【子女教育】List of Top Prestigious Awards -- for college applications

[yazoo888]

Adopted from internet...somewhere, such as:
www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comm ... us_awards/

奖项分级 10-->1, 越高的分数的奖项对大学申请越有利。

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10: Congrats
Putnam Fellow, Fields Medal, Nobel Prize Medalist;
D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO/IOI/IOAA/IOL gold/silver medals
Regeneron STS Top 10; ISEF Top 3 Grand Prize; History Day National Winner;
Single/First Author in High Impact Factor Journal; Special performance/Solo at Carnegie Hall;
International Competitor in a Sport; Boys Nation President;
RSI (Research Science Institute)

9: Almost a ticket to a prestigious school
IMO Bronze Medal; Regeneron STS Finalist (~40 ppl）; ISEF Best of Category; MOP; NSDA Nationals winner;
Tournament of Champions Winner; NCFL Nationals Winner; Published in a relatively prestigious journal;
TASP; National Student Poet; Jimmy Awards (musical theatre)

8: Amazing accomplishment; Large boost
(8.5) IMO Honorable Mention
IMO qualification; USAMO qualification; AMC 12 Perfect Score; USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/USACO National Finalist;
Regeneron ISEF 1st-4th place category; Regeneron STS semifinalist; Davidson Fellow; Presidential Scholar; MIT PRIMES; MITES
Concord Review Publication; FIRST Dean’s List winner; top 5 at FIRST World Championships;
Google Code Jam Round 2, 3 Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals);
Facebook Hacker Cup Round 2, 3 Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals);
International Public Policy Forum Top 32 team; Writing Portfolio Gold Award;
Presidential Scholar of the Arts (~20 per year); Scholastic Art; All National Band or Orchestra performer
Boys Nation Participant; SIMR; Clark Scholars

7:
Young Arts Finalist; ARML Tiebreaker Round; USAMTS Gold Medal; HMMT top 50;
CMU SAMS; NIH Research ; Iowa Writer’s Workshop; SUMAC; ROSS; SSP; Simons; PROMYS; Mathcamp; Garcia;
State governors schools with acceptance rate <15% (PGSS, NJGSS, most other science governor’s schools);
USACO Platinum Division; ISEF Finalist;
Top Team, YES Competition (Young Epidemiology Scholarship)
History Day National Level;
Scholastic Art & Writing National Gold Medal. NFL Nationals (speech and debate) “breakers” (elimination rounds), Tournament of Champions (debate) “breakers,” Congressional Award Gold Medalist; International Public Policy Forum Top 64 team;
Foyle Young Poet; US Senate Page; AMC 10 Perfect Score; USAJMO qualification

6:
(6.5) Google Code Jam Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)
(6.5) Facebook Hacker Cup Qualifier (Vast majority of Competitors are College students and professionals)
Less competitive governor’s schools (Acceptance rate between 15% and 25%), any other scholarship summer programs not aforementioned
Congressional Award Silver Medalist; NFL Nationals; Tournament of Champions Qualifier
Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners; Technology Student Association Nationals;
FIRST Dean’s List finalist; Top 5 FIRST Super Regionals (FTC); Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver Medal;
State Science Fair Winner/Top Award (Depends on state); Academic Decathlon State (CA) Honors Top 3;
University-run poetry contests (Patricia Grodd Prize, Lewis Center at Princeton Prize, etc);
Very selective summer programs (acceptance rate 10-15%: TASS, UC Davis YSP, IOWA SSTP, BU RISE, UCSB RMP, HCSSiM, BOA Student Leaders, HSMC, Rockefeller SSRP, EFL, M&TSI…); AMC 12 DHR

5: Pretty good; will complement an already strong record
Young Arts Honorable Mention; FBLA Nationals; USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/NAO semifinals;
National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests; All-Eastern/all-regional music, State History Day top 3 place;
Top 5 FIRST State Championship (or Regionals for FRC), JETS TEAMS National Finalist, Skills USA Nationals;
Academic Decathlon State (AZ/TX/MA/WI), Nationals Top 3 Honors & California Event Golds;
Selective summer academic programs (acceptance rate 15-25%: UC COSMOS, UF SSTP, Wharton LBW, MIT Launch…)
USACO Gold Division qualification; AMC 10 DHR
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4: Fairly difficult
YoungArts Merit; AIME qualification; Science Fair Regional winner; Science Bowl national qualification;
Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin/Spanish/French Exam; State awards (all-state music, etc);
Academic Decathlon State (AZ/TX/MA/WI) Event Golds;
National Merit Finalist; MUN Gavel; AMC 10/12 school winner (depends on your school)
Art and Writing Regional Gold award; Top 5 FIRST Regional (FTC); Position in Local Government;
National AP Scholar at Junior Year

