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hi guys today you're going to learn everything you need to know about the NCAA eligibility center in standardized testing I'm going to break up this presentation into three parts the first part will cover the NCAA eligibility center from what it is why you need to register how to register how to say hello to people with a 16 core courses are that you need to take while you're in high school and how to apply for amateurism the second part will be about the SAT and the third part will be about the ACT so what is the NCAA eligibility center well first of all the NCAA eligibility center and the NCAA Clearinghouse are the same thing I typically refer to it as the clearing house but I will most likely be going back and forth without even noticing just so you guys know the the same thing as an organization outside of the NCAA which performs academic record of valuations to determine if a prospective student-athlete you is eligible to participate at an NCAA division 1 College as a freshman first-year student athlete okay so again college and university or also used interchangeably I know for a lot of the Canadians myself included college and university mean two different things in Canada okay but for her here in the US College University same thing so I will be using those interchangeably as well sometimes they even refer to them just as schools okay so this only applies to the NCAA division 1 universities division three universities do not require that their student-athletes register with the I'll touch on this more in the next few slides but just be aware that this is for the NCAA division 1 schools why do you need to register with the NCAA eligibility center quite simply if you want to plan to do play sports at a division 1 you need to register and have your academic and amateurism evaluations completed if you do not register and complete your academic and amateurs and evaluations you have zero chance of attending a division 1 University to play hockey hey so you also need be registered with an account before you can make official visits or sign a national letter-of-intent in division 1 there's no way around this I'll discuss both amateurism and what you need for your academic evaluation and just a little bit we'll talk about the NCAA eligibility center in division 3 schools hey let's say you had your heart set on a division 3 school and you want to play hockey there and get your education okay you do not need to register with the NCAA eligibility center I just mentioned that and saying it again Kate division 3 schools they set their own Admissions and eligibility standards however you can create a free profile page that will provide you with an NCAA ID number and important reminders throughout your high career can you will be able to transition to a certification account at any time if you decide to play Division 1 Sports so what do you need in order to register first of all you will be given two options when register one is by creating an account the other is by creating a profile page if you intend to play at a division 1 school please create an account if you intend to play the division 3 school please create a profile page if you are unsure or open to both please. account a the profile Pages free the account will cost you $80 now in order to register for a certification account or profile page you will need a valid email address basic personal contact information in your high school or sec preschool education history certification accounts will also need your sports participation history and payment information the Clearinghouse also recommends that you use an email address that you checked frequently and one that you will use after you've graduated high school this is really important for receiving information from the ncaaa okay I so make sure you use an email address that you've been using since you were little and you plan to use until you get old okay so now we're going to talk about how you stay eligible while you're in High School case we're literally going to go from Grade 9 all the way through grade 12 and I'm going to give you tasks that you need to do every single year so starting in Grade 9 while you're in Grade 9 ask your counselor for a list of your high schools and ee core courses to make sure you take the right classes I'll go over what those courses are in a little bit later in this lesson if you're not in Grade 9 yet or you've already completed it just make sure you speak with your guidance counselor to make sure you're taking the right classes then comes your sophomore year Graton from my Canadiens out there aren't you will need to register with the NCAA eligibility center at the beginning of grade 10 right I have a link to register underneath this video so even if you're only in Grade 9 you can always log back into the score and references video and the link to make sure you're doing what's necessary you can always register before grade 10 if there's interest from coaches at Division 1 schools we just recommend that you do it by at least you're great 10-year it's also a good idea to talk with school here interested in before send the money to register your account won't be processed until a college coach asked that your profile be placed on the institutional request list also known as the i r l grade 11 there are three things you need to do to stay but with the ncaaa the first is to check with your counselor to make sure you will graduate on time with the required number of NCAA core courses the second is to take the act or sat and submit your scores to the NCAA using Code 9999 I will go over the SAT and ACT and just a little bit the third thing at the end of the year ask your counselor to upload your official transcript to