Top 10 Reasons Eagle Applications are Rejected

Here’s a list of the most common reasons that Eagle applications are rejected once they reach the national office. Most of these problems should be weeded out at the Troop, District and Council levels but apparently some applications make it to the national level with errors that result in delays: No Council Number on Application This requires the application to be removed from the daily work stack and placed in a special file until time is alloted to perform council lookups.

Signatures Missing This requires the rejected application to be mailed back to council. This oversight will cause a delay of at least four weeks because the postal service will be used. No Boy Scout joining date or wrong date Failure to indicate Boy Scout joining date requires us to reject the application to request the proper date. This is because all requirements must be met after a boy joins Scouting. No Board of Review Date We must have a board of review date to ensure all requirements were completed prior to the board of review. This date is also necessary since it is printed on the Eagle Scout credentials.

Duplicate Merit Badges on application A total of 21 separate merit badges must be earned. Any application that requires a correction to merit badges that are listed twice on the application will be rejected.

Explanation for delay in board of review not furnished. We will ask for a letter when this time frame as described on the application is not met.

Proper badges are not indicated in merit badge numbers 6 and 9. If six months leadership between Life Scout and Board of Review does not indicate sufficient time, we must return for correction.

Valid leadership position between Life Scout and Board of Review The only valid leadership positions are those listed on the 2000 printing of the Eagle Scout Rank Application. if it is not listed on the 2000 printing, it is not a valid leadership position. (NOTE: WE RECEIVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANT PATROL LEADERS). New Eagle Scout Rank Requirements (as of 1 April 1999) have not been met.

Scouts having completed any Eagle Scout rank requirements after 1 April 1999, must earn the Personal Fitness merit badge and Cycling, or Hiking or Swimming merit badges. We must reject the application if it does not meet this new requirement. Via Lone Star Scouter