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Need to make sure guidance has signed release from student and/or parent if under 18. Release is on Clearing House site if needed.
(This is NCAA core courses...remember schools could have high standards!!!)
Division I
2005 - 2007
If you enroll in a Division I college between 2005 and 2007 and want
to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during
your first year, you must:
• Graduate from high school;
• Complete these 14 core courses:
- 4 years of English
- 2 years of math (algebra 1 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 years of 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).
Below is link for NCAA publications.
NCAA publicationsFOR 2008 there are 16 core courses required!!!
For the class of 2008: Division I only -- 16 core courses
If you plan to enter college in 2008 or after, you will need to present 16 core courses in the following breakdown:
4 years of English
3 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)
2 years of natural/physical science (one must be a lab science)
1 year of additional English, math or science
2 years of social studies
4 years of additional core courses (from any area listed above, or from foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy)