Question: What’s the current minimum number required to meet the Ivy League Academic Index (AI)?
Answer: 184
AI calculations are different this year as a result of the pandemic and optional test scores, so this may change again when (if?) things get back to normal. Still, it’s good to know what the minimum is, even if the calculations are more convoluted than ever.
Question: Given that the Ivy League is test-optional for applicants this year, is the league still requiring test scores (SAT or ACT) for athletes as part of the Academic Index?
Answer: No, test scores are not required for athletes as part of the AI.
On the surface, this appears to make it easier for some students to be admitted who wouldn’t have been admitted if a test score were required. (The case for removing what is generally perceived as a socio-economic barrier.) There’s certainly some truth to that. However, as a result of removing the test scores, transcripts, classes, etc. are getting closer scrutiny, so the reverse could also be true. While meeting the AI minimum was never an automatic pass, if you hit the numbers, your chances were very, very good. You didn’t have much else to prove. Without the test score, it seems to be more subjective. Therefore, it’s possible that it won’t be any easier, and may even be harder, for athletes, especially low band, borderline ones, to be admitted.
Bonus Question: If you have a test score, can your AI be calculated using the test score? In other words, can it be calculated the old way?
Answer: Yes, and the higher of the two AI calculations (with and without the test score) will be used to make the determination.
Question: What was the median family income of Yale College students in 2016? (This is presumably similar for most Ivy League schools.)
Answer: $193,000
The Patriot League has an academic index (a minimum academic requirement) that athletes must meet to be admissible and eligible to compete. Army West Point and the Naval Academy have fairly unique admissions processes that are much more involved/stringent/difficult than the rest of the Patriot League.
Question: Do Army West Point and Naval Academy athletes still have to meet the Patriot League Academic Index, or is admission to the Academy enough?
Answer: Yes. It’s possible to be admitted to the Academy and NOT be eligible to compete in Patriot League sports, although that would be a rare occurrence.
Bonus question: Do athletes have to meet the AI even if they come through the Academy prep schools?
Answer: Yes, there’s no difference between being admitted directly to the Academy vs entering through the prep school.
Question: What % of all men’s basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school depart their initial school by the end of their sophomore year?
Answer: 40%
Here’s the link to the complete article on the NCAA website.
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/tracking-transfer-division-i-men-s-basketball
There is a relatively small group of what many would consider top level prep school boys’ basketball programs, and a number of well known and successful coaches. Comparing programs and coaches is not easy, as each school has different academic and financial parameters. Athletic and academic success at the college level would seem to be one obvious measure. Still, the facts below are likely a surprise to most people, even many of those who are paying close attention.
Question: Which prep school in the last 15 years has had all-league men’s basketball players in the Ivy League (more than any other prep school?), Patriot League (including defensive player of the year), Colonial Athletic Association (two time all-league and academic all-league) and MEAC (including player of the year and HBCU player of the year), as well as a first team D2 all-American, Ivy League rookie of the year and NESCAC rookie of the year?
Answer: The Hun School of Princeton, under coach Jon Stone
The NCAA uses a sliding scale to determine D1 eligibility and will be using one in the future to determine D2 eligibility. Today’s quiz regarding these eligibility requirements has two parts.
Part 1
Question: What year do the new eligibility rules go into effect for D1 basketball?
Answer: For students entering college beginning in August of 2016
Part 2
Question: What year do the new eligibility rules go into effect for D2 basketball?
Answer: For students entering college beginning in August of 2018
Today’s quiz involves core-courses required by the NCAA to be a qualifier at the D1 or D2 level. This is a multi-part quiz.
Part 1a
Question: What is the maximum number of core-courses the NCAA allows a prep school post-graduate student to get credit for towards D1 eligibility?
Answer: 1
Part 1b
Question: What is the maximum number of core-courses the NCAA allows a prep school post-graduate student with a documented learning issue (LD, IEP etc.) to get credit for towards D1 eligibility?
Answer: 3
Part 2
Question: What is the maximum number of core-courses the NCAA allows a prep school post-graduate student to get credit for towards D2 eligibility?
Answer: Unlimited
Bonus
Question: How may times does the NCAA allow a student take the SAT or ACT in order to raise his/her score as a post-graduate?
Question: What’s the maximum number of points the NCAA will allow a student to raise his/her SAT or ACT score as a post-graduate?
Answer: There is no limit to the number of times a post-graduate student can take the SAT or ACT or the number of points a student can raise his/her score.
True or False? NCAA D1 men’s and women’s basketball programs offer the same number of scholarships per team.
False. Women can offer 15, men have a limit of 13.
True or False? Getting a scholarship at the D1 level means getting a full scholarship.
False. Only a handful of sports offer full scholarships to their entire team. They are generally just the high profile or revenue producing sports.