A lot of families ask me, “When should I sign for the NCAA Clearinghouse?” The BEST time to sign up for the NCAA Clearinghouse is once you have completed your Junior year in high school.

Now, if you are asking yourself, “What is the NCAA Clearing house?”, a good definition is below from the NCAA website:

NCAA Clearinghouse is for students planning to compete at the either the Division I or Division II level during their freshman year. If you are going to compete as a freshman, then you must be registered with the NCAA Clearinghouse during your senior year in high school. The registration simply certifies that you, the student-athlete, are academically eligible to compete under NCAA regulations and guidelines so you can receive athletic based financial aid.

The Clearinghouse allows NCAA D I and D II coaches to quickly and easily sort through athletes so they know that you are academically eligible to compete at their University. It saves them time instead of having to deal directly with your high school counselor.

You can sign up for the Clearinghouse at: www.ncaaclearinghouse.net

REAL LIFE CLEARINGHOUSE STORY

A high school coach told me about one of his players that had a full-ride scholarship to a school in Northern California to play basketball. The college is a good academic school, and the student-athlete was coming from a prestigious high school. The college coach assumed the athlete was cleared by the NCAA Clearinghouse. Well, when the athlete got up to college, and the coach found out the student-athlete had not registered for the Clearinghouse, the student almost lost his scholarship…even though he was an academic qualifier.

I share that story with you because it is IMPERATIVE that you register with the NCAA Clearinghouse. It does cost some money, and if you need financial assistance with it the NCAA has a way of subsidizing your costs.

I hope this information gives you an idea of how important the NCAA Clearinghouse is to your collegiate future. Do well in the classroom, study for your SAT/ACT’s, and get ready for a GREAT college experience.

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Posted on 17 October '09, under Education.