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1. Be active in your troop for at least six months as a Life Scout. (See page 24.)

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 recommendation 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.

(See pages

11–16, 23, and 415.)

Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than required for the Life rank),

including these 14 merit badges: (a) First Aid, (b) Citizenship in the Community, (c)

Citizenship in the Nation, (d) Citizenship in Society, (e) Citizenship in the World, (f)

Communication, (g) Cooking, (h) Personal Fitness, (i) Emergency Preparedness OR

Lifesaving, (j) Environmental Science OR Sustainability, (k) Personal Management, (l)

Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling, (m) Camping, and (n) Family Life.

You must choose only one of the merit badges listed in categories i, j, and l.

Any additional merit badge(s) earned in those categories may be counted as

one of your seven optional merit badges used to make your total of 21.

(See pages 28 and 416–419.)

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

: (See pages 422–425.)

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

leader, troop guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, den chief,

scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, junior assistant Scoutmaster,

chaplain aide, instructor, webmaster, or outdoor ethics guide.

Venturing crew/Sea Scout ship. President, vice president, secretary,

treasurer, quartermaster, historian, den chief, guide, boatswain,

boatswain’s mate, yeoman, purser, storekeeper, chaplain aide, outdoor

ethics guide, crew leader, media specialist, specialist or webmaster.

Lone Scout. Leadership responsibility in your school, religious organization,

club, or elsewhere in your community.

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

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

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

“crew Advisor.” For Sea Scouts working on Scouts BSA requirements, replace “troop” with “ship” and “Scoutmaster”

with “Skipper.”

APPEALS AND EXTENSIONS

If a Scout believes all requirements for the Eagle Scout rank have been completed but a board of review is denied,

the Scout 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 their own, it will not be possible to complete the Eagle Scout

rank requirements before age 18, the Scout 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 Scout or a qualified Venturer or Sea

Scout. Scouts may earn these awards until their 18th birthday. Any Venturer or Sea Scout who has achieved the First

Class rank as a Scout in a troop may continue working up to their 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, the

candidate’s 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 24 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

advancement committee before you can work on alternative merit badges.

A Scout or Venturer with a disability may also qualify to work toward rank advancement after reaching 18 years of

age if the guidelines outlined in section 10 of the Guide to Advancement are met.

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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.)

(See pages 418–419.)

6. While a Life Scout, participate in a Scoutmaster conference. (See page 418.)

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.

). (See page 414.)

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