Eagle Scout Rank Requirements

Life Scout board of review passed

The date everything else is measured from. Requirements 1, 4, 5 and 6 all begin "While a Life Scout", and only what happens after this date counts towards them.

Milestone

2. Demonstrate Scout spirit, and list your references Often forgotten

Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law, tell how you have done your duty to God, and list people who know you personally and will speak on your behalf.

Requirement

3.1. Camping

Training

3.2. Citizenship in the Community

Training

3.3. Citizenship in the Nation

Training

3.4. Citizenship in the World

Training

3.5. Communication

Training

3.6. Cooking

Training

3.7. Emergency Preparedness May not apply

Slot 7: Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 7: Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving?" yet.

3.7. Lifesaving May not apply

Slot 7: Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 7: Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving?" yet.

3.8. Environmental Science May not apply

Slot 8: Environmental Science or Sustainability.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 8: Environmental Science or Sustainability?" yet.

3.8. Sustainability May not apply

Slot 8: Environmental Science or Sustainability.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 8: Environmental Science or Sustainability?" yet.

3.9. First Aid

Training

3.10. Swimming May not apply

Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling?" yet.

3.10. Hiking May not apply

Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling?" yet.

3.10. Cycling May not apply

Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling.

Training

You have not answered "Slot 10: Swimming, Hiking or Cycling?" yet.

3.11. Personal Management

Training

3.12. Personal Fitness

Training

3.13. Family Life

Training

3. Eight elective merit badges

Any eight beyond the required thirteen, bringing the total to 21. A badge from an unused choice slot counts here.

Task

5. Fundraising application, if one is needed Optional Often forgotten

Needed only when money or materials are solicited beyond the beneficiary, the unit and their members and families. The project itself may never be a fundraiser.

Document

Statement of ambitions and life purpose, and your leadership positions Often forgotten

Prepared for the board of review and attached to the application: your ambitions and life purpose, the positions you have held outside Scouting, and the honours you received.

Document

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

Six months of active participation, counted from the Life Scout board of review. Runs at the same time as requirement 4, not after it.

Requirement

Usually comes after Life Scout board of review passed.

3. The thirteen required merit badges

Fixed by the application. Where a slot offers a choice, earning either badge fills the slot; the other may still be counted as one of the eight electives.

Task

Usually comes after 3.1. Camping, 3.2. Citizenship in the Community and 11 others.

4. Serve six months in a position of responsibility

Six months in one or more listed positions, counted only from the Life Scout board of review. Runs alongside requirement 1.

Requirement

Usually comes after Life Scout board of review passed.

5. Obtain the current Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook

Publication 512-927. The version to use is the most current one available when planning starts, so download it then rather than earlier.

Document

Usually comes after Life Scout board of review passed.

6. Participate in a unit leader conference Often forgotten

Held while a Life Scout. It does not have to be the last thing you do, and treating it as a final gate delays people for no reason.

Requirement

Usually comes after Life Scout board of review passed.

3. Earn a total of 21 merit badges

Thirteen required badges and eight of your own choosing. Three of the thirteen are a choice between two or three badges.

Requirement

Usually comes after 3. The thirteen required merit badges and 3. Eight elective merit badges.

5. Choose a beneficiary and write the project proposal

Identify the religious institution, school or community organisation that will benefit, and complete the proposal section of the workbook.

Task

5. Proposal approved by the beneficiary

The organisation benefiting from the project approves the proposal.

Approval

5. Proposal approved by the unit leader

The Scoutmaster, Advisor or Skipper approves the proposal.

Approval

5. Proposal approved by the unit committee

The unit committee approves the proposal, which usually means waiting for the next committee meeting.

Approval

5. Proposal approved by the council or district Often forgotten

The last of the four approvals, and the one with the least predictable timing. No work on the project may start until it is given.

Approval

No work on the project may begin until the proposal has all four approvals, including this one. A project carried out before approval has not met the requirement, however good the project was.

5. Develop the final project plan

Detailed planning after the proposal is approved: materials, tools, people, permissions, safety and a schedule.

Task

Usually comes after 5. Proposal approved by the beneficiary, 5. Proposal approved by the unit leader and 5. Proposal approved by the unit committee.

5. Carry out the project, giving leadership to others

"Others" means at least two people besides you. Leadership is the requirement; the work itself is the evidence of it.

Task

Usually comes after 5. Develop the final project plan.

5. Complete the project report and collect the final signatures

The report section of the workbook, signed by the beneficiary and the unit leader, is what shows the project was properly accepted when finished.

Document

Usually comes after 5. Carry out the project, giving leadership to others.

5. Plan, develop and give leadership to others in a service project

The project must benefit an organisation other than Scouting America, and the proposal must be approved by four parties before any work begins.

Requirement

Usually comes after 5. Complete the project report and collect the final signatures.

Requirements 1 to 6 complete

The point the certification on the application refers to. Everything except the board of review has to be behind you.

Milestone

Usually comes after 1. Be active in your unit for at least six months as a Life Scout, 2. Demonstrate Scout spirit, and list your references and 4 others.

Every requirement except the board of review has to be finished before the 18th birthday. The board itself may be held afterwards. A Scout who completed the requirements in time may be reviewed within 24 months of that birthday without having to explain the delay; beyond that, and for extensions granted before the birthday, the Guide to Advancement sets out the process.

Complete the Eagle Scout Rank Application and obtain unit signatures

The current application form, filled in, then signed personally by the unit leader and the unit committee chair.

Document

Usually comes after Requirements 1 to 6 complete.

Submit the application to the council service center

Keep a copy of everything you hand in. The workbook goes with it.

Task

Usually comes after Complete the Eagle Scout Rank Application and obtain unit signatures.

Council verifies the application and schedules the board of review

The council checks its records against the application and arranges the board.

Approval

Usually comes after Submit the application to the council service center.

References contacted Often forgotten

The Scout asks the references listed on the application; the council contacts them. A reference who never replies is the commonest cause of delay at this stage.

Approval

7. Successfully complete your board of review for the Eagle Scout rank

The only requirement that may be completed after the 18th birthday.

Requirement

Usually comes after Council verifies the application and schedules the board of review.

Credentials received by the local council

The rank may not be presented until the council has the Eagle Scout credentials back from the national advancement program team.

Milestone

Usually comes after 7. Successfully complete your board of review for the Eagle Scout rank.