Question about awards on application

[Premed2003]

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I have received some awards (state and national etc), and I'm not sure what I should put in the description. Should I quote what the award is for? For example, one of them is specifically for community service and the program given at the ceremony lists how the recipient was chosen . Should I write: I received this award blah blah. The recipient is chosen for "...." In between the quotes I would write what the program said about what the award recognizes?

Or should I write something else for the description? I'm not really sure

Thank you

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[mpp]

That sounds fine.

 

[Toejam]

You should probably leave out the "blah blah".

Otherwise, I think that's the way to do it.

I just said "Award for Academic Excellence" and as a description I put "Received a $1000 award for academic achievement, which helped reduce my student loan"...or something like that. Remember, you don't want to bore them or break your humerus congratulating yourself.

 

[RLMD]

Just put "Award for ......"
Then add the necessary description. I dont think its necessary for it to be too wordy. I wouldnt worry about it too much either, its something you can clear up in your interview if you need to.