I am a newbie here. My son is starting his senior year. He is basically an A student (but wasn't always) He did well on the ACT (25). He is going to take it again to see if he can improve that score. I have seen some information reagarding GPA, and cumulative ACT that I am having trouble sorting out. As for the ACT, is the writing portion included. If not, he would have to score between 26 and 27 in each section to meet the 105 cumulative score. GPA, is that current or cumulative? He is getting looks from dI, dII and dIII. I was wondering about the academic combined with the athletic money with this scenerio. Any clarity you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

For D1,
"15.5.3.2.1.1 Academic Honor Awards. ....ranked in the upper 10 percent of the high school graduating class or achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.500 (based on a maximum of 4.000) or a minimum ACT
sum score of 105 or a minimum SAT score of 1200 (critical reading and math). "

D2,
"15.02.4.3 Exempted Institutional Financial Aid. ....ranked in the upper 20 percent of the high school graduating class or achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.500 (based on a maximum of 4.000) or a minimum ACT sum score of 100 or a minimum SAT score of 1140 ."

D3 has no provision, I believe.

The ACT is for all 4 tests, but you may combine the best score on each section from more than one testing session. See 14.3.1.3.2.

See the D1, D2, and D3 manuals here. You can use the Database search feature (I used the keyword ACT) to look for related rules.

3FingeredGlove: you are so handy to have around. You always know chapter and verse for us all. Thank you.

Thank you so much. I believe that he is ok on the GPA portion. We will have to see how he scores on the ACT tomorrow.

3 fingers:

So does the D1 Academic Honor Awards criteria mean that son can qualify for Academic money AND Athletic money if he meets any one of the above (SAT/ACT/GPA) requirements?

Keep in mind also that not every school does the same thing with athletic and academic monies---regardless of what the NCAA permits many colleges do not and will not combine the monies

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Originally posted by gamefan:
3 fingers:

So does the D1 Academic Honor Awards criteria mean that son can qualify for Academic money AND Athletic money if he meets any one of the above (SAT/ACT/GPA) requirements?

Yes and no. Whether he qualifies for the academic money is irrelevant. What is relevant is, will the academic money be counted as athletic aid. By qualifying for Academic Honor Awards, the answer to that is no, which means the student can accept athletic and academic money in what is commonly termed "blended" scholarship dollars, and not have the academic portion counted against the schools 11.7 budgeted scholarships.