3: Some effort involved, but not uncommon
USACO Silver Division qualification
Student Body
Winning at local/regional science fairs
All-County music
Eagle Scout Gold Award (with prior Silver and Bronze Awards)
Head of a competitive club that you did not found (ex: Mock Trial, Model UN, Science Olympiad)
Editor in chief of award-winning school newspaper
Head of a club with large membership and substantial activities (Interact Club)

2: Your average go-getter
Bank of America Awards; Presidential Service Award Volunteering Gold;
Local awards/trophies; Essay Contests; Regional History Day

1: Common activities
National Honor Society， Beta Club， School Departmental Awards， School Honor Roll， Key Club; CSF; Interact Club， National Merit Commended
Member of a club with no distinctions earned

0: A dime in a dozen; meaningless
Who’s Who; National Honor Roll; National Society of High School Scholars
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[yazoo888]

This list does not have Science Olympiad.

[reknaz]

This list does not have Science Olympiad.

Science Olympiad 怎么弄的？娃的学校考 Math 的 club 考不进去的才被允许参加 Science Olympiad，说是为了公平让想玩的都有的玩。结果听说这东西比 Math Olympiad 还难。

[sweetsister]

同好奇

Science Olympiad 怎么弄的？娃的学校考 Math 的 club 考不进去的才被允许参加 Science Olympiad，说是为了公平让想玩的都有的玩。结果听说这东西比 Math Olympiad 还难。

[yazoo888]

介绍一下 Sci Oly.

官网
https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Science Olympiad (Sci Oly, or SciOly) 是团队项目，固定的 20 - 40 个STEM项目（全国统一）， 每个项目2-3个队员。 比赛可能包括笔试和动手制作和演示。比赛分初中(B)组，高中（C）组， Division B & C。 每个项目前6名有medals. 通常由学校组队，由科学老师领头，感兴趣的学生报名参加 - 考核， 通常一个队有20-50个入选队员。队员选举学生当队长（co-队长）.

入选学生每人选择主打3-5个项目（每个项目2-3人） ，老师选择学生组队，参加各种比赛。平时比赛是邀请赛（通常是某个周六，一天，用于平时锻炼学员，各学校选择参加）。邀请赛包括各种范围： 本地的，州内，全国范围（上百个学校） 的都有。 正式比赛包括 Regional (每个队都可以，每年冬天？），State （Spring）, National （5-6月份） 三个层级。 每个Regional 的团体前几名进入State 决赛 , 项目的个人前6名可以拿medals（比赛时间-每年Spring)，regional 的 B、C 组决赛团体总分前几名发奖杯，个人前六名拿medal; 每个州的团体第一名进入下一轮 National Tournament。大州（如加州, 德州、麻州等）由两个队去参加National. National 比赛是入围学校（州第一）的队伍集中在某个大学进行3天比赛，团体总分名次前10名有奖杯， 个人参加的项目前6名有medals.

PS.1 对STEM的中学生是不错的活动，但是，需要运气。 有些很强的选手，如果你在一个烂队，你可能永远不可能参加State， or National的比赛。
PS.2 很花时间，不是短平快的项目。
PS.3 Covid-19 前，这些比赛都是现场进行。 这两年大部分是on-line的。 现在应该都恢复现场比赛了。

同好奇

[reknaz]

介绍一下：

Science Olympiad 是团队项目，固定的 20 - 40 个STEM项目（全国统一）.
比赛分初中(B)组，高中（C）组. 每个项目前6名有medals.
通常由学校组队，由科学老师领头，感兴趣的学生报名参加 - 考核， 通常一个队有20-50个入选队员。队员选举学生当队长（co-队长）.

入选学生每人选择主打3-5个项目，老师选择学生组队，参加各种比赛。平时比赛是邀请赛（平时锻炼学员，各学校选择参加）。邀请赛包括各种范围： 本地的，州内，全国范围 的都有。 正式比赛包括 Regional (每年冬天？）, 每个Region的团体前几名进入State 决赛 （每年Spring)， B, C 组决赛出前几名， 每个州的团体第一名进入下一轮 National Tournament。大州如（加州, 德州、麻州等），每个州可以由两个队去参加National. National 比赛是入围学校（州第一）的队伍集中在某个大学进行3天比赛，团体总分名次前10名有奖杯， 个人参加的项目前6名有medals.

对STEM的中学生是不错的活动，但是，需要运气。 有些很强的选手，如果你在一个烂队，你可能永远不可能参加State， or National的比赛。

我也是有这种想法，如果一个很强的小孩在一个烂校找不到足够强的队友，也没法出头。还有这个比赛是不是要做 project，那么评选就会是打分式，比较主观吧？

[yazoo888]

打分客观性应该没问题 --基本是可以量化的， 比如飞机飞的高，远， 你的模型project的温度 vs Real的准确性. 等。

[StillWandering]

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[yazoo888]

下周六是BirdSO invitational in Temple City， CA.

这周六是MIT Invitational.