DIVISION III ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

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If you're first entering a Division II college on or after August 1, 1996, in order to be classified a "qualifier," you're required to:

Graduate from high school; (home-schooled student-athletes click here for additional information)

Have a GPA of 2.000 (based on a maximum of 4.000) in a successfully completed core curriculum of at least 13 academic course units as follows: 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 years

Additional academic courses [in any of the above areas or foreign language, computer science*, philosophy or nondoctrinal religion (e.g., comparative religion) courses] ... 2 years

Have a combined score on the SAT verbal and math sections of 820 (if taken on or after April 1, 1995) or a 68 sum score on the ACT.

*Note: For students first entering NCAA institutions on or after August 1, 2005, computer science courses cannot be used to meet initial-eligibility requirements.

A "partial qualifier" is eligible to practice with a team at its home facility and receive an athletics scholarship during his or her first year at a Division II school, and then has four seasons of competition remaining. In order to be classified a "partial qualifier," you have not met the requirements for a qualifier, but you're required to graduate from high school and meet one of the following requirements:

Specified minimum SAT or ACT score; or

Successful completion of a required core curriculum consisting of 13 core courses and a 2.000 grade-point average in the core curriculum. A "nonqualifier" is a student who has not graduated from high school or who has presented neither the core-curriculum grade-point average and SAT/ACT score required for a qualifier.

A nonqualifier is not eligible for regular-season competition and practice during the first academic year in residence and then has four seasons of competition. A nonqualifier may not receive athletics-related aid as a freshman, but may receive regular need-based financial aid if the school certifies that aid was granted without regard to athletics ability.