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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once tonight’s results get posted, many of you will become rage monsters against UVA. I’ve followed these college threads for several years and nothing seems quite as triggering as a rejection from UVA, especially for well-qualified students. Good luck![/quote]

If tonight is a rejection (and based on the percentage of EA deferred kids who get in, that is by far the most likely outcome at this point), I am going to be annoyed [insert stronger language here].  Kid goes to a large Arlington HS, has a 3.96 GPA/4.53 wGPA, a 35 ACT, is a full IB-diploma candidate, has taken 5 AP classes plus a Dual-Enrollment class, is an Eagle Scout, a varsity athlete, and a super strong club sport athlete as well.  Other than applying ED, not sure what else he could have done.  Based on the Naviance scatterplots, it should not be a close call (nothing but green below and to the left of his spot), but I suppose we'll see in a few hours.[/quote]

Best of luck. All of the Eagles with high stats that I know have gotten in[/quote]

Eagle Scour is common in the top applicant pool, as is “summer job” and “captain of a varsity sport.” Don’t count on it.[/quote]

Yeah, eagle scout is no longer that big of a deal.  It's like any sustained activity.[/quote]

Not going to argue about how much "better" being an Eagle Scout is than other activities, but it does show sustained, long-term commitment to an activity that provides leadership opportunities and requires demonstrated leadership skills.  If that's not helpful anymore, then I'm not sure where the process is any more.[/quote]

Only two to six percent of scouts make Eagle. It is a big deal. Harvard law school sends me a list of new class stats and every year it lists the number of Eagle Scouts in the class.  For 2022 it was 11 out of about 400. [/quote]

It does vary by school. The Scouts did a survey of colleges a couple of years ago and asked how they viewed Eagle Scouts.  The answers were pretty wide ranging, from "it's viewed as any other activity" to "very important."  I have observed that many selective schools like to say that 100% of their students have had "leadership" roles in HS, and the list that I saw at one school re: what qualifies included things like "President of the Student Body, athletic team Captain, Eagle Scout."  So my assumption is that these things are pretty equivalent, and, at a minimum, it checks a box for some of these very competitive schools.

FWIW, my DS is an Eagle Scout and at least one of his acceptance letters this year mentioned that they liked that he was an Eagle Scout, so there's that for an anecdote. [/quote]

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