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5 awards that colleges DO NOT care about (From a Harvard Student)

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The video leverages the creator's authority as a Harvard student to provide high-value, contrarian advice that directly addresses a common pain point for high school students.

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A Harvard student shares five common awards that students should avoid including on their college applications because they lack uniqueness. She explains that colleges can already see much of this information on transcripts and advises focusing on more meaningful experiences instead.

Structure

1Introduction to the topic
2Critique of National Honor Society
3Critique of honor roll and local awards
4Critique of sports and club positions
5Closing advice

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5 awards that colleges DO NOT care about (From a Harvard Student) Coming from someone who applied to 30+ universities and is now at Harvard Number one is National Honor Society And honestly, I hear about this one so much, but over 1 million students around the US are in National Honor Society, so it really lacks that standout component Number two is honor roll Colleges can see your transcript anyway, so it's no use wasting space in the award section Number three is JV or varsity team Unless you have a position on that team and or you can write a supplement about it, I just wouldn't put it. Just because it's so common Number four is any local school award like highest average in Spanish, highest average in math Again, colleges can see your transcript, so I wouldn't waste that space in the award section when you can write about something more meaningful Number five and the last one is any club position Unless that club position like being class treasurer, being a club's historian, has helped you find yourself in some way and or again, you can write a supplement about it, I just wouldn't put that But these are all just my thoughts from my own experiences Good luck in y'all's college applications!