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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This post tells us nothing. It’s one data point. Was scouting their only EC? Did they take the most rigorous courses? GPA? SAT/ACT?[/quote]

Exactly. The lack of logic in the post is concerning.[/quote]

This. My DD is a younger Scout on track for Eagle. Her troop members applying to colleges this year have a range of stats and other EC commitments. Since we're sharing anecdata, one is in at Penn.[/quote]

No the whole eagle scout thing is very minor. Very old school, like 1970s. It's not impressive to be part of a larger organization, it is impressive to create changes within one. If your kid is doing that, they should shout about it in their essays. If they're not, well ok.[/quote]

You clearly know nothing about the kind of leadership, teamwork, service, and years of hard work Eagle entails. [/quote]

I think you're missing the bigger argument. The Scouts is an organisation you join. They have rules and uniforms which is pseudo-militaristic, but also they have systems in place for their outreach programs.

Kids are not coming up with new outreach or innovations on the existing outreach, it is just a wheel that is going around and around in the same way, ad nauseam and the kids jump on and off that wheel.

Do you not see how this shows zero initiative, zero original thought, zero genuine change / impact?

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