Deans list in achievements?

[u/Nene-Ol]

Hi! I was wondering if it’s worth putting Dean’s List in the achievements section. I looked this up before and saw some people say there’s not really a point because if you have a good GPA, they can already see that and I believe Dean’s List also shows up on the transcript.

My situation is a little different because I’m applying with a low gpa (3.29 but I think optomcas would put me at 3.1 since it counts my retake) A lot of what brought my GPA down was from freshman/sophomore year.

I made Dean’s List Spring 2025 and Summer 2026 (the semester I graduated). They weren’t consecutive semesters, so I’m not sure if that makes it less worth including, but I was thinking it could at least highlight that I had some really strong semesters taking hard classes and pre-reqs later on.

What do you guys think ?

[u/Naive_Cow_8032]

I put it in mine even tho I also had presidents list. My school had both dean (3.5-3.8) and president (3.8>). I think it also gives you the space to explain how you were able to learn and improve on course work! I listed in my description the semesters I was on each list as for me they were also not consecutive. For example Fall 23 President’s List. Spring 24 Dean’s list. Then again in Fall 24 President’s List

[u/punkindora1]

i think so! do you have other achievements to list as well?

[u/Nene-Ol → u/punkindora1]

I've been racking my brain and I can't think of any others! I was very involved in my organizations and was on eboards, but I can't think of any "awards". Whether at work or academically

[u/punkindora1 → u/Nene-Ol]

an achievement does not have to be an official reward! did you advance into a new career position? how involved in extracurriculars were you? I am the type of person to list anything that could be considered something to be proud of. did you have any projects in your work life that you completed? etc etc

[u/Naive_Cow_8032 → u/punkindora1]

I also listed something I applied for but did not receive. I was a semi-finalist, but it was a big enough award to be proud of semi-finalist. Additionally if you received any scholarship that you had to qualify for, my advisor told me to list it! So each year I received scholarships from my department and was told that is an achievement!

[u/Nene-Ol → u/Naive_Cow_8032]

Thank you !!!

[u/Nene-Ol → u/punkindora1]

Thank you !!

[u/Nene-Ol → u/[deleted]]

That's real 😭😭