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NCAA Division 1 Standards
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All student-athletes must register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Qualifier: Can practice, compete and receive athletics scholarship as a freshman.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from high school;

  • Can convert and combine subscores from an SAT taken before April 1, 1995 and an SAT taken April 1, 1995 or later to achieve the standard;

  • The highest scores achieved on the verbal and mathematics section of the SAT or highest scores achieved on the four individual tests of the ACT may be combined to achieve the highest scores;

  • The following core GPA in 13 courses meeting the NCAA core course definition with the corresponding ACT sum or SAT total score is needed:
Core GPA ACT
(new: sum of scores)		 SAT
(old scoring system)		 SAT
(new scoring system)
2.500 & up 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

High School Core Courses:
At least 4 years English; at least 2 years math; [one year algebra and one year geometry (or one year of a higher-level mathematics course for which geometry is a prerequisite)] At least 2 years social science; At least 2 years natural or physical science (including 1 lab course, if offered by any high school you attended); At least 1 year of additional courses in English, math or natural or physical science; and 2 additional academic courses in any of the above areas, or foreign language, computer science, philosophy or comparative religion.

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