NCAA BYLAW 14.3.1.1 Qualifier

(Initial Eligibility Standards)

A qualifier is defined as one who is a high school graduate and who presented the following minimum academic qualifications: (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/95, 1/8/01 effective 8/1/05, for student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/05, 1/13/03 effective 8/1/05 for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution full time on or after 8/1/05)

(a) A minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.000 (based on a maximum 4.000) in a successfully completed core curriculum of at least 14 academic courses per Bylaw 14.3.1.2, including the following:

English 3 years

Mathematics 2 years

Natural or physical science (including at least one laboratory course if offered by the high school) 2 years

Additional courses in English, mathematics or natural or physical science 2 years

Social science 2 year

Additional academic courses

[in any of the above areas or foreign language, philosophy or nondoctrinal religion (e.g., comparative religion) courses] 3 years

The record of the above courses and course grades must be certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center using an official high school transcript forwarded directly from the high school or on a high school transcript forwarded by an institution's admissions office; and (Revised: 2/9/95, 4/27/06, 4/23/07)

(b) A minimum combined score on the SAT verbal/critical reasoning and math sections of 820 or a minimum sum score of 68 on the ACT. The required SAT or ACT score must be achieved under national testing conditions on a national testing date [i.e., no residual (campus) testing or regional testing dates (see Bylaw 14.3.1.3)]. (Revised: 1/10/92, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96 for student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution on or after 8/1/96, 1/9/06