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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I get what everyone is saying but please stop saying a kid with:

4.0, never less than an A in 7 years
9 APs including the most rigorous sci & math
Strong ECs strongly aligning with academic interest
1550 one sitting
Eagle Scout

is a dime a dozen, HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of kids, SO typical.

[b]No. Not true. Not here. Not anywhere.[/b]

OP's kid will thrive because that's who he is and we can all look at this theoretically and say, oh whatever college is fine he'll be a success who cares it's such an honor to go to gmu...

It is disappointing and yes, on some level, unfair how this is all going down.

She's allowed to be upset. You are allowed to criticize her. And I am allowed to call you a clown.[/quote]

In the top pools to the top programs in their desired major, yes, they are.
  
And the top two highly overweighted things in the eyes of moms (but not of admissions officers) are part-time jobs and Eagle Scouts. Sorry. No one’s impressed.[/quote]. What do you base your last sentence on?  Are you an AO?[/quote]

Not the previous poster but I'll bite:

The private counselor we engaged said that Eagle Scout is not impressive [u]to elite colleges[/u] because 1. it's common 2. it's mostly an "individual" accomplishment, as opposed to something that is elected by one's peers (e.g., class president, team captain) and 3. it's more of a testament to being able to manage paperwork and checking off boxes (and she made the same comment about the Congressional Award.) I did get the impression that at lower tier colleges it was valued more highly.

My hypothesis (in addition to the above) is that AOs at top colleges are typically not the type of demographic that favor scouting, as they are typically more liberal than average and may view the entire organization as irrelevant or, worse, toxic. [/quote]

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