EAGLE Rank Requirements

EAGLE

Rank Requirements

1. Be active in your troop for at least six months as a Life Scout.

2. As a Life Scout, demonstrate Scout Spirit by living the Scout

Oath and Scout Law. Tell how you have done your duty to God,

how you have lived the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your

everyday life, and how your understanding of the Scout Oath

and Scout Law will guide your life in the future. List on your

Eagle Scout Rank Application the names of individuals who

know you personally and would be willing to provide a recom-

mendation on your behalf, including parents/guardians,

religious (if not affiliated with an organized religion, then

the parent or guardian provides this reference), educational,

employer (if employed), and two other references.

3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than required for the

Life rank), including these 13 merit badges: (a) First Aid,

(b) Citizenship in the Community, (c) Citizenship in the

Nation, (d) Citizenship in the World, (e) Communication,

(f) Cooking, (g) Personal Fitness, (h) Emergency Preparedness

OR Lifesaving, (i) Environmental Science OR Sustainability,

(j) Personal Management, (k) Swimming OR Hiking OR

Cycling, (l) Camping, and (m) Family Life.

You must choose only one of the merit badges listed in categories

h, i, and k. Any additional merit badge(s) earned in those

categories may be counted as one of your eight optional merit

badges used to make your total of 21.

Name of Merit Badge Date Earned

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4. While a Life Scout, serve actively in your troop for six months

in one or more of the following positions of responsibility

Boy Scout troop. Patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader,

senior patrol leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop

representative, den chief, scribe, librarian, historian, quarter-

master, junior assistant Scoutmaster, chaplain aide, instructor,

webmaster, or outdoor ethics guide.

Venturing crew. President, vice president, secretary, treasurer,

den chief, historian, guide, quartermaster, chaplain aide, or out-

door ethics guide.

Sea Scout ship. Boatswain, boatswain’s mate, purser, yeoman,

storekeeper, crew leader, media specialist, specialist, den chief,

or chaplain aide.

Lone Scout. Leadership responsibility in your school, religious

organization, club, or elsewhere in your community.

5. While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others

in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any

school, or your community. (The project must benefit an

organization other than the Boy Scouts of America.) A project

proposal must be approved by the organization benefiting from

the effort, your Scoutmaster and unit committee, and the

council or district before you start. You must use the Eagle

Scout Service Project Workbook, BSA publication No. 512-927,

in meeting this requirement. (To learn more about the Eagle

Scout service project, see the Guide to Advancement, topics

9.0.2.0 through 9.0.2.16.)

6. While a Life Scout, participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

Assistant patrol leader and bugler are not approved positions of responsibility for the Eagle Scout rank. Likewise, a

Scoutmaster-approved leadership project shall not be used in lieu of serving in a position of responsibility.

Notes: For Venturers working on Boy Scout requirements, replace “troop” with “crew” and “Scoutmaster” with “crew

Advisor.” For Sea Scouts working on Boy Scout requirements, replace “troop” with “ship” and “Scoutmaster” with “Skipper.”

APPEALS AND EXTENSIONS

If a Scout believes he has completed all requirements for the Eagle Scout rank but is denied a board of review, he may

request a board of review under disputed circumstances in accordance with Guide to Advancement topic 8.0.3.2.

If the board of review does not approve the Scout’s advancement, the decision may be appealed in accordance with

Guide to Advancement topic 8.0.4.0.

If a Scout foresees that, due to no fault or choice of his own, he will be unable to complete the Eagle Scout rank

requirements before age 18, he may apply for a limited time extension in accordance with Guide to Advancement topic

9.0.4.0. Time extensions are rarely granted.

AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY

Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout or a qualified Venturer or Sea

Scout. He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday. Any Venturer or Sea Scout who has achieved the First Class

rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or as a Lone Scout may continue working up to his 18th birthday toward the Star, Life,

and Eagle Scout ranks and Eagle Palms.

An Eagle Scout board of review may occur, without special approval, within three months after the 18th birthday.

Local councils must preapprove those held three to six months afterward. To initiate approval, the candidate, his

parent or guardian, the unit leader, or a unit committee member attaches to the application a statement explaining the

delay. Consult the Guide to Advancement, topic 8.0.3.1, in the case where a board of review is to be conducted

more than six months after a candidate’s 18th birthday.

If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, or a disability expected to last more than two years or beyond

age 18, you may become an Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and qualifying for

alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become an Eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a

special application to your local council service center. Your application must be approved by your council advance-

ment committee before you can work on alternative merit badges.

A Scout, Venturer, or Sea Scout with a disability may also qualify to work toward rank advancement after he is 18

years of age if he meets the guidelines outlined in section 10 of the Guide to Advancement.

In preparation for your board of review, prepare and

attach to your Eagle Scout Rank Application a statement

of your ambitions and life purpose and a listing of

positions held in your religious institution, school, camp,

community, or other organizations, during which you

demonstrated leadership skills. Include honors and

awards received during this service.

7. Successfully complete your board of review for the Eagle

Scout rank.

(This requirement may be met after age 18, in

accordance with Guide to Advancement topic 8.0.3.1.