Be sure to include your GPA if it was remarkably high, and include any outstanding awards, participation in associations and organizations, as well as
other scholastic achievements.
Not exact matches
Others define «gifted» based on
scholastic achievement: a gifted child works 2 or more grade levels above his or her age.
Mathew DiCarlo writing for the Shanker Blog cited the work of Eric Hanushek, Jonah Rockoff and
others to note that family background constitutes more than half the cause for
scholastic achievement.
In Chicago, 100 percent of the teachers at Maria Saucedo
Scholastic Academy voted to boycott the Illinois Standards
Achievement Test, backed by the full support of the Chicago Teachers Union, which called it «an obsolete test [that] has no use to educators or administrators... and serves no purpose
other than to give students another standardized test.»
Unlike a professional resume, where the reader is generally looking for skills, education and experience, colleges (and the people who will write your recommendations, interview you and evaluate you for scholarships) are more interested in your
scholastic and
other achievements, awards, activities, athletics, leadership, community service, special talents and how you spent your time during high school.