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Eagle Scout Rank Application

You have never had to fill out an application to achieve any rank before Eagle. But, before an Eagle candidate can go before his Eagle Scout Board of Review, he must fill out the Eagle Scout Rank Application. Here is the official BSA link to that application: 

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To complete this application, ask your Troop's advancement chair to get a record of your Scouting history, including Cub Scout dates (if any), leadership position(s), Merit Badges earned & the dates, etc. This is called an Internet Advancement 2 Report, or a Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report, neither of which are related to TroopMaster, ScoutTrax, or any other advancement tool outside of BSA. Your Troop's advancement chair should know how to generate this report. 

Note to Troop Advancement Chairs: Assistance in generating an Internet Advancement 2 Report is available for Troop advancement chairs via an email to: 

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Once you have it, you will use the data from your Internet Advancement 2 Report or your Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report to complete your Eagle Scout Rank Application. 

  • IMPORTANT: Download and save this document to your hard drive and then use ONLY Adobe Reader DC® to complete this report. 
  • Note that this Eagle Scout Rank Application is a "fillable PDF" with embedded macros that will take information you fill in on one part of the form and insert it, if needed, on another part of the form. For example, when you insert your full legal name into the appropriate field at the top of P1, the form automatically duplicates that information at the top of P2.
  • The information in the top-left section is about you: your name, address, phone number (including area code), email address (hopefully, by now, you have your own NON-school email address and are no longer using your parents' email address; this is how BSA will keep in touch with you "forever"). There is also information about your Troop (or Crew or ship, etc.). 
  • Next, in the top-right section of the form, is some information about whether you were in Cub Scouts and when you joined Boy Scouts, when you made 1st Class, when you made Star, etc. This information MUST agree with that on your Internet Advancement 2 Report or your Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report! (One exception is the day you became a Boy Scout -- this can be the date you crossed-over from Webelos to Boy Scout OR it can be the date you made Scout rank.) 
  • Next comes your date-of-birth and the date you made Life. Note that the Life date is repeated near the top of P2 automatically!
  • Next comes space for either 5 or 6 references. Every field for each reference must be filled in (full name(s), complete postal address (including zip code), telephone number (including area code), and email address -- no blank/incomplete  fields). ASK THESE REFERENCES FOR PERMISSION TO USE THEIR NAMES at the same time you request their information, but DO NOT ask them to write you a reference YET! That will come later (after your Scoutmaster conference).  
    • Note that a Religious reference is required! If you are not a member of a religious organization, you may want to consider having one parent on your Parent line and another parent (or other relative who knows you well) on the Religious line.
    • For your Education reference, note that teachers, counselors, coaches, principals, etc., may not wish to give out their personal information; it is common for them to ask you to use their school address/phone number/email and this is totally acceptable. 
    • You may or may not have an Employer reference; IF you have had a job where you got a paycheck (with taxes and other deductions taken out), you must fill in this line! IF you have NOT had an employer, put "N/A" (without the quote marks) in each of the four fields on that line. 
    • You also need two other references; often Eagle coaches, Scoutmasters, ASMs, or neighbors/friends/relatives are used for these references. You must have these other two (2) references. 
  • Next comes a space for you to specify the 21 Merit Badges (MBs) that you will use in your application to become an Eagle Scout. Thirteen (13) of them are required, with three (3) of those having alternatives. Eight (8) are optional. For each MB, you must fill in the date BSA believes you were awarded that MB; this is available on your Internet Advancement 2 Report or your Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report; the date on your "blue card"/the date on the card you got at your Court of Honor/the date in your BSA Handbook -- none of these count -- only the date on your Internet Advancement 2 Report or your Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report. And that date has to match exactly! In addition, you must put in the unit number (e.g., Troop number) you were in when you earned that MB. (IF you were only in one Troop, the unit number for all MBs will be the same, but some Scouts earned MBs in more than one Troop. In this case, it is required that you know which Troop you were in when you earned each MB.) 
    • So, you start with the first required MB, Camping. You enter the date and your unit number. 
    • Then you move on to the three Citizenship MBs; same routine.
    • Then you move on to Communication and Cooking; same routine.
    • Then you come to MB # 7, where you have your first "choice" of which MB to use: either Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving. You must "strikethrough" the MB you are NOT using. IF you are using Adobe Reader to fill out this form (which we HOPE you WILL use), simply use your cursor to highlight the one you are not using (including the word "or"), right-mouse-click to call up the "context menu", and select "Strikethrough". This will draw a nice red line through the part you are not using. 
    • Similarly, on MB # 8, you have to choose between Environmental Science or Sustainability. Use your mouse to highlight the part you are not using, right-mouse-click, and choose "Strikethrough". 
    • On MB # 10, you may have to select two parts to strikethrough. You need to select only one of the three possibilities: Cycling, Hiking, or Swimming. Strikethrough the two (2) that you are NOT using (including the word(s) "or"). 
    • When you come to MBs #14 through 21, you get to choose which MBs you wish to select. You may even select one of the MBs you struck-through in MBs # 7, 8, or 10. 
  • Next, you turn to P2, where you will enter your Leadership data. You must have served in an approved leadership position for a total of no less than 6 months since your Life Board of Review (BoR). Note that the date for your Life BoR is automatically copied from P1 if you are filling out the form using Adobe Reader.
  • Next you enter data about your Eagle Scout Service Project. The name of your Eagle Scout Project should come straight from the cover of your Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook. The date it was completed is the date the Beneficiary signed, NOT any other date. The total hours is the total that everyone spent, including you and everyone who contributed to your project. It is taken from the table in the Report section of your Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook. 

All this should be completed before you have your Scoutmaster conference. Note that there is a requirement for your Eagle BoR that you write two documents: your "life essay" and your "list of awards/leadership". Most Scoutmasters would like to review these, as well as your Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook during your Scoutmaster conference. 

  • Next you fill in the date of your Scoutmaster conference. 
  • Then you sign and date in the space provided on P2. 
  • Next you ask your Scoutmaster to sign and date in the space provided on P2. 
  • Finally, you ask your Committee Chair to sign and date on the space provided on P2. 

Now, finally, you are ready to request your Eagle BoR! To do that, send an email WITH NO ATTACHMENTS to: 

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stating your name and Troop number, that you have completed your Scoutmaster conference, who your Eagle coach is, and that you would like to schedule your Eagle BoR. You should CC your Scoutmaster, your Committee Chair, your Eagle coach, and (if you like) your parents. You should send this from an email that you check regularly. 

The response email will tell you what to do to get your references sent in (remember your references, from above?) based on a document that will be attached to this email response. It will also ask you to email your Eagle Rank Application and your Internet Advancement 2 Report. It will also tell you how to prepare the documentation for your Eagle BoR. Do not send anything else that is not requested. 

Once Western Horizon District has "VERIFIED" your Eagle Scout Rank Application against your Internet Advancement 2 Report or your Scoutbook Individual Advancement History Report successfully ("letter-perfect"!!), these documents will be forwarded to Circle Ten Council for "VERIFICATION" by Council. Once Council has successfully "VERIFIED" these documents, we can schedule your Eagle BoR.