text: It does help a bit, but not that much. It's equivalent to playing JV soccer. I know someone who was Eagle Scout, top ten in class, and decent at hockey, but still ended up going to URI. Someone else ranked lower than him got into Amherst and Brown because he was the editor-in-chief of the school literary magazine and captain of XC. As you can see, Eagle Scout is not weighted as much as some of the other extra-curriculars. Because not everyone can afford the money to be in boy scouts, but anyone can be the editor as long as she/he works really hard at it.