The Girl Scouts Gold Award?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I was just informed that “It’s said that colleges look at students in scouts (who’ve earned their Gold Award) first before anyone else. You have a better chance of getting into the college you want if you’re in Girl Scouts.”

Anyone care to contest that? Anyone who joined later on (Cadette, Senior, Ambassador) want to say how much they think having the Gold Award helped them, especially when applying to top-tier schools? What about Girl Scouts vs. regional champion in debate or a job as a cashier, or anything else that you would legally be allowed to work for at the age of 14 and above?

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That’s false. Colleges look at ECs and achievements in context. There is no one thing that they look for first above all else. I wouldn’t join scouts and try to get gold award just for colleges, because it will be fairly obvious that you’re just doing it for the resumé. Stick to what you’re already doing and excelling in those areas.

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you have a better chance of getting into colleges for practically anything.
so that ini tself doesn’t mean anything