New NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards - University of Tennessee Athletics

Feb. 12, 2003

The NCAA has recently amended the initial eligibility requirements that will have a significant impact on prospective student-athletes. If you are not already aware of these changes, they are listed below.

In order to be eligible for financial aid, practice, and competition a prospective student-athlete must meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements (outlined below). The NCAA has passed "new" initial eligibility requirements that go into effect for those student-athletes who enroll on or after August 1, 2003. However, the NCAA has granted a two-year window where either the "old" or "new" NCAA initial eligibility requirements may be used.

Beginning for all prospective student-athletes, which enter on or after August 1, 2005, must use the "new" initial eligibility standards.

Be aware, by meeting the NCAA initial eligibility standards does not grant admission to The University of Tennessee

NEW NCAA INITIAL ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS

A qualifier is defined as one who is a high-school graduate and who presents the following two academic qualifications:

(1) A minimum cumulative grade point in a successfully completed core curriculum of at least 14 academic courses including the following:

English	?	4 years
Mathematics	(two years of mathematics courses at the level of Algebra I or higher)	2 years
Natural or physical science	(including at least one laboratory if offered by the high school)	2 years
Additional courses	in English, mathematics, or natural or physical science	1 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]	3 years
The record of the above courses and course grades must be certified by the initial-eligibility clearinghouse using an official high-school transcript or official correspondence forwarded directly from the high school or upon a high-school transcript forwarded by an institution's admissions office, and"

(2) Initial-Eligibility Index. Freshmen may establish eligibility using the following eligibility index:

Core GPA	SAT	Sum ACT
3.550 & above	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

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