<p>IMO - it is generally not the case that getting an eagle scout designation is a matter of seniority. OK - there may be some bad troops out there with low standards but most eagle scouts I know worked VERY hard to get there - including my son. Regarding impact on admssions, my sense is that is DOES help for selective schools that are perhaps in the top 50. But I don't think it's a big deal EC for the Ivies or top 25 schools (it's hard to impress those folks). My son did use his essays to bring out what he did as an ES but it didn't help. I think some more school involvement would have been better. Life isn't fair. But getting to ES is still something to be VERY proud of. My son recently went on a 5-day backpacking orientation tour and he was one of the informal leaders in the group. He wants to be a orientation leader next year as a result of his postiive experience.</p>
<p>there are no way some of those projects would ever even be considered such as the cabinet. oneof the main requirements for the project is a MINIMUM of 100 hours</p>
<p>"I would like the point out that it is extremely easy to become one"</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but the 13 years I put into scouting, Friday nights I gave up to attend meetings, weekends I spent doing leadership campouts, [immature] friends I lost because I was in scouts, and hours upon hours of service projects is not an 'extremely easy' task to me. If it is for you, then go for it, become an Eagle scout. I want to hear an Eagle Scout say that it was easy or that their project was meaningless. Not people who don't know what most of it is about</p>