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