the NCAA eligibility center grade 12 you have to finish any remaining core courses and if necessary take the act or sat again and submit your scores to the NCAA using that same code 9999 can you can take the ACT and sat as many time did you like typically some would take it more the spring of their junior year so their grade 11 year but we're seeing a trend more and more that players are taking it at the beginning of their great 11-year so maybe they don't do as well as they had hoped they can now take it in the spring as well as the fall of their grade 12 year so the more times you can take it the better chances you have of getting a better score a couple of other things that need to be done once you've graduated from high school and you have to complete all academic amateurs and questions in your NCAA eligibility center account okay you can access that eligibilitycenter.org and again there's a link under this video that will send you straight there but make sure you go through their list of questions and you check them off as need it for the academics and the amateurism you will not be cleared by the NCAA until you do that and after you graduate make sure you ask your counselor to submit your final official transcript with proof of graduation to the NCAA eligibility City Center unless you guys do all these things and you check everything off that that chart that's underneath this video okay make sure the check mark beside everything because if you don't the NCAA will not clear you and what that means is you cannot participate in anything with the team until you do so so you can't work out with the team you can't skate with the team you can't practice you can't play games you're basically just a student you're not a student-athlete yet okay and and compliance every University of the compliance office and they will not allow you to participate in till they get word from the NCAA that you've been cleared by so very very important for you guys to do this if you have questions about any of this so far as the videos sending a help ticket and we will definitely do everything we can to make sure you're on the right track okay guys okay so while explaining to you what you need to do in order to stay eligible I mentioned the core courses if you plan to play NCAA division 1 hockey you must complete all 16 for courses hey this includes four years of 3 years of math Algebra 1 or higher two years of natural physical science that can include one year of lab science if your high school offers it one additional year of English math or natural physical science two years of so science in for additional years of English math natural or physical science social science foreign language comparative religion or philosophy okay so for most for additional years you can pick any of the ones that are mentioned are flamingos math I may be set at a foreign language that you want to do or religion class philosophy class whatever it maybe it doesn't have to be specific ones from that just for additional years of okay so these are the 16 core courses that I'm referring to you you need to make sure that you and your guys answer on the same page that he or she knows that these are your classes that you must complete so there are a couple of other rules that go along with a 16 core courses okay so you also have to complete 10 of these core courses including seven in English math or natural physical science before your 7th semester so once you begin your 7th semester the beginning of your grade 12 year you may not repeat or replace any of those ten courses to improve your core course GPA can you also have to earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses and you have to earn it sat combined score or act some score matching your corecoursegpa on the division 1 how do you spell which balances basically your test score in your corecoursegpa so if you have a low test score you're going to need a higher corecoursegpa to be eligible if you have a low corecoursegpa you need a higher test scores be eligible that makes do the sliding scale one balance is the other out okay so make sure that you're doing everything you need to in the classroom make that GPA as high as you can make it and then do as well as you can on those act and SATs obviously the higher you score on the SAT TT and the higher GPA the easier it'll be to clear the NCAA Clearinghouse in the more opportunities that opens for you with with colleges okay amateurism what is it the NTW promote sandwich to create basically a Level Playing Field for all student-athletes those who compete in college sports are students first athlete second if you want to compete in the NCAA division 1 School you must be an amateur athlete this does not apply to division preschools just Division 1 schools okay you may request an amateurism certification decision from the NCAA eligibility center on or after April 1st before your enrollment in college that means in your senior year 12:00 High School hate login makes a request follow the instructions in your good to go pay the link to do so was under this video actually believed the PDF so to walk you through what you need in order to request your amateurism moving on to the SAT and the ACT do to be successful in college students need to be prepared for college coursework and division won the ncaaa set academic initial eligibility standards to take into account your GPA and the standardized test scores that being the SAT and ACT okay it also takes the core courses that you've taken in high school and the grades earned in those courses division 3 schools hold student-athletes to the same overall standards for the institution voice search app lying to but all student-athletes must meet the unique acceptance requirements of that college or