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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Eagle Scout is not a great extracurricular[/b]. It’s an assortment of achievements of dubious value and impact. They are not difficult, for the athletic ones, the level of physical preparedness is average so in that sense is less demanding than a sport. Many are just reading up things and discuss with the counselor, and require no mastery or skills.

The badges that may be useful like First Aid, are much better done through other organizations like Red Cross, which take about the same amount of time, but you’re getting a certification that legitimately verifies the learned skills.

Same with swimming or lifeguarding, take it through Red Cross to actually mean something if the student is looking for a summer job. Nobody is taking scout badges seriously.

A part time job is way more impactful for college applications, just check the common data set, it’s listed as a criteria for many colleges.

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False.  Please read from Ivy Scholars.  My own Eagle got into 2 Ivies, UVA and is now at Oxford heading for Yale Law. And if you don't believe that, I receive a class profile from Harvard Law every year, which tells me, amongst many other statistics, how many Eagles are in the next incoming class. https://www.ivyscholars.com/eagle-scout-scholarships-college-admissions/#:~:text=Colleges%20often%20ask%20about%20how,material%20for%20this%20in%20spades.[/quote]

Are you sure your Eagle Scout didn’t also win the Nobel prize?

Scouting is a busy work extracurricular, what’s the most challenging part of becoming an Eagle
Scout? Nothing that on its own is worthy of mentioning in a college app.

All you do is reference websites and “experts” that say it’s good. Can you articulate why being an Eagle Scout is impressive for college applications? The amount of time it takes, how many kids get it is not relevant information. [b]It’s a collection of meaningless badges that don’t count for anything.[/b]

The only area I’m aware of where scouting is relevant is Sea Scouts because it provides a path to be part of Coast Guard Auxiliary while in high school. That may matter to someone that is interested in a service academy, and you learn about boat safety, navigation, inspections, skills that are actually useful. The real benefit comes from the partnership with a professional organization like coast guard, not from the useless scouting activities.[/quote]
Both of my children are Eagle Scouts. It is much more than just earning a handful of merit badges. Yes, earning merit badges is part of the process, but in order to advance in rank, they must hold leadership positions and accomplish certain things and complete service hours. Lastly, there is the Eagle Scout project.  
To successfully complete the project, they must demonstrate leadership. [/quote]

For the fifth or sixth time, [b]what was the most challenging part of becoming an Eagle Scout?[/b] What did he lead, what did he accomplish? “Certain things” is not a good answer. Leading a handful of boys on a camping hike and telling them where to set up the tent is not something that will help much with college applications.

How is this controversial, is pretty much common sense.[/quote]

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