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NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE MEMO

To be certified by the Clearinghouse, you must:

Graduate from high school.

You should apply for certification before graduation if you are sure you wish to participate in athletics as a freshman at the college to which you will be admitted. The Clearinghouse will issue a preliminary certification report when you have had all your materials submitted. After you graduate, the Clearinghouse will review your final transcript to make a final certification decision according to NCAA standards.

Earn a grade-point average of at least 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale)

In a core curriculum of at least 13 academic courses which were successfully completed during grades 9 through 12. Only courses that satisfy the NCAA definition of a core course can be used to calculate your NCAA GPA. No special values are allowed for "+" or "-" grades. The chart below shows what your core courses must include at a minimum.

Core Units Required for NCAA Certification

	Division I	Division II
English Core Math Core* Science Core Social Science Core	4 years 2 years* 2 years 2 years	3 years 2 years 2 years 2 years
From English, Math, or Science	1 year	2 years
Additional Core (English, Math, Science, Social Science, Foreign Language, Computer Science, Philosophy, Nondoctrinal Religion)	2 years	2 years
TOTAL CORE UNITS REQUIRED	13	13

IMPORTANT NOTE: For students enrolling as college freshmen during 1996-97 and thereafter, Division I certification requires 2 years of math, including at least 1 year of algebra and 1 year of geometry (or a course for which geometry is a prerequisite).

Earn a sum of scores of at least 68 on the ACT or a combined score of at least 820 on the recentered SAT (or 700 on the nonrecentered SAT) on a national test date.

For Division I: The minimum grade-point average in the 13 core courses and required ACT or SAT score vary according to the Initial-Eligibility Index below.

This index applies to students enrolling as college freshmen during 1996-97 and thereafter who wish to participate in Division I athletics.

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

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