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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The three Eagle Scouts from my son's HS did not fare well in admissions last year. They're all at targets/safeties; none were accepted at their reaches. Not that this is hard data, but interesting to me.

(Kid applied to Ivies: Villanova. Kid who ED1 to BC: Bates. Kid who applied to a ton of schools, including ED to Lehigh: UVM.)[/quote]

As the parent of a Scout, not Eagle but working towards it, not all Eagle Scouts are equal. There are kids in our Troop who do the bare minimum of merit badges, a simple but acceptable project, and held leadership positions that don’t require leadership (bugler, librarian, and Chaplin’s). I would hate to think what their essay would look like if they wrote about Scouts because they were not the most involved and outgoing Scout. Then there are Eagle Scouts who were the Senior Patrol Leader, attended all the camps, planned camps, lead volunteer projects, and had a killer Eagle project.

This area produces more Eagles than most other areas of the Country. Plenty of families/Scouts are capable of checking the boxes without really enjoying the experience. I would guess that kids who were whole heartedly into Scouts could write a killer essay even if they don’t make Eagle.  [/quote]

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