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Honors/awards section?
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26 Sep 2011, 14:30
Hey Alex,
Question about what counts as an "honor/award" on the b-school apps. I didn't get the Rhodes Scholarship or win an outstanding thesis prize, or any trophies for community achievement, etc. The honors I've had since high school have been less ceremonial than that, i.e. promotions, invitations to join committees at work, etc.
The only thing that might come close is that I was accepted to a summer undergraduate fellowship program back in college (definitely not at all the level of a Rhodes, Marshall, or Fulbright scholarship). Basically, I was awarded a competitive grant to do summer research. Does that count? Isn't that the same as just getting a job? Professors joke that getting the fellowship as an undergrad at x university is harder than getting into a PhD program at said university.