有华人网友提供了这个list的最新版： https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/list-of-top-prestigious-awards/296097/1180 老版：https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/105156324 申请美国大学，不仅需要硬件条件，如GPA、TOEFL/GRE等成绩，同时，还需要“软背景”。 近些年，水涨船高的标化成绩已让完美的学术成绩渐渐成为大部分学生手头的“打底牌”。而真正能让学生从“千人一面”的申请者中脱颖而出的，则是大家课外活动的“软背景”。 今天要和大家介绍的，就是在美国名校看来，认可度高、享有盛誉的学术竞赛。为了让大家了解各项奖项的“含金量”，我们也对这些奖项进行“亮眼度”的排行。 大家只需将你在高中期间得到的奖项与这个榜单上的奖项进行对比，便可以知道对你手头可以利用哪些砝码，来增加你的申请几率。 这里有不少术语，很多家长学生可能看了都懵，学姐会进行简介。 有盛誉的奖项排行榜 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 Regeneron STS Finalist; 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 USAMO qualification; AMC 12 Perfect Score; USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/USACO National Finalist Regeneron ISEF 1st-4th place category; Regeneron STS semifinalist; Davidson 3 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; Scholastic Art; All National Band or Orchestra performer Boys Nation Participant SIMR Clark Scholars 7: ARML Tiebreaker Round; USAMTS Gold Medal; HMMT top 50 CMU 1 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 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) USACO Gold Division AMC 10 Perfect Score 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 1YSP, IOWA SSTP, BU RISE, UCSB RMP, HCSSiM, BOA Student Leaders, HSMC, Rockefeller SSRP, EFL, M&TSI…) 5: Pretty good; will complement an already strong record FBLA Nationals USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/NAO semifinals AIME qualification 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…) 4: Fairly difficult USACO Silver Division 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 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
从 wxc 抄一个小中男的今年详细 STAT ，看看能跟首页 list 对上号吗 Intended Major(s): Applied mostly to Earth Sciences/Geophysics, applied to some places w/ CS or combined majors like CS + Envirosci. Academics GPA (UW/W): 4.0/5.86 (our school weights out of 6) Rank (or percentile): 1/370 # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs, Multi @ State Uni, rest honors Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Micro, AP Stats Standardized Testing List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported. SAT I: Didn''t take ACT: 36 (36E, 35M, 36R, 36S) SAT II: Didn''t take AP/IB: Submitted 9 5s in Calc AB/BC, Phys C Mech, APUSH, APCSA, Lang, Gov, Psych, APES Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): None Extracurriculars/Activities Purposely vague here, if you have any questions let me know. Earth sci research assisted by OOS prof (remote) Co-founded org to promote geographic literacy (did legitimate, impactful work) Physics research w/ state uni prof 3y varsity, 1y JV soccer player on one of top HS teams in my state Internship at water treatment company, did wastewater remediation research Training program related to research in #1 Coached for academic competitions Conference/summit related to research in #1 Robotics, lead programmer Co-authored a book about growing up Asian (1k+ copies sold in 1y) Speedcuber (only put for Caltech, ranked top 5 in my state) One of 12 selected out of 200+ to give a TED talk at one of largest TEDx events in the world. Happened after submitting apps so I updated colleges w/ it. Awards/Honors State ISEF 2nd Place in Physics Harvard Book Award Rensselaer Medal National Merit Semifinalist USACO Silver Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD) Acceptances: MIT (Deferred EA -> RD) Caltech (EA) Yale (RD) Cornell (RD, Tanner Deans Scholar) Duke (RD) Dartmouth (RD) Vanderbilt (RD, MOSAIC) USC (RD) Georgia Tech (EA, Stamps Semifinalist, Half-ride from Dean''s Scholarship) Northeastern (EA, Honors + $35k/yr) University of Michigan (EA) Waitlists: Harvard (RD) Rejections: Stanford (RD)
