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The NCAA Eligibility Center website (formerly NCAA Clearinghouse) provides an updated core course listing for each high school. A list of Core Course offerings for your athletes can be found at the Eligibility Center Website by using your high school's code: (Click here to look up school code - US | Canada)
Initial eligibility is determined by successfully meeting these three components of eligibility.
Graduate from High School
Successfully complete 16 Core Courses
Achieve a Core GPA, and a combined (math & verbal only) SAT or a sum ACT score that satisfies the Qualifier Index (below).
Division II
Initial eligibility is determined by successfully meeting these three components of eligibility.
Graduate from High School
Successfully complete 14* Core Courses
Achieve a Core GPA of 2.0 (based on a 4.0 scale), and a combined (math & verbal only) SAT score of 820 or a sum ACT score of 68.
Division III
Initial eligibility is determined by successfully meeting these components of eligibility.
Graduate from High School
Meet the Entrance requirements of the Institution
**This Sliding Scale for Initial Eligibility applies only to NCAA Division I prospects. Simply locate your ACT Sum Score or SAT Score in on of the columns on the right or left, and the corresponding Core GPA requirement for each score is in the middle column.
ACT Sum Scores
Core GPA
SAT Scores
37
3.550 +
400
38
3.525
410
39
3.500
420
40
3.475
430
41
3.450
440
41
3.425
450
42
3.400
460
42
3.375
470
43
3.350
480
44
3.325
490
44
3.300
500
45
3.275
510
46
3.250
520
46
3.225
530
47
3.200
540
47
3.175
550
48
3.150
560
49
3.125
570
49
3.100
580
50
3.075
590
50
3.050
600
51
3.025
610
52
3.000
620
52
3.975
630
53
2.950
640
53
2.925
650
54
2.900
660
55
2.875
670
56
2.850
680
56
2.825
690
57
2.800
700
58
2.775
710
59
2.750
720
59
2.725
730
60
2.700
730
61
2.675
740-750
62
2.650
760
63
2.625
770
64
2.600
780
65
2.575
790
66
2.550
800
67
2.525
810
68
2.500
820
69
2.475
830
70
2.450
840-850
70
2.425
860
71
2.400
860
72
2.375
870
73
2.350
880
74
2.325
890
75
2.300
900
76
2.275
910
77
2.250
920
78
2.225
930
79
2.200
940
80
2.175
650
80
2.150
960
81
2.125
960
82
2.100
970
83
2.075
980
84
2.050
990
85
2.025
1000
86
2.00
1010
NAIA Eligibility Requirements
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The following criteria must be met in order to be eligible to represent a NAIA member institution in any manner:
YOU MUST, meet two of the following three entry level requirements:
1. Achieve a minimum of 18 on the ACT or 860 on the SAT. Tests must be taken on a national testing date (residual tests are not accepted). Scores must be achieved on a single test.
2. Achieve a minimum overall high school grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
3. Graduate in the top half of your high school graduating class.
A. A student-athlete must be a graduate of a high school with a duly recognized academic diploma or a General Education Department test (GED) that has been:
1. Authorized by a State Department of Education or other State recognized education agency. -or- 2. Authorized by a Regional Association as defined by the United States Department of Education.-or- 3. Approved by the NJCAA National Office after submission of a request letter, appropriate transcripts and documentation.
B. Non-high school graduates can establish eligibility for athletic participation by completing one term of college work passing 12 credits with a 1.75 GPA or higher. This term must be taken after the student-athlete's high school class has graduated.
C. Non-high school graduates who have earned sufficient credit for high school graduation status can establish eligibility for athletic participation by completing one term of college work passing 12 credits with a 1.75 GPA or higher. This term can be completed before the student-athlete's high school class has graduated.
D. Student-athletes classified under Section 3.B. or 3.C. on this form may be added to the eligibility roster after completion of the requirements in the respective Section. (May not be added until the term is over.)
E. Student-athletes who are completing high school and are simultaneously enrolled in 12 or more credits at a college are eligible for athletic participation with the completion of the NJCAA High School Waiver Form (Form 3.e). This form must be signed by the student-athlete's high school Principal and the College President. This provision is applicable to only those student-athletes whose high school class has not graduated at the time of college enrollment.
