NCAA Eligibilitiy Requierments

 

Division I Academic Eligibility Requirements

If you're first entering a Division I college on or after August 1, 1996, or thereafter, in order to be considered a "qualifier," you're required to:

Graduate from high school

Successfully complete a core curriculum of at least 13 academic courses [this core curriculum includes at least four years in English, two in math, one year of algebra and one year of geometry (or one year of a higher-level math course for which geometry is a prerequisite), two in social science, two in natural or physical science (including at least one laboratory class, if offered by your high school); one additional course in English, math or natural or physical science; and two additional academic courses (which may be taken from the already-mentioned categories, e.g., foreign language, computer science, philosophy or nondoctrinal religion)].

Have a grade-point average (based on a maximum of 4.000) and a combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections or a sum score on the ACT based on the following qualifier index scale.

Qualifier Index

Core GPA ACT*
(new: sum scoring of scores) 		SAT
(old scoring system)		 SAT
(new system)
2.500 & above 68 700 820
2.475 69 710 830
2.450 70 720 840-850
2.425 70 730 860
2.400 71 740 860
2.375 72 750 870
2.350 73 760 880
2.325 74 770 890
2.300 75 780 900
2.275 76 790 910
2.250 77 800 920
2.225 78 810 930
2.200 79 820 940
2.175 80 830 950
2.150 80 840 960
2.125 81 850 960
2.100 82 860 970
2.075 83 870 980
2.050 84 880 990
2.025 85 890 1000
2.000 86 900 1010

*Previously, the ACT score was calculated by averaging four scores. New standards are based on the sum of scores.

A "partial qualifer" is eligible to practice with a team at its home facility and receive an athletics scholarship during his or her first year at a Division I school and then has three seasons of competition remaining.

A partial qualifier may earn a fourth year of competition, provided that at the beginning of the fifth academic year following the student-athlete's initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, the student-athlete has received a baccalaureate degree.

In order to be considered a "partial qualifier," you have not met the requirements for a qualifier but you're required to:

Graduate from high school

Successfully complete a core curriculum of at least 13 academic courses in the appropriate core areas.

Present a core-course grade-point average (based on a maximum of 4.000) and a combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections or a sum score on the ACT based on the following partial qualifier index scale.

Partial Qualifier Index

Core GPA ACT*
(new: sum scoring of scores)		 SAT
(old system)		 SAT
(new system)
2.750 & above 59 600 720
2.725 59 610 730
2.700 60 620 730
2.675 61 630 740-750
2.650 62 640 760
2.625 63 650 770
2.600 64 660 780
2.575 65 670 790
2.550 66 680 800
2.525 67 690 810

*Previously, The ACT score was calculated by averaging four scores. New standards are based on the sum of scores.

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