<p>I feel like everyone has a different opinion on this. I've heard it doesn't matter a whole lot, and also that it can get you into a lot more competitive schools than your scores and GPA qualify you for. What is your opinion? If possible, back it up with people you know that we're Eagle Scouts and where they got in. How much did they think it helped?</p>
<p>I don’t exactly know anybody that was an eagle scout, but I would assume it would mean a lot in the admissions process. It probably looks better than any club someone is in because the sheer amount of dedication and community service opportunities. It also shows that you are an active member in your community which is exactly what colleges are looking for. The only ECs that I would put above it are legitimate research/internships.</p>
<p>It’s not going to pull you into admission, but it’ll definitely help as much as any extremely solid EC.</p>
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<p>I think being an Eagle Scout carries a lot with your college applications.</p>
<p>I personally think that is great for EC’s as you had to put a lot of effort into it.</p>
<p>But then again this is coming from a senior and not a college admissions officer so my words are worth nothing, try looking it up?</p>
<p>My son is just finishing the last administrative steps on his Eagle Scout so I will let you know when his application decisions start coming back. I think it really depends on the individual AO. If they have been around scouting then they understand it is a multi year (at least 5 solid years). I would also say that most eagle socuts started at some level of cub scouts so closer to 10 years. That said, it is one EC.</p>
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<p>It will depend on where you are applying. </p>
<p>It shows you spent a numbers of years working toward something. So, it certainly is not a hollow club membership that someone just joins to have an EC to list. But it also says you spent that many years voluntarily participating in an organization so dedicated to discrimination that it went all the way to the US Supreme Court to defend its right to be so.</p>
<p>I don’t think admins look at Eagle Scouts in that light…</p>
<p>My brother is an Eagle Scout and currently goes to Notre Dame. He also was accepted to UVa, CMU, and Northwestern. Although some of his other friends that were in his troop and also became Eagle Scouts go to West Virginia, Bowling Green, and Case Western. I think it’s a strong application enhancer, but it won’t make you go from an average candidate to an outstanding candidate. It certainly makes your ECs much stronger though</p>
<p>My friend who’s an Eagle Scout got into Carnegie Mellon, but he also had very high test scores and GPA. He also did a BUNCH of other ECs, so it’s hard to tell how much the Eagle Scout recognition boosted his chances.</p>