Is this a thing now?

[Anonymous]

Maybe I am late to the game but I met a parent who told me to sign up for cub scouts with her kid so the boys can ear badges and become Eagle Scouts and put that on their college applications.. I was a bit shocked that a parent of a 4th grader is planning to do this.. is this a thing? Kids do scouts for college applications? Cub scouts gets you into an Ivy ?
Do kids do anything just for their own interest or love/passion? Or is it only because of what would look good on their applications?

[Anonymous]

One person does not constitute a trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One person does not constitute a trend.

+1

[Anonymous]

I am not sure that it is a Cub Scout specific trend but there are plenty of parents in this area pushing extracurriculars on kids that age in hope of it helping with college, and there are also plenty of kids in scouts whose primary motivation for staying those last few years is to make Eagle for college apps.

[Anonymous]

Colleges don’t care if you are an Eagle Scout.

[Anonymous]

OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

[Anonymous]

Yes people do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

Big boost for what? Getting into Harvard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I am late to the game but I met a parent who told me to sign up for cub scouts with her kid so the boys can ear badges and become Eagle Scouts and put that on their college applications.. I was a bit shocked that a parent of a 4th grader is planning to do this.. is this a thing? Kids do scouts for college applications? Cub scouts gets you into an Ivy ?
Do kids do anything just for their own interest or love/passion? Or is it only because of what would look good on their applications?

Yup. Cub scouts guarantees you an Ivy.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I am late to the game but I met a parent who told me to sign up for cub scouts with her kid so the boys can ear badges and become Eagle Scouts and put that on their college applications.. I was a bit shocked that a parent of a 4th grader is planning to do this.. is this a thing? Kids do scouts for college applications? Cub scouts gets you into an Ivy ?
Do kids do anything just for their own interest or love/passion? Or is it only because of what would look good on their applications?

Yup. Cub scouts guarantees you an Ivy.

100%

+1

Many people are saying this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

In many situations yes. But do you realize how much time and commitment it takes over many years to achieve this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

In many situations yes. But do you realize how much time and commitment it takes over many years to achieve this?

Isn’t that true for everything? Which activity doesn’t require time and commitment? If anything, scouts seems easier than say travel sports and swim teams, ice hockey and other sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

In many situations yes. But do you realize how much time and commitment it takes over many years to achieve this?

Isn’t that true for everything? Which activity doesn’t require time and commitment? If anything, scouts seems easier than say travel sports and swim teams, ice hockey and other sports.

Yeah, nobody cares about Eagle Scout any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I am late to the game but I met a parent who told me to sign up for cub scouts with her kid so the boys can ear badges and become Eagle Scouts and put that on their college applications.. I was a bit shocked that a parent of a 4th grader is planning to do this.. is this a thing? Kids do scouts for college applications? Cub scouts gets you into an Ivy ?
Do kids do anything just for their own interest or love/passion? Or is it only because of what would look good on their applications?

Yup. Cub scouts guarantees you an Ivy.

100%

But if you stall out at the Bobcat level, you can only get in Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- so Eagle Scouts is a big boost?

In many situations yes. But do you realize how much time and commitment it takes over many years to achieve this?

Isn’t that true for everything? Which activity doesn’t require time and commitment? If anything, scouts seems easier than say travel sports and swim teams, ice hockey and other sports.

Eagle Scout represents reaching the top of an organization and is not something most achieve. Few kids reach the pinnacle of team sports. That takes inherent talent in addition to time and commitment