OBTAIN NEEDED DOCUMENTS
- Obtain your high school's list of NCAA-Approved Core Courses.
- Get your high school transcript (from each school attended).
LIST COURSES, GRADES, AND CREDITS
- Write the course title.
- Write the grade.
- Write the amount of credit earned.
- Semester unit = .50; Year unit = 1.0
DO THE MATH
- Determine quality points for each course.
- A = 4; B = 3; C = 2; D = 1
- Multiply the quality points by the amount of credit earned.
- (A year's unit (1.0) grade of "A" equals 4.0 quality points.)
- Pluses and minuses are not used
CALCULATE YOUR GPA
- Calculate your core-course grade point average.
- Divide the total amount of quality points by the number of core course units.
- The Eligibility Center will do the final calculation from your final transcript.
- 50 quality points and 16 core-courses 50/16 = 3.12 GPA.
COMPARE
- Monitor status using the appropriate division standard.
- If you are deficient, meet with a counselor and plan to enroll in courses before graduation.
- If you complete more than 16 core-courses, the
Eligibility Center will select the highest grades to calculate the GPA.
You can also access information from the NCAA Eligibility Center or by talking to your school counselor
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