REVISED LIST:
10
D1 athlete (Lottery Odds)
----(Highest Level of athletics, best in country/world at your sport, top 500 out of 300000 athletes in your specific sport. Sometimes pays for total tuition.)
IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO medals (Given to about 50% of attendees, but 5% of all competitors as it is an international competition with pre-lims)
----(The International Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology Olympiad [Olympics for science]. Top 4 in America go here, crazy hard [10,000 apply in America] and prestigious in the order of Math, Bio, Chem, Physics. There is a thread to prepare for these and is the "easiest" of the 10's. Also, use Wikipedia. Is the continuation of a USAMO, USABO, USACO, USAPO etc. science olympiad)
Intel (top 10)
-Have to do research, usually college grad level
Siemens National Winner/National Finalists
-same as intel
ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
-A Science and Engineering competition to solve problems, odds are about 35 in 30000, but extremely strong competitors
Published in Nature or Science
-A research paper. Not a competition, but very prestigious magazines like Nature and Science don't publish high-school work often.
9 - Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, NFL Nationals winner (speech and debate), RSI
8 - TASP, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO national finalist, Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(1-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Running your own *successful* business, AMC Perfect Score, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow, Presidential Scholar of the Arts, Scholastic Art & Writing Portfolio Gold Award, MATHCOUNTS top 12 sprint/countdown round,State AP Scholar (as junior or even sophomore, requires about 15-20 AP’s that average a 4-5), Google Code Jam, Google Science Fair
7 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program, YESS, NIH Research, and MITES. USAMO qualification, ARML Tiebreaker Round / Top Team, Scholastic Art & Writing National Silver or Gold Medal. NFL Nationals qualifier (speech and debate), Congressional Award Gold Medalist, USAMTS Gold Medal, Science Bowl/Ocean Science Bowl/NAQT winners,
6 - USPhO/USChO/USABO/USACO semifinalist, Science Olympiad National medals, Congressional Award Silver Medalist USAMTS Silver, MATHCOUNTS Nationals, First Robotics National Championship, State Athletic Championship (Texas, California, etc.), President's Service Award
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National History Day winner, AIME qualification, Science Bowl national qualification, National AP Scholar (as a junior or sophomore)
4- Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you're from), National History Day, JETS TEAMS National Finalist or Regional winner, MUN Gavel, AMC 10/12 school winner, Teen Jeopardy, Eagle Scout, National Merit, Toshiba ExploraVision
3 - All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs, Rensselaer Medalist, State Science Fair, City Athletics Champion (If city is >100,000)
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests, State History Day
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll, Key Club, CSF, Interact Club
0 - Who's Who, National Honor Roll, National Society of High School Scholars
Changle Log (IDK how to bold, someone help please!):
*Added Google Science Fair, Toshiba ExploraVision and Google Gode Jam as 8, except Toshiba is a 4.
*Added chances/details for all the tens, I'll get to work on the next few in a while.
