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NCAA FRESHMAN - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
DIVISION 1 CORE GRADE POINT AVERAGE(GPA) SLIDING SCALE

DIVISION I INITIAL-ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

2006-2007
Individuals enrolling in a Division I college between 2006-2007 who want to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship in their first year must meet all of the following requirements:

*Graduate from high school;
*Successfully complete 14 core courses as follows:

4 years of English

2 years of math (Algebra I 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

3 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 on this page (for example, a 2.400 core course grade point average needs a 860 SAT).

2008 and Later
Individuals enrolling in a Division I college in 2008 or later who want to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship in their first year must meet all of the following requirements:

*Graduate from high school;
*Successfully complete 16 core courses as follows:

4 years of English

3 years of math (Algebra I 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 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 on this page (for example, a 2.400 core course grade point average needs a 860 SAT).

Note: Computer science courses can be used as core courses only if your high school grants graduation credit in math or natural or physical science for them, and if the courses appear on your high school's core-course list as math or science courses.

Division I Core GPA and Test Score Sliding Scale

Core GPA	SAT	ACT
3.550 & above	400	37
3.525	410	38
3.500	420	39
3.475	430	40
3.450	440	41
3.425	450	41
3.400	460	42
3.375	470	42
3.350	480	43
3.325	490	44
3.300	500	44
3.275	510	45
3.250	520	46
3.225	530	46
3.200	540	47
3.175	550	47
3.150	560	48
3.125	570	49
3.100	580	49
3.075	590	50
3.050	600	50
3.025	610	51
3.000	620	52
2.975	630	52
2.950	640	53
2.925	650	53
2.900	660	54
2.875	670	55
2.850	680	56
2.825	690	56
2.800	700	57
2.775	710	58
2.750	720	59
2.725	730	59
2.700	730	60
2.675	740-750	61
2.650	760	62
2.625	770	63
2.600	780	64
2.575	790	65
2.550	800	66
2.525	810	67
2.500	820	68
2.475	830	69
2.450	840-850	70
2.425	860	70
2.400	860	71
2.375	870	72
2.350	880	73
2.325	890	74
2.300	900	75
2.275	910	76
2.250	920	77
2.225	930	78
2.200	940	79
2.175	950	80
2.150	960	80
2.125	960	81
2.100	970	82
2.075	980	83
2.050	990	84
2.025	1000	85
2.000	1010	86

PLEASE NOTE: Beginning August 1, 2013, students planning to attend an NCAA Division II institution will be required to complete 16 core courses.

Source: WWW.NCAA.COM

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NCAA FRESHMAN - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS DIVISION 1 CORE GRADE POINT AVERAGE(GPA) SLIDING SCALE

NCAA FRESHMAN - ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
DIVISION 1 CORE GRADE POINT AVERAGE(GPA) SLIDING SCALE