Boy Scout Rank Requirements

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• Meet age requirements. Be a boy who has completed the fifth grade or is 11 years old, or has earned the Arrow of Light Award but is under 18 years old.
• Complete a Boy Scout application and health history signed by your parent or guardian.
• Find a Scout troop near your home.
• Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Demonstrate the Scout sign, salute, and handshake.
• Demonstrate tying the square knot (a joining knot).
• Understand and agree to live by the Scout Oath or Promise, Law, motto, and slogan, and the Outdoor Code.
• Describe the Scout badge.
• Complete the pamphlet exercises. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the pamphlet How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.
• Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Turn in your Boy Scout application and health history form signed by your parent or guardian, then participate in a Scoutmaster conference.