High school courses taken in middlr school NCAA eligible?

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Hi all - are high school level courses taken in middle school and transferred to her high school transcript able to be counted for NCAA eligibility?

Example - NCAA says kids must have 4 years of English
Student has taken English 1 in 8th grade

English 2
AP Lit
AP Comp in high school.

All are on the high school transcript. All are listed on the school’s list of NCAA eligible courses. Does the fact that English I was taken in 8th grade change anything?

2

Confirm with the eligibility center, but I think as long as it appears on the HS transcript with a grade and credit it should work.

3

You may need an original transcript from the middle school. For the final transcript, the NCAA needs a transcript from each school where a class was taken. My daughter had to have three original transcripts (although all were high schools).

4

I think so, but I would talk with someone at the NCAA to confirm…as long as that class is on your high school transcript and on their list of NCAA approved courses it should be ok.
https://ncaa.egain.cloud/kb/EligibilityHelp/content/KB-2074/Can-high-school-courses-taken-before-ninth-grade-be-used-in-my-certification?query=middle%20school%20course

5

I actually don’t think so - the NCAA eligibility website specifically mentions that there’s course timeline beginning in 9th grade:

Course time limitations
Student-athletes who plan to attend a Division I school have four years or eight semesters after starting grade nine to finish the required 16 core courses. Students who enroll full-time at a Division I school after Aug. 1, 2016, must complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before their seventh semester. Once they begin your seventh semester, they may not repeat or replace any of those 10 courses to improve their core-course GPA.

I’d contact your guidance counselor - ours are very much up to speed on NCAA requirements.

6

Ok for some reason I couldn’t find it last night but I did find it today.

That covers it in the example I’ve posted above. Taken in middle school, on the school’s list of approved courses, and on the transcript with a grade and a credit.

Thanks all!