Academic-Eligibility Requirements
Division I
If you want to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during your first year, you must:
• Graduate from
high school;
• Complete these 16 core
courses:
- 4 years of English
- 3 years of math (algebra 1 or higher)
- 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab
science if offered by your high school)
- 1 extra year of English, math, or natural or physical science
- 2 years of social science
- 4 years of extra core courses (from any category above, or
foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy);
• Earn a minimum
required grade-point average in your core
courses; and
• Earn a combined
SAT or ACT sum score that matches your
core-course grade-point average and test score sliding scale (for
example, a 2.400 core-course grade-point average needs an 860
SAT).
Division II
2008 - 2013
If you enroll in a Division II college and want to participate in
athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during your first year,
you must:
• Graduate from
high school;
• Complete these 14 core
courses:
- 3 years of English
- 2 years of math (algebra 1 or higher)
- 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab
science if offered by your high school)
- 2 additional years of English, math, or natural or physical science
- 2 years of social science
- 3 years of extra core courses (from any category above, or
foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy);
• Earn a 2.000 grade-point
average or better in your core courses;
and
• Earn a combined SAT score
of 820 or an ACT sum score of 68.
Division III
Division III does not use the Eligibility Center. Contact your Division
III college or university regarding its policies on admission, financial
aid, practice and competition.
Steps to Achieving
Your Eligibility
Freshmen and Sophomores
• Start planning
now!
• Work hard to get the
best grades possible.
• Take classes that match
your school’s NCAA list of approved core
courses.
• You can receive
your school’s NCAA list of approved core courses
at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net.
Juniors
• At the beginning
of your junior year, register at
www.ncaaclearinghouse.net and complete the amateurism
questionnaire.
• Register to take
the ACT, SAT or both and use the Eligibility
Center code (
9999)
as a score recipient.
• Double check to make
sure the courses you have taken match
your school’s NCAA list of approved core courses.
• Ask your guidance
counselor to send an official transcript to
the Eligibility Center after completing your junior year. (The
Eligibility Center does NOT accept faxed transcripts or test
scores.)
• Prior to registration
for classes for your senior year, check with
your guidance counselor to determine the amount of core
courses that you need to complete your senior year.
Seniors
• Take the SAT
and/or ACT again. The Eligibility Center will use the
best scores from each section of the ACT or SAT to determine
your best cumulative score.
• Continue to take
college-prep courses.
• Check the courses you
have taken to match your school’s NCAA
list of approved core courses.
• Review your amateurism
questionnaire responses and request
final amateurism certification on or after April 1 (for fall enrollees)
or October 1 (for spring enrollees).
• Continue to work
hard to get the best grades possible.
• Graduate on time (in
eight academic semesters). If you fall
behind, use summer school sessions prior to graduation to catch
up.
• After graduation,
ask your guidance counselor to send your final
transcript with proof of graduation.
