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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Sure I know about that but it is old news. It also shows conformity, and a desire to wear uniform. So really these kids should be applying to military academies or the police. It's not really making a dent in society or intellectual or artistic originality. It's just boring. [/quote]

Is your kid an Eagle?  Do you have any idea what it takes to advance in Scouting and what these kids can do?  One of the things that is great about Scouting is that it provides opportunities for lots of different kinds of kids to take on challenges and succeed in a wide variety of pursuits.  Some kids who are amazing Scouts may not be high-stats students, and that's part of the magic of Scouting - many, many pathways to being potentially excellent in your own way.  So not every Eagle goes to Harvard, but I'm willing to bet that most Eagles do better _with_ that accomplishment in hand than they would ever have done without it.[/quote]

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