从 wxc 抄一个小中男的今年详细 STAT ，看看能跟首页 list 对上号吗 Intended Major(s): Applied mostly to Earth Sciences/Geophysics, applied to some places w/ CS or combined majors like CS + Envirosci. Academics GPA (UW/W): 4.0/5.86 (our school weights out of 6) Rank (or percentile): 1/370 # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs, Multi @ State Uni, rest honors Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Micro, AP Stats Standardized Testing List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported. SAT I: Didn''t take ACT: 36 (36E, 35M, 36R, 36S) SAT II: Didn''t take AP/IB: Submitted 9 5s in Calc AB/BC, Phys C Mech, APUSH, APCSA, Lang, Gov, Psych, APES Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): None Extracurriculars/Activities Purposely vague here, if you have any questions let me know. Earth sci research assisted by OOS prof (remote) Co-founded org to promote geographic literacy (did legitimate, impactful work) Physics research w/ state uni prof 3y varsity, 1y JV soccer player on one of top HS teams in my state Internship at water treatment company, did wastewater remediation research Training program related to research in #1 Coached for academic competitions Conference/summit related to research in #1 Robotics, lead programmer Co-authored a book about growing up Asian (1k+ copies sold in 1y) Speedcuber (only put for Caltech, ranked top 5 in my state) One of 12 selected out of 200+ to give a TED talk at one of largest TEDx events in the world. Happened after submitting apps so I updated colleges w/ it. Awards/Honors State ISEF 2nd Place in Physics Harvard Book Award Rensselaer Medal National Merit Semifinalist USACO Silver Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD) Acceptances: MIT (Deferred EA -> RD) Caltech (EA) Yale (RD) Cornell (RD, Tanner Deans Scholar) Duke (RD) Dartmouth (RD) Vanderbilt (RD, MOSAIC) USC (RD) Georgia Tech (EA, Stamps Semifinalist, Half-ride from Dean''s Scholarship) Northeastern (EA, Honors + $35k/yr) University of Michigan (EA) Waitlists: Harvard (RD) Rejections: Stanford (RD)
有华人网友提供了这个list的最新版： https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/list-of-top-prestigious-awards/296097/1180 老版：https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/105156324 申请美国大学，不仅需要硬件条件，如GPA、TOEFL/GRE等成绩，同时，还需要“软背景”。 近些年，水涨船高的标化成绩已让完美的学术成绩渐渐成为大部分学生手头的“打底牌”。而真正能让学生从“千人一面”的申请者中脱颖而出的，则是大家课外活动的“软背景”。 今天要和大家介绍的，就是在美国名校看来，认可度高、享有盛誉的学术竞赛。为了让大家了解各项奖项的“含金量”，我们也对这些奖项进行“亮眼度”的排行。 大家只需将你在高中期间得到的奖项与这个榜单上的奖项进行对比，便可以知道对你手头可以利用哪些砝码，来增加你的申请几率。 这里有不少术语，很多家长学生可能看了都懵，学姐会进行简介。 有盛誉的奖项排行榜 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 Regeneron STS Finalist; 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 USAMO qualification; AMC 12 Perfect Score; USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/USACO National Finalist Regeneron ISEF 1st-4th place category; Regeneron STS semifinalist; Davidson 3 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; Scholastic Art; All National Band or Orchestra performer Boys Nation Participant SIMR Clark Scholars 7: ARML Tiebreaker Round; USAMTS Gold Medal; HMMT top 50 CMU 1 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 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) USACO Gold Division AMC 10 Perfect Score 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 1YSP, IOWA SSTP, BU RISE, UCSB RMP, HCSSiM, BOA Student Leaders, HSMC, Rockefeller SSRP, EFL, M&TSI…) 5: Pretty good; will complement an already strong record FBLA Nationals USAPhO/USNCO/USABO/NAO semifinals AIME qualification 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…) 4: Fairly difficult USACO Silver Division 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 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
