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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because there has been so much commentary on the value of the Eagle Scout award and posting of views related to child abuse, I thought I would briefly reply.  I am the Scoutmaster of the all-girl Scouts BSA Troop in the District that formed two years ago.  We have posted on this site over the two years we and are pleased to share that many youth members came our way in this manner.

To the point, college admissions counselors consider two principal indicators of demonstrated leadership achieved through Scouts BSA (formerly, “Boy Scouts”).  The first is for a young person to have served in the senior elected youth position, called the “Senior Patrol Leader”.  In our 50-girl organization run by the youth, this is akin to being the young CEO of our $50,000/year operation.  Planning, execution, everything.  Of course, she and our other 10 youth leaders receive significant advice from our nine Scoutmasters and 21 adult committee members (majority women).  Friends of mine who are involved in Big 10 admissions have directly confirmed this to me.

[b]The value of the Eagle Scout award is also a significant asset on applications[/b].  It typically takes 3-4 years to achieve and requires leadership, outdoor and environmental competence, substantive study, community service and other activities far beyond the scope of this posting to detail.  The "Eagle Project" is actually a fairly small part of the process.  My admissions counselor friends inform me that having the Eagle award will not necessarily waive an applicant in.  However, when demonstrated determination and willingness to persevere in an academic program is a factor in an application, having the Eagle award will nearly always result in admission.  Greater advantages are provided to applicants to military academies and persons enlisting in the military services.

The tragic child abuse circumstances that affected children participating in BSA, school, youth sports and so many other youth-serving organizations during the 60s – 80s cannot be explained-away.  This meritorious topic was discussed in detail in previous postings.  My direct experience and observation these past two years has demonstrated to me that the Scouts BSA program of today is hyper-safe for our young people.  I am pleased that the national organization is in the process of setting-up a trust to provide a degree of justice to those shown to have been victims. 
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Where is your data to back up this statement? I have never, ever seen the scouts post numbers to support this.

Just how many "admissions counselor friends" do you have? Don't you think they are trying to be kind to a friend who is a scoutmaster?[/quote]

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