Understand what has to happen first

A checklist tells you what to do. This site tells you what has to happen before it: the prerequisites, approvals, waiting periods and blockers behind advancement, camps, high adventure and troop operations.

Nothing here is an official Boy Scouts of America publication. Every step is transcribed from one, and says which. The full list of sources is public. When this site and the current book disagree, the book is right.

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Scout Rank

The seven requirements of the Scout rank, with the two conditions the sheet prints above them rather than inside them.

26 steps

Tenderfoot Rank

The eleven requirements of the Tenderfoot rank, drawn so the thirty days and the campout that most of it depends on are visible.

37 steps

Second Class Rank

The twelve requirements of the Second Class rank, with the two that take months drawn apart from the ten that take an afternoon.

48 steps

First Class Rank

The thirteen requirements of the First Class rank, with the cooking project drawn as the ordered sequence the sheet actually states.

50 steps

Star Rank

The eight requirements of the Star rank, drawn so the two four-month clocks sit side by side and the one requirement without a First Class qualifier stands apart.

13 steps

Life Rank

The eight requirements of the Life rank, drawn so the two six-month clocks sit side by side and the conservation half of the service requirement is visible before the hours are given.

11 steps

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Advancement

Ranks, merit badges and the awards that go with them.

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