走捷径长远来看是弊大于利的，孩子有样学样，学术诚信在大学里面很重要
老母亲准备多搬搬砖。让他们将来饿不死就好。 ~~
这年头大学这么卷了啊😯
饶毅太虚伪了。他女儿高中在她妈的实验室做实验发了很多挂名文章
这个LIST和holistic review并不矛盾，有时候特别是竞争激烈的大公校高中，不少学生在其他方面都差不多，说起GPA都很高，说起EC，ESSAY，推荐信都没啥区别，标准考试大家都接近满分，这时候往往可以从所获奖项上区别一下
Putnam fellow也是搞笑的吧。
你真觉得是从奖项区别的吗？NO 那你还没入门
那个层主的意思是，在gpa, ap, sat, ranking，学校活动等差别很小的时候，好大学会在校外大奖上区分报名者。这个是显然的呀。
高中生发文章科研得大奖，还要读本科吗？这让很多博士生情何以堪？
这太简单粗暴了，总之奖项不是唯一的区分要素，夏校也不是，越好的大学越重视你的匹配度，申请的奖项只是佐证你对某个学术的热情，申请表上几行字。
你要挖掘更深层次的东西，
如同相亲一样，你说你家有车有房，有豪宅，人家妹子也不见得看得上你，别人符合她心目中的如意郎君的形象，没车也一样看上了，好好琢磨怎么让人家看上你，外在只是一方面，内在怎么样才是关键
今年身边的例子，这条行不通了
西门子奖是专对高中生的
Mark 马克
首先你得的奖要跟你申请的专业有关。得了好几个写作大奖，你去申请MIT，Caltech, 或者斯坦福计算机，名校不收很自然，但并不说明你的几个写作大奖没有用。每年名校申请的人乌央乌央的，特别是今年取消了SAT要求后，打枣的更是多了几倍。这么多的申请者，其实招生官没有时间细细浏览你很多东西，没人有时间去琢磨你，表面的这些获奖的东西其实就是关键。
是的，这就是我的意思。
Intended Major(s): Applied mostly to Earth Sciences/Geophysics, applied to some places w/ CS or combined majors like CS + Envirosci. Academics GPA (UW/W): 4.0/5.86 (our school weights out of 6) Rank (or percentile): 1/370 # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs, Multi @ State Uni, rest honors Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Micro, AP Stats Standardized Testing List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported. SAT I: Didn''t take ACT: 36 (36E, 35M, 36R, 36S) SAT II: Didn''t take AP/IB: Submitted 9 5s in Calc AB/BC, Phys C Mech, APUSH, APCSA, Lang, Gov, Psych, APES Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.): None Extracurriculars/Activities Purposely vague here, if you have any questions let me know. Earth sci research assisted by OOS prof (remote) Co-founded org to promote geographic literacy (did legitimate, impactful work) Physics research w/ state uni prof 3y varsity, 1y JV soccer player on one of top HS teams in my state Internship at water treatment company, did wastewater remediation research Training program related to research in #1 Coached for academic competitions Conference/summit related to research in #1 Robotics, lead programmer Co-authored a book about growing up Asian (1k+ copies sold in 1y) Speedcuber (only put for Caltech, ranked top 5 in my state) One of 12 selected out of 200+ to give a TED talk at one of largest TEDx events in the world. Happened after submitting apps so I updated colleges w/ it. Awards/Honors State ISEF 2nd Place in Physics Harvard Book Award Rensselaer Medal National Merit Semifinalist USACO Silver Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
MIT (Deferred EA -> RD) Caltech (EA) Yale (RD) Cornell (RD, Tanner Deans Scholar) Duke (RD) Dartmouth (RD) Vanderbilt (RD, MOSAIC) USC (RD) Georgia Tech (EA, Stamps Semifinalist, Half-ride from Dean''s Scholarship) Northeastern (EA, Honors + $35k/yr) University of Michigan (EA)
Waitlists: Harvard (RD)
Rejections: Stanford (RD)
申请人多，不代表人家不好好看你的申请，顶级大学会有层层筛选，到最后几层，一定是严格阅读你的材料，谨慎做出录不录取的决定的，没有你想的那么随机
这个例子最能说明问题，不是看大奖拿了多少，而是看匹配你的形象是否鲜明又很匹配
没说奖项是唯一区分要素，只是指在其他方面很难区分的情况下，那么奖项区分要素的权重就比较大比较显眼。
再比方说如果有个学生ESSAY写的特别好，那么ESSAY的权重一下又大起来，很可能脱颖而出（在其他方面都不差的情况下）。
奖项来区分只有一个情况，就是这两个申请者其他几乎一摸一样，包括essay, 推荐信，申请的专业方向，但是这种情况几乎不存在，不要过于关注在奖项上胜过别人，就算你胜过了，也不代表学校就一定选你不选他
如果你别的条件跟一个同校有大奖的学生一样，你要想让招生官挑你不挑他，除非你essay写得非常好，而那个得大奖的写得很差。有时候事实就是这么残酷，你就是在跟你的同届同校同学竞争一个位置。
得大奖的挑完了，总要录取一些没得大奖的。你说的这些并不能否认大奖的重要性。
我没有否认大奖重要，大奖的人数其实不多，没有多少借鉴意义，
我只是想说不要只看大奖，不是得了大奖就万无一失了，结果不重要，重要的是过程，除非你是全球前几名，那不用讨论了
现在一模一样的公立高中小中男女太多了，成了普遍现象。所以大家都挖掘自己的特色。得奖是一个相对比较容易实现的特色，而且往往也与EC，PASSION等等方面交相辉映，进而写ESSAY也更饱满
只能说没有大奖的也有上藤的希望，大奖不是必要条件。但大奖能大大增加藤校录取的机会，这是确定的。
essay人家才不要写奖项
ESSAY当然不能写奖项，那是大忌。 我是说高中生在追求奖项的时候（往往也是他的主打EC），他付出的很多，经历的很多，挣扎的很多，能体现自己的PASSION，为写好ESSAY做好的铺垫和准备
总结到位
亚裔盲目追求所谓奖项，不重"人为本"只会越走越艰难
现在这情况，如果没有奖，把课外活动做好也是一条路。尽量多做些有影响的课外活动。
亚裔只追求学校分数，才会路越走越艰难。
不见得，学校分数是亚裔最不花力气的地方，追求奖项是亚裔大力内卷的领域
总结下来：亚裔有奖但没得到藤校青睐就怪歧视，别人没奖也得录取就是运气好，谁规定藤校只看奖项的呢
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