Duke Compliance

The transition from high school to collegiate athletics is both exciting and challenging.  To ensure your success throughout this process, it is important that you understand NCAA rule governing prospective student-athletes. 

 

Am I a prospective student-athlete?

 

You are a prospective student-athlete if you are a high school student who has begun the ninth grade, regardless of whether you participate in athletics. In addition, you are considered a prospective student-athlete if an institution provided you or your family financial assistance or any other benefit that is not offered to other prospective student-athletes.

 

I want to be a collegiate athlete.  What next?

 

The NCAA maintains a document, known as the NCAA Guide for College-Bound Student-Athletes (linked below under "Helpful Links/Initial Eligibility") that outlines various steps of the recruiting and eligibility process.

 

Students should register with the NCAA Eligibility Center at the beginning of their junior year in high school.  The NCAA Eligibility Center will certify the academic and amateur credentials of all college-bound student-athletes who wish to compete in NCAA Division I or II athletics.  You may register online at the NCAA Eligibility Center link included below under "Helpful Links."  At the end of the student's junior year, a transcript, including six semesters of grades, should be sent to the Eligibility Center directly from the high school.  Additionally, students should have their SAT or ACT scores forwarded directly to the Eligibility Center (by using code "9999") whenever they take the exam. 

 

A student may apply to Duke University early in their senior year.  You can apply online at the Undergraduate Admissions site linked below as Undergraduate Admissions under "Duke Links."