|
Links
NCAA Clearing
House
Where We
Look For Talent
|
|
NCAA FRESHMAN-ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
QUICK REFERENCE SHEET
KNOW THE RULES:
Core Courses
· Starting August 1,
2008, 16 core courses will be required for NCAA Division I only.
This rule applies to any
student first entering any Division I college or university
on or after August 1, 2008. See the chart below for the
breakdown of this 16 core-course requirement.
· 14 core courses are
required in NCAA Division II. See the breakdown of core-course
requirements below.
Test Scores
· Division I has a
sliding scale for test score and grade-point average. The sliding scale for
those requirements
is shown on page two of this sheet.
· Division II has
a minimum SAT score requirement of 820 or an ACT sum score of 68.
· The SAT score used for
NCAA purposes includes only the critical reading and math sections.
The writing
section of the SAT is not used.
· The ACT score used for
NCAA purposes is a sum of the four sections on the ACT: English,
math, reading and
science.
· All SAT and ACT
scores must be reported directly to the NCAA Initial-Eligibility
Clearinghouse by the
testing agency. Test scores that appear on transcripts will
no longer be used. When registering for the
SAT or ACT, use the clearinghouse code of 9999 to make sure
the score is reported to the
clearinghouse.
Grade-Point Average
· Only core courses are
used in the calculation of the grade-point average.
· Be sure to look
at your high school’s list of NCAA-approved core courses on the
clearinghouse Web site to
make certain that the courses being taken have been approved
as core courses. The Web site is
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net
· Division I
grade-point-average requirements are listed on page two of this sheet.
· The Division II
grade-point-average requirement is a minimum 2.000.
|
