will eagle scout help get into Penn State?
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Anonymous
| son is waiting to hear. Good kid, 29 ACT, a lot of APs, wants meteorology |
Anonymous
| Provided the GPA is good he won’t even need the Eagle Scout. Not a particularly challenging admit unless it’s engineering. |
Anonymous
| It’s pretty easy to get in to Penn State |
Anonymous
| No one gets into college because they're an Eagle Scout. |
Anonymous
I generally agree, but the service academies view it favorably & maybe VMI and places like that. |
Anonymous
It's an almost automatic in at the Univ of California schools providing the applicant has the requisite stats. Any school looking for well-rounded leaders values eagle scouts. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/01/29/8-great-scholarships-for-eagle-scouts/ |
Anonymous
Well, this is the key part isn't it? ... it's not a bad thing, it's just not sufficient without more to get someone into a selective college. |
Anonymous
My DC got into VTech Engineering with one and borderline grades. |
Anonymous
It should help. |
Anonymous
How did he get in with borderline grades? My nephew had stats above the 75% and was rejected, and he is in state. |
Anonymous
| It will absolutely help....it demonstrates commitment, service and a high level of achievement. Best of luck! |
Anonymous
I disagree. It helps as much as any other focused long term leadership oriented activity. |
Anonymous
| Depends on what it is compensating for. |
Anonymous
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" No one gets into college because they're an Eagle Scout.
My DC got into VTech Engineering with one and borderline grades. How did he get in with borderline grades? My nephew had stats above the 75% and was rejected, and he is in state." Students with borderline grades need to bring something else to the table. Eagle rank certainly gets piled on the table. My DS got into 7 out of 7 engineering schools he applied to all with borderline grades and scores. While none of the schools was as stat centric (read large) as VTech engineering, some were as highly ranked. In my son's case, it wasn't the Eagle rank, exactly. Our troop has about 6 of those every year, and most people know the amount of work to earn Eagle can (and should) vary greatly. My son is the Boy Scout's Boy Scout. His leadership in the troop will be felt for years to come. He learned how to do that through the Eagle process. The recommendation his Scoutmaster (also an engineer) wrote explained what my son's leadership would likely do for the close knit atmosphere of a small engineering school cohort. |
Anonymous
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Yes, it helps.
NO 1 thing gets anybody into a school. It's always a combination, but Eagle Scout is very well known and regarded. BTW, if by chance he does not get in Fl State has a good meteorology program and that is very easy to get into. |