How much does Eagle Scouts help in college application?

[Anonymous]

If DS is 15 then can he still join the Eagle Scout?

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It’s not woke enough for young AO’s that prefer to see social justice activities. The exception is female Eagle Scouts.

[Anonymous]

How would anyone really know "how much" it helps? The only way you could assess this is if you have students with near identical credentials/characteristics, applying to the same school, one Eagle Scout and one not.

That said--it's hard to become an Eagle Scout-it's a decent EC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If DS is 15 then can he still join the Eagle Scout?

Absolutely, he can. But he won’t have enough time to become Eagle Scout. If that’s not his goal, there are still a lot of fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not woke enough for young AO’s that prefer to see social justice activities. The exception is female Eagle Scouts.

Love that young women can earn Eagle now! I know two impressive young women who did so: one at Penn, one at Brown now. Regardless of gender I do think it's a strong EC, including leadership, service, and a long commitment. Still, you can never know with holistic admissions what's valued in a given year.

[Anonymous]

DH is-a 40the5 can-a he- still Iggle Scout?

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Anonymous wrote:If DS is 15 then can he still join the Eagle Scout?

Absolutely, he can. But he won’t have enough time to become Eagle Scout. If that’s not his goal, there are still a lot of fun.

+1 Some ranks required you to stay at that rank for 4 months, 6 months etc. Not enough time to get Eagle on his app but it could still be a strong EC, however far he gets in advancements.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, how many percentage of graduating seniors are Eagle Scouts, including boys and girls? 1%?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would anyone really know "how much" it helps? The only way you could assess this is if you have students with near identical credentials/characteristics, applying to the same school, one Eagle Scout and one not.

That said--it's hard to become an Eagle Scout-it's a decent EC.

Is it uncommon overall? Yes. Is it over represented in the pool of top kids? Also yes.

It’s like saying you have all A’s in 20 AP’s. That might be impressive when compared to your school but it’s the entry ticket to being competitive in a selective admission pool.

The trick is having perfect grades, max rigor, Eagle Scout, THEN something else that truly makes the student standout such as an interesting essay about being gay in a troop of all straight kids, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, how many percentage of graduating seniors are Eagle Scouts, including boys and girls? 1%?

Good question, but the relevant issue in this thread is does anyone really care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not woke enough for young AO’s that prefer to see social justice activities. The exception is female Eagle Scouts.

Love that young women can earn Eagle now! I know two impressive young women who did so: one at Penn, one at Brown now. Regardless of gender I do think it's a strong EC, including leadership, service, and a long commitment. Still, you can never know with holistic admissions what's valued in a given year.

Every girl mom on here should have her daughter join Scouts. It really looks impressive to dominate an organization traditionally for males.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, how many percentage of graduating seniors are Eagle Scouts, including boys and girls? 1%?

The questions are:

1. What percentage of kids in selective admission pools are Eagle Scouts? It’s certainly higher than the overall percentage when you count kids not even applying to college.

2. If all other factors in an application are equal, do AO’s value Eagle Scout?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, how many percentage of graduating seniors are Eagle Scouts, including boys and girls? 1%?

The questions are:

1. What percentage of kids in selective admission pools are Eagle Scouts? It’s certainly higher than the overall percentage when you count kids not even applying to college.

2. If all other factors in an application are equal, do AO’s value Eagle Scout?

About the 2. If all other factors are qual, having an extra thing always helps. So, the real question should be, if all other factors are qual, one applicant is Eagle Scout, the other has some type of national award, which one do AOs prefer?

[Anonymous]

I was an Eagle Scout and I wished all we ever did was take badass backpacking trips into the national parks near where I grew up. That’s a heck of a lot better than all those meetings doing merit badges and planning projects to do stuff like plan an annual cookout or put up new park signage.

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Anonymous wrote:I follow a former college admissions counselor on Instagram and he just today gave his out of ten rankings for different activities- none scored a ten, but Eagle Scout was one of the few 9s he gave.

Can you share where to see this?

I follow so many of these accounts- sorry, I can’t find it or I’d link it. But Eagle Scout is super hard, shows years of dedication and work. I would agree that it’s gotta be a boost!

Thanks for responding, was just curious to see everything they mentioned. Have a friend with an Eagle Scout, I know it’s a long path.

Think I saw the same one, other ECs covered and what I vaguely remember him saying - babysitting younger siblings 8, year-round fast food job 9, national debate 7, debate otherwise was 3 or 4, as was a summer fast food job, ECs joined in the last year was also ranked pretty low, class officer was a 5 or 6, Scouts was 9, maybe Eagle Scout specifically, I also think tutoring or giving music lessons was thrown in and that was a 5.