No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:can you enter a mother son dance competition? Or maybe a pumpkin carving contest?


Haha! Like Motherboy from arrested development
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:45     Subject: Re:No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:can you enter a mother son dance competition? Or maybe a pumpkin carving contest?


LOL!

OP, you need to get right on this. Halloween costume contest. Or, join the young men’s service league. You can take lots of pics of your son “volunteering” and maybe finagle some kind of an award that way. Clock is ticking!
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:36     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Awards are not that important. They only matter for t15/ivies and even then it is only noteworthy if the kid has state or regional academic honors (or national but that is rare and they do not mean common ones such as AP Scholar). Alternatively from competitive privates or magnets that send less than 10% to T20 , being named by faculty as one of 3-4 kids who are best in school (academic and citizenship) is helpful to stand out from the 20-30 who are gunning for T20 and likely all have top rigor and top grades.
More important than awards is have they made an impact with their ECs. The transcript is more important than all of it, though, so focus there. Junior yr all A grades in the most rigorous courses is the most impressive and outweighs awards, EC.


What kind of impact? How is this demonstrated?


Tutored X number of children. Collected X pounds of food in food drive.


Tutoring someone is not an impact, it's an activity. Results?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:35     Subject: No awards freaking out
Your kid does not need a role model who is “freaking out.”

Honestly, you have the kid you have. Show your pride and confidence in the adult he will become. Don’t demonstrate panic over his perceived inadequacy.

(No wonder kids today have mental health issues!)
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2024 14:10     Subject: No awards freaking out
Anonymous wrote:I don't know about public schools where many kids enter math competitions or scholastic competitions.

In private schools, no one is participating in STEM competitions or scholastic art&writing. Award section is not important at all. Your grades, course rigor, LOR, and SAT score determine your destination.



Especially if you are not into Ivies, awards are not important. Kids with good stats goes to Rice type of schools.