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NCAA Core Course Worksheet

All 16 required core units for Division I and II — but filled in from your actual courses instead of blank boxes. Enter what you've taken and the worksheet shows which requirement each course satisfied, which subjects are still short and by how many units, and what's left to schedule. Print it and take it to your counselor.

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Your core GPA

3.000

4/16

core units counted

0.02.02.22.34.0

Past both lines — protect it. Every semester still counts.

4 of 16 best-16 units filled

This core GPA is an estimate computed from the courses entered here. Official certification comes only from the NCAA Eligibility Center.

Computed the way the NCAA computes it: your best 16 units that satisfy the D1 subject distribution — not an average of everything you took. Final numbers depend on your school's approved course list.

English

1 / 4

English 9 (B)

3 more units needed — from English

Math (Algebra I or higher)

1 / 3

Algebra I (B)

2 more units needed — from Math

Natural / physical science

1 / 2

Biology (A)

1 more unit needed — from Natural / physical science

Extra English, math or science

0 / 1

1 more unit needed — from English, Math, Natural / physical science

Social science

1 / 2

World History (C)

1 more unit needed — from Social science

Additional core

0 / 4

4 more units needed

This is a snapshot. Eligibility is a four-year trend.

A free account keeps this transcript, recalculates your standing every marking period, and tells you the week a grade puts a division at risk — the warning is never paid. What a plan adds is the record over time: every season saved side by side, the trend a college coach can actually read.

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Common questions

What are the 16 NCAA core courses for Division I?

4 units of English, 3 of math (Algebra I or higher), 2 of natural/physical science, 1 additional English/math/science, 2 of social science, and 4 additional core units (from any category, or foreign language/comparative religion).

How is Division II different?

D2 requires the same 16 total units with a different split: 3 English, 2 math, 2 science, 3 additional English/math/science, 2 social science, and 4 additional core units.

What's the 10/7 rule?

For Division I, 10 of your 16 core courses must be completed before your seventh semester (senior year) — and 7 of those 10 must be in English, math, or science. Those 10 grades are then locked into your core GPA; senior-year retakes can't replace them.

How do I know if a class counts as core?

Your high school maintains an NCAA-approved core course list (searchable on the NCAA Eligibility Center site by school code). If a course isn't on your school's approved list, it doesn't count — even if it sounds academic.