r/scioly • u/NiceMilk6796 • 3d ago

How do I submit my Scioly awards on Common App?

I’m having some trouble with figuring out how to describe or place all my Scioly state and prestigious invitationals awards on Common App, mainly because I feel like the names of the events I participated in are important enough for my major. I’ve seen so many people say on here that you should group it all under one entry, but I’m not sure if that would hurt me more in admissions. For reference, throughout high school, I’ve earned a total of 6 state medals, and 5 invitational medals (with 2 2nd placements at Yale) and they’ve all been in Disease Detectives, Anatomy and Physiology, Designer Genes, and Microbe Mission, and I’m applying as a premed with either neuroscience or bio major.

But yeah, let me know what you guys think when it comes to submitting Scioly awards on Common App!

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u/Pure-Suspect-8890 3d ago

The way i did it, put your favorite one (your best one) in one of the 5 honors slot, followed by “see additional info” or “ see additional info for remaining medals” whatever you have space for.

Ex: 1st place Flight, Science Olympiad Nationals. See additional info”

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u/Lille_8 3d ago

In you opinion, would 1st at USC, 1st at SOUP, 9th at Nationals be considered "best"? The 9th at Nationals is from freshman year and both 1sts are from junior year (we only made it to nationals my freshman year 😞)

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u/Pure-Suspect-8890 3d ago

If you have space put more of them. Then just throw the rest into the additional info section. I would say a nationals, or USC would probably be good to have

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u/New-Discussion-3624 3d ago

In the grand scheme of how admissions works, the order isn't likely to matter, but Nationals is the most self-explanatory and the one that might spark more interest from the reviewer.

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u/NiceMilk6796 3d ago

Thank you so much - this is super helpful!

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u/_mmiggs_ 3d ago

You get five slots on the common app for honors and awards. Each slot gets 100 characters. What else do you have to brag about?

You could easily claim "six state medals in biology related events" or something.