What is a NCAA Qualifier- D1

Academic-Eligibility Requirements

DIVISION I

If you want to participate in athletics or receive an athletics scholarship during your first year, you must:

• Graduate from high school; 
• Complete these 16 core courses;
  • 4 years of English
  • 3 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
  • 4 years of extra core courses (from any category above, or Foreign language, comparative 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 (for example, a 2.400 core-course grade-point average needs an 860 SAT).

Requirement to graduate with your high school class

You must complete the 16 core-course requirement in eight semesters, which begins when you initially started high school with your ninth-grade class. If you graduate from high school in eight semesters with your class, you may use one core-course unit completed within one year after graduation (summer or academic year) to meet NCAA Division I initial-eligibility requirements.

You may complete the core course at a location other than the high school from which you graduated and may initially enroll full time at a college or university at any time after completion of the core course.

Division I Qualifier

Being a qualifier enables you to:

• Practice or compete for your college or university during your first year of college;
• Receive an athletics scholarship during your first year of college; and
• Play four seasons in your sport if you maintain your eligibility from year to year.

Division I Non-qualifier

As a non-qualifier, you will not be able to:

• • Practice or compete for your college or university during your first year of college; or
  • Receive an athletic scholarship during your first year of college, although you may receive need-based financial aid.