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Message: [QUOTE="Antiprodigy, post: 1455561, member: 582"] This is the list of core courses as per [URL]http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/prepare/athletes/ncaa[/URL] 4 years of English 3 years of math (algebra 1 or higher level) 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab science if offered) 1 extra year of English, math, or science 2 years of social science 4 years of additional core courses (from any category above, or in a foreign language, nondoctrinal religion or philosophy) [SIZE=4][B]Academic standards[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]Division I eligibility[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]All students entering college must have completed 16 core courses in high school. [*]Students must earn a minimum required GPA in core courses and a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches this GPA on a sliding scale, [/LIST] Here are examples of non-core courses per [URL]http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/core-courses-counselors[/URL] Not all high school classes are NCAA core courses. Some examples of courses that are not NCAA core courses include: [LIST] [*]Courses in non-core areas, fine arts or vocations such as driver education, typing, art, music, physical education or welding. [*]Courses that prepare students for the world of work or life, or for a two-year college or technical school, such as personal finance, consumer education or tech prep. [*]Courses taught below grade level, at a slower pace or with less rigor or depth, such as basic, essential, fundamental or foundational courses. [*]Courses which are not academic in nature such as film appreciation, video editing or greenhouse management. [/LIST] The NCAA requires a detailed explanation of the scope of each core class from the school(s) the prospective player attended throughout high school. There is even a website schools can go to get their classes certified [URL]https://web3.ncaa.org/hsportal/exec/homeAction[/URL] They then review the information provided. At that point, they may ask for additional information, if it isn't clear to them whether the class meets their requirements. They then rule on whether or not the classes were eligible. In order to be eligible, they must meet the requirements for all the core classes. If they are one short, they can prep a year to get that class. If it is more than one, they must go Juco. Based upon the information we have seen, it is clear that the information the NCAA received about the classes Diange took while still in Senegal was not to their liking, and therefore it was determined that those core classes did not meet their requirements. What is laughable, and why I waste everyone's time with this post is to comment to the few people who don't seem to get it. The NCAA (ie. some employee) reviews the information and makes the decision. SU has [U]no[/U] way of knowing what criteria the NCAA employee uses to determine whether a class meets the standard! Therefore, they had no way of determining whether his classes would meet. They may not even be able to get any of the information from his school in Senegal. Your complaints about someone at SU dropping the ball are at best misguided. At worst, it paints you as having an agenda. [/QUOTE]

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