university that they plan to attend and that could actually exceed the expectations of the ncaa's standards so what is the SAT your SAT score is important in your college applications most colleges use these scores to help decide whether to admit students are not the SAT is an entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make it missions decisions so the idea in C at least she has to provide colleges with one common criteria that can be used to compare all applying students however it is just one factor in the admissions decision schools are also consider your high school GPA your academic transcript letter recommendation extracurricular activities interviews and personal essays the weight place on SAT scores varies from school to school the SAT exam is offered nationally every year in October November December January March May and June I blink all the upcoming SAT test dates below this video Simply click on it and see when the next dates are sat registration deadlines fall proximately 5 weeks before each test. so what makes up the SAT as of March 2016 there are two Sat sections math and evidence-based reading and writing plus there is an option of an essay the essay results are reported separately to finish the test will take you 3 hours and 50 minutes yes really eat section of the SAT is scored on a 200 to 800 point scale making the Perfect Score 6 100 I did not get a 1600 my roommate in Prep School came pretty close to it though you know she also went on to attend Harvard and played for their squash team guy so there are several practice test you can take you can find them online please that can help you prepare for the SAT and if that's something you're interested in just open up a help ticket and we will set you up with a few companies that we know of that a reputable and any can help you guys in that okay so what is the act the act like the SAT is an entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions same idea colleges universities use this is the criteria to kind of compare all the Apple play The Weight place on the ACT score varies just like the SAT from school to school so they also take into consideration you know that letters of recommendation the transcripts at your high school GPA is interviews as you begin to talk to coach this in different schools make sure you ask them what you need to get in order to be accepted and we will cover this in our communication chapter later on but just make a note that that's something that you're going to need to ask when you're talking to coaches the ACT is offered Emily every year in September October December February April and June and beginning in 2018 the test will also be offered in July so that's going to be new so what makes up the ACT he has four sections English reading math and science there's also an optional 40-minute writing test some schools may require the reading test so be sure again to ask before you take it it will take you approximately 3 hours in 40 minutes with the essay to take the ACT you learn one ACT score between 1 and 36 on each test English math reading and Science and a composite ACT score which is an average of these for usually when people ask about your score they're referring to your composite ACT score okay so the composite score Falls between 1 and 36 the national average is about 21 so if for example you scored us do you want on your English 30 on the mass at 29 on the reading and a 30 and science your composite ACT score would be 30 and I mentioned how the act includes an optional essay known as the writing test if you take the reading you will receive a reading test subscore in a combined English writing score so when do you take the ACT will students have traditionally taken the act in the spring of their junior year and if necessary again in the fall of their senior year and I alluded it's a little bit earlier in the presentation how more and more students are choosing to take their first ACT earlier such as during their their fall of their junior year so the fall of their grade 11 year I would suggest you do this as a give you more flexibility and times take the ACT test registration deadlines same as easy as the SAT they fall approximately 5 weeks before before each test date so the big question we always get should I take the act or the SAT is one murder is one better more prestigious if only it were that simple right many cases schools will accept either exam so it's up to you to figure out which test to take a my opinion the best way to decide if the SAT or act is for you is to take a timed full-length practice test in each since the content and style of the SAT and ACT are very similar factors like how you handle time pressure and what types of questions you find most challenging can help you Herman which test is a better fit for example the pace of the SAT gives you a tad more time to think through problems while the ACT can be more of a Time French some soon as really tribe under the pressure of the clock While others prefer the extra Ponder a question okay I just threw a ton of information at you in this session there's a checklist for everything you need to do from Grade 9 to 12 underneath this video print it out follow it as your guidance counselor and you'll be on the right path regardless of what grade you're in right now is you're taking this course you have access to this material for life so whenever you log in the video you're watching the links they're all up-to-date hey I'm actually going to encourage you to do did you go through high school because sometimes rules change procedures change tasks change and will always update the information so it's irrelevant as you watch it are you guys I'll see you on the next session

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