High School awards relevant on app?

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I'm working on my application, and am stuck on what to put for honors/awards. The only thing I can really think of that I was awarded in college is being on the Dean's list every year. However, in high school I was valedictorian, distinguished student of the year from the Idaho Dairymen, and Priest River's Junior Miss (a scholarship program/pageant). So can I include these or are they not important since they were in high school?

No. IMO, almost everything you did in high school is irrelevant once you start college.

List college awards/achievements/clubs/activities. I did not include anything from my school days, even though I had some stuff that would have looked really good.

I don't agree entirely with some posters here. I think that being named student of the year by a local agriculture group is irrelevant but I think being the high school valedictorian is a major accomplishment and I would certainly put THAT one down.

Originally Posted by tros0836

I'm working on my application, and am stuck on what to put for honors/awards. The only thing I can really think of that I was awarded in college is being on the Dean's list every year. However, in high school I was valedictorian, distinguished student of the year from the Idaho Dairymen, and Priest River's Junior Miss (a scholarship program/pageant). So can I include these or are they not important since they were in high school?

No high school awards (although congrats on your accomplishments). Schools realize that awards become few and far between after high school, but it's there for anyone who does have something to put. Deans list definitely counts and is a good award to have. Put that and leave it at that. That's all I put on my applications, and I had no issues!

I put I was an Eagle Scout

I think that there would be nothing wrong with putting a couple of very major achievements from high school on your application. For example, I had the highest marks of my grad class and I will most definitely include that one on mine. I also ran 2 clubs in my grad year, but I probably won't mention that. I agree with most posters: high school in itself is very different from university (I know people who got full scholarships and ended up with GPAs as low as 2.4 after first year). So if you're going to include something from your high school days, make sure it really stands out.