NCAA Qualifying GPA/SAT/ACT Score explanation

[woundedknees]

Since so many questions arise about academic eligibility of prospects and/or incoming freshman, I did a little research.

This may look confusing, but this is the current NCAA qualifying chart... The first column represents Core GPA, the second and third columns represent the SAT and/or ACT scores that must be acheived to qualify academically with that GPA.

The SAT score used for NCAA purposes includes only the critical reading and math sections.

The ACT score is acheived by calculating the "Sum" of the scores attained on the individual elements of the ACT exam: English, Math, Reading, and Science. This total is used by the NCAA Clearinghouse in determining eligibility.

There are a total of 36 total points possible on each section of the ACT, for a total possible score of 154, so a student with a 2.2 Core GPA would need to get just over 50% of the multiple choice questions correct to qualify.

GPA/SAT/ACT
3.55+ 400 37
3.525 410 38
3.500 420 39
3.475 430 40
3.450 440 41
3.425 450 41
3.400 460 42
3.375 470 42
3.350 480 43
3.325 490 44
3.300 500 44
3.275 510 45
3.250 520 46
3.225 530 46
3.200 540 47
3.175 550 47
3.150 560 48
3.125 570 49
3.100 580 49
3.075 590 50
3.050 600 50
3.025 610 51
3.000 620 52
2.975 630 52
2.950 640 53
2.925 650 53
2.900 660 54
2.875 670 55
2.850 680 56
2.825 690 56
2.800 700 57
2.775 710 58
2.750 720 59
2.725 730 59
2.700 730 60
2.675 740-750 61
2.650 760 62
2.625 770 63
2.600 780 64
2.575 790 65
2.550 800 66
2.525 810 67
2.500 820 68
2.475 830 69
2.450 840-850 70
2.425 860 70
2.400 860 71
2.375 870 72
2.350 880 73
2.325 890 74
2.300 900 75
2.275 910 76
2.250 920 77
2.225 930 78
2.200 940 79
2.175 950 80
2.150 960 80
2.125 960 81
2.100 970 82
2.075 980 83
2.050 990 84
2.025 1000 85
2.000 1010 86

[greenyellow]

I don't know anyone couldn't get in with that kind of scale. I think you could get at least 400 points just for putting you name on the test and marking C for every answer.

[woundedknees]

Back when I was an indifferent student, and the SAT was still 1400 Max, I scored an 1100... Truth be told, I was lazy in those days (At least as far as homework goes.), so I had around a 2.3 GPA.

[Oregonian]

I don't know anyone couldn't get in with that kind of scale. I think you could get at least 400 points just for putting you name on the test and marking C for every answer.

Are you sure that's not the old SAT scale? Because even if it's just the Critical Reading + Math, that's ridiculously low.

[Tray Dub]

Moral of the story: you have to be pretty damn dumb and/or lazy not to get in.