What is the "clearing house register"?

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Quite honestly, sophomore year is way too early to "even know there is a Clearing House". Most HS Athletic Dept's will assist with this right after Jr year or during Fall of Sr Year. There's not even enough in a sophomore's transcripts to fill out the paperwork, and worrying about something of this nature is not necessary... YET.

But it MUST get done if they wish to play D1 after HS. Wait and worry about more important stuff now...

cadDAD

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In my mind the sophomore year in HS is not too early to "check" out the Clearinghouse----one needs to check their requirements , they continually change, for core classes and to make sure the HS student and his HS guidance counselor are both on the same page---one does not want to get to the spring of the HS senior year and find out you are short a credit or two.


Also keep in mind that a player is not officially certified by the Clearinghouse until after they receive the final transcript from the HS

I agree with TRHit. Sign up in spring of Sophomore year just to get the account opened. Check what the approved core classes are for your high school and make sure player is on track. I believe there are increased requirements for graduates beginning in 2008. There are also transcript releases that can be signed and placed in son's records at the high school. There is a lot of info to glean and familiarize yourself with. Now there is a questionnaire declaring "amateurism" to complete. It can be daunting to go through all of it in one sitting. Make a checklist of everything they require and when it is needed. Maybe it just me, but I prefer to do as much up front work as possible.

I also agree that sophomore year is not too early to look at clearinghouse - especially when some school districts count some honors courses that students take in the 8th grade. You cannot count any courses taken in the 8th grade for clearinghouse purposes.

One trap not to fall into----number of years of a language required by the school vs what the Clearinghouse requires---they can vary---many if not most colleges require at least two years of language while the Clearinghouse does not

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Originally posted by MN-Mom:
The player needs to register and be cleared to play by the NCAA during his senior year of HS

Julie - excellent post. But As TR mentioned, I just wanted to stress this. A student is not cleared DURING their senior year, they are cleared AFTER when the final transcripts are received. And in some cases as I've learned on here, that doesn't happen until late summer.

I would agree with those recommending it's wise to start researching the NCAA clearinghouse info. My daughter didn't register until after her Junior year. She did it at that point because that is when coaches could call her and many (almost all actually) asked if she was registered so it seemed to make sense to do it at that point (July after Senior year).

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Will go the next step...(Clearinghouse trivia)

Player academic record is not offically reviewed until the final transcipt is received AND an NCAA member requests so. No direct NCAA member request? No official review. Players, parents...don't count.

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My son is going through it now. We enrolled in September. We contacted the three schools required to send info (middle school, 1st HS and 2nd HS).

We recieved an email from Clearinghouse saying they did not have info from middle school and 2nd HS. We got on the phone again to remind those schools.

Checked online a few weeks later, and the MS info had been recieved. But, he was not given credit for it online. So, I got on the phone and called clearinghouse. And the answer I got was:

"We look at each file twice unless asked to do otherwise by a specific school. Once after some initial info is recieved after which point we send an udate as to what is still required, and then again post graduation. It is normal for them to not update the credits listed on line until the final review".

So, from that, my impression it was more important for the player/family to register and make sure the schools are doing their part, because the clearinghouse has so many kids to review, they will not perform continual updates on any specific kid.

So, registering earlier than Summer/Fall of senior year has no real benefit. That being said, the player and parents should have read and understood the process by that time.

As TRHit points out it is not to early to check out the requirements. Don't accept the guidance office's word that all of the core courses are approved. Go to the NCAA Clearinghouse website, search for your school, check the list of approved AND declined courses. Make sure that any core courses your son takes is on the approved list. If it is not on either list then it has not been submitted.

My son ran into that. An English course had not been submitted. After graduation it was declined. Now he was 1/2 credit short for D1 sports. The college applied for a waiver and it was granted. However, he missed the fall baseball season and 1 month of workouts.

Check the Core Courses yourself. Don't accept the HS word that they are all approved.

One other note - the clearinghouse has a list of approved courses on it for your school. If your school has added courses, they may not make the list.

In my son's case, a basic social studies course was listed - but the school had added an AP version of the course which was not listed - and therefore my son would NOT get credit for taking the harder version of the course.

Since I read the list earlier this year (thanks to some good advice from HSBBW) I have alerted the high school and am working with the HS to make sure that the courses are added to the list.

Trying to get that done during the summer between Senior year and college - when all of the HS staff is on vacation would be a nightmare.

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Looks like Tom R and I were thinking alike and posting at the same time

Does a college walk-on, who already is enrolled at the college academically, have to go through the Clearinghouse before playing?

If it is a D1 or D2, yes.

Would agree with the posts indicating that sophomore year students should become familiar with NCAA requirements. And do not trust your high school guidance counselor to know everything about the clearinghouse...some of the college coaches are vague about the requirements. Bottom line: you've got to know a good deal about what the NCAA wants and it is never too early to begin looking at the site. Some colleges ask for you pin number, by the way. So make sure you jot that down somewhere

So if my son took a class that is listed on the approved course list in 8th grade it doesn't count? How is that right?

The Clearinghouse is not about right or wrong--it is about their rules !!!!

So I'm assuming from your response the course wouldn't count?

Check the list of courses for your HS--the Clearinghouse has it all on their site---in many cases they do not accept courses taken before the 9th grade--the same goes for college courses kids may take inthei senior year of hs

BUt they probably count towrd admissions to college---Admissions and Clearinghouse are two distinct things--never lose sight of that---what each requires may not be the same

I would never presume to know what goes on in the minds behind the "clearinghouse". It's a complicated system and I suppose its reason for being is so that people who watch some kid playing at UCLA won't continually ask "How the heck did THAT guy get over 1000 on his SATs and have a GPA of 3.5?". There can't be any fudging on test scores and high school transcripts with the NCAA hovering closely, I guess.

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by Acadad: Quite honestly, sophomore year is way too early to "even know there is a Clearing House

I'll also disagree .. the earlier the better
if ya find yourself off track early on core courses corrections can be made ..
BUT a sr off track is SOL

I'm being "Charlie Browned" at the Clearinghouse site, meaning when I go to find my son's school code - under AP-Pacific (non-international - it is an American school).....nothing is there! I tried AE-Europe, too....again, nothing.

Looks like I'll have to make a phone call......

"Hey, Krak, I found the code for my school! What have YOU found for yours?"

Well, if Chuck had thought to do a simple Google search, he'd have found his code......

For what it is worth, it has been 6 months - and the clearing house / my son's high school have not managed to get the class added. One big reason why I say start early!!!!

Son will be playing at a Div III school. Is there anything that has to be done with the clearing house?

Marina

Division III is not governed by the Clearinghouse BUT
we tell our l kids to register anyway because you never know what might happen and you don't want to be left high and dry