[goldenglove002]

I received the Dean's List finalist award my senior year, so it was already past the point where it would have helped me get into schools. However, I do not believe that it would have changed the status of my admissions even if I had gotten it a year earlier. The general sense I have gotten from anyone in admissions that I have talked to is that something like Dean's List can be a nice bonus, but is not the type of thing to boost a student who wouldn't get into an elite school without it to getting into an elite program.

I would really like to see the award have more impacts on internships/co-ops/jobs. So far I've gotten nothing out of it other than a nice honor and a backpack full of goodies. Not once has a potential employer seemed to care when it get's mentioned.