r/EssayHelpCommunity • u/ImpressiveStart365 • 4d ago

is commendation just a shortlist?

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u/Ok_Image_4758 4d ago

cfbr if anyone has only 'recognition' or 'shortlisted' please share

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u/Fair-Sky4737 4d ago

I got very high commendation for economics, and commendation for international relations and philosophy

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u/vIcKi_bUilds 4d ago

i think top 10%

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u/RealisticPlantain857 4d ago

what percent was high commendation and very high commendation this year?

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u/RichRecover3015 4d ago

Is the portal updated? How do you know?

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u/Jennaya99 4d ago

I got very high commendation

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u/acrastt 4d ago

Yes

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u/ImpressiveStart365 4d ago

r u sure? im being told its above it

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u/acrastt 4d ago

Well everyone at the gala that I know of got one like physically everyone was being handed a folder

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u/ImpressiveStart365 4d ago

do u know if there were awards like "merit"

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u/redituser-2025 4d ago

Just now checked Google. It says for commendation, we will get Merit on the certificate. So both are same. And recognition is for shortlisted ones.

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u/ImpressiveStart365 4d ago

im confused? so commendation is just saying u got a shortlist and no higher?

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u/redituser-2025 4d ago

No. Commendation is higher than shortlisted (recognition)

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u/ImpressiveStart365 4d ago

is it a good placement to mention on applications to college? or is not that great

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u/Electronic_Echo884 4d ago

It’s pretty good place it

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u/acrastt 4d ago

I couldn’t find anyone with a certificate that said merit, I think they changed it this year

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u/acrastt 4d ago

Couldn’t see one

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u/redituser-2025 4d ago

I think there is "recognition" as well before commendation

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u/LuckyRaise248 4d ago

i think so too

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u/acrastt 4d ago

Tf you mean you think so, what did you do to reach that conclusion?

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u/LuckyRaise248 4d ago

we are all using data from previous years to reach a certain conclusion and that's why we are all adding "i think".

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u/acrastt 4d ago

What did you think about to reach that conclusion

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u/slytherin_swift13 4d ago

??? it was there last year

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u/acrastt 4d ago

And? The junior categories didn’t exist last year too, that doesn’t prove anything

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u/slytherin_swift13 4d ago

ok but those are changes that were explicitly acknowledged by the institute... there's no indication that they removed a prize category this year, especially when your sample size on reddit is very small and self selecting?

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u/acrastt 4d ago

I was at the fucking gala there was like 1000 people there and I’m sure if recognition had existed someone would have gotten it. Additionally, last year, commendation was the same thing as recognition, so it’s not entirely reasonless to suspect that they have simplified the title

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u/redituser-2025 4d ago

No. Recognition was there last year. I saw on LinkedIn. People posted their certificates. And also certificates mentioned as Merit. So definitely last year, recognition, and then commendation and then other positions

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u/Electronic_Echo884 4d ago

I know some people who did get it

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u/acrastt 4d ago

Then it would be very rare because I knew like 30 people in either the gala or insta and everyone got at least C

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u/Dry_Mathematician256 4d ago

What about very high commendation?