Is being an Eagle Scout a good hook?

<p>I am an Eagle Scout and I was wondering if how important that is in an application. Could it be a deciding factor?</p>

<p>It should help, at the very least...</p>

<p>Well...it certainly can't hurt. But there's really no way to tell how much stock admissions officers will put in anything.</p>

<p>I am an Eagle scout, and I played it off as my main EC achievement. I wrote a couple essays about it, and brought it up a lot. They let me in, so judge that however you want.....</p>