Activities & awards
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You can enter your activities and awards one at a time. First, select a category from the dropdown menu below. Once you've selected a category, you'll be able to tell us more about the activity or award in the follow-up questions.
Award or honor: We want to know about the awards and honors you've received that mean the most to you.
Educational preparation programs: Any programs or activities that have enriched your academic experiences or helped you prepare for college. ?
Extracurricular activity: These could include hobbies, clubs, sports or anything else you haven't had the chance to tell us about.
Volunteering / Community service: These are activities you've donated time and effort to without getting paid.
Work experience: This is for telling us about any paid jobs or paid internships you've had. ?
If you received an award during the summer, select the grade you were in before that summer.
For example: How are award recipients chosen? How many people are selected to receive the award? Is there an application or nomination for the award?
We'd like to understand what it took - on your part - to achieve this award. For instance: Were there multiple competitions that you had to participate in? How much time did you dedicate to winning this award?
Think about the program's main focus, your experience, and what you accomplished and learned while participating in the program.
If you participated in the program during the summer, select the grade you were in before that summer.
Think about your experience, and what you accomplished and learned. We’d also like to know if you’ve held a leadership role, which can mean more than just a title — it can mean being a mentor to others, acting as a point-person in charge of a specific task, or taking a lead role in organizing an event or project.
If you participated during the summer, select the grade you were in before that summer.
It's ok to estimate, but try to be as accurate as possible.
What program or school offered the course? Also, think about describing the major themes or topics the course covered, as well as what knowledge or skills you learned.
If you took this course during the summer, select the grade you were in before that summer.
Consider what kind of work the organization does: What’s the reason the organization exists today? How does it help a certain community or population?
Think about your experience, and what you accomplished and learned while volunteering. We’d also like to know if you’ve held a leadership role, which can mean more than just a title — it can mean being a mentor to others, acting as a point-person in charge of a specific task, or taking a lead role in organizing an event or project.
If you volunteered during the summer, select the grade you were in before you volunteered.
Please tell us the name of the place where you worked.
Consider describing the industry, the size of the company or organization, or its main focus.
We'd like to know when you worked at this job and the number of hours per week you worked. It's ok to estimate, but try to be as accurate as possible. If you worked during the summer, select the grade year before that summer.
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