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Four-Two-Four College Transfer Regulations
Two-Year College Transfer Regulations
There may be a variety of reasons why you have elected to attend a two-year college before attending an NCAA school. Perhaps you wanted to stay close to home or you wanted to save money. Maybe you had no intention of playing intercollegiate athletics at an NCAA school. Or perhaps you did not meet the NCAA's academic qualifying standards (Div. I or Div II)for participation as a freshman at an NCAA school. Whatever your reason may be for attending a two-year college, there are certain requirements that you must meet in order to compete immediately after transferring to an NCAA school.
Division I Transfers
The first thing you need to do is determine whether you would have been a qualifier or a nonqualifier at an NCAA school if you had elected to attend an NCAA college as a freshman. You can receive help from your high-school guidance counselor, a college coach or the NCAA office to determine whether you would have been a qualifier. If you enrolled as a full-time student at a two-year college during or after the 1994-95 academic year, you must register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse only if you need to be classified as a qualifier (rather than the more restrictive transfer and eligibility regulations of a nonqualifier or partial qualifier). Each year the NCAA produces the NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete, a brochure that lists all of the requirements to be a qualifier, as well as registration procedures for the clearinghouse. To receive a copy of this guide, simply contact the NCAA at 317-917-6222 or write to P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN., 46206-6222.
Nonqualifier/Partial Qualifier
(For all student-athletes who first entered a two-year college as a full-time student before August 1, 1996, and student-athletes in sports other than Division I football and basketball who first entered a two-year college as a full-time student on or after August 1, 1996)
If you were a nonqualifier or a partial qualifier based on your high school record and you wish to receive a scholarship, practice and compete at a Division I school immediately after you transfer, you must meet all of the following requirements before you transfer:
1. Graduate from the two-year college [Note: if you attend more than one two-year college, at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to receive your degree must be earned at the two- year college that awards the degree.];
2. Satisfactorily complete a minimum of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours of transferable degree credit [Note: For students first entering the Division I college on or after August 1, 1997, not more than 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer and not more than 9 semester or 13.5 quarter hours of the transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer immediately before transfer.];
3. Have a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours [Note: This requirement applies only to those students who first enrolled as full-time students in a two-year college after August 1, 1988.]; and
4. Have attended the two-year college as a full-time student for at least three semesters or four quarters (excluding summer terms).
If you do not meet all of the requirements listed, you will not be permitted to practice, compete or receive institutional financial aid during your first year at a Division I institution.
Nonqualifier/Partial Qualifier
(In Division I football or basketball, first entering a two-year college as a full-time student on or after August 1, 1996)
If you were a nonqualifier or a partial qualifier based on your high-school record and you wish to participate in the sports of football or basketball, you are not eligible for competition during your first year in residence at a Division I college (except as provided below). You are eligible for institutional financial aid and practice only if you meet all the of the following requirements before you transfer:
1. Graduate from the two-year college [Note: if you attend more than one two-year college, at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to receive your degree must be earned at the two- year college that awards the degree.];
2. Satisfactorily complete a minimum of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours of transferable degree credit [Note: For students first entering the Division I college on or after August 1, 1997, not more than 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer and not more than 9 semester or 13.5 quarter hours of the transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer immediately before transfer.];
3. Have a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours [Note: This requirement applies only to those students who first enrolled as full-time students in a two-year college after August 1, 1988.]; and
4. Have attended the two-year college as a full-time student for at least three semesters or four quarters (excluding summer terms).
Exception: In order to be eligible for competition during your first year at a Division I college, you must meet the requirements listed above and successfully complete at least 35 percent of the course requirements in your specific baccalaureate degree program at the Division I college.
Qualifier
If you were a qualifer based on your high-school record and you wish to compete immediately at a Division I institution, you must meet one of the two options listed below before you transfer:
Option One:
1. Graduate from the two-year college [Note: if you attend more than one two-year college, at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to receive your degree must be earned at the two-year college that awards the degree.];
2. Satisfactorily complete a minimum of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours of transferable degree credit [Note: For students first entering the Division I college on or after August 1, 1997, not more than 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer and not more than 9 semester or 13.5 quarter hours of the transferable degree credit may be earned during the summer immediately before transfer.];
3. Have a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours [Note: This requirement applies only to those students who first enrolled as full-time students in a two-year college after August 1, 1988.]
OR
Option Two:
1. Spend a minimum of two semesters or three quarters at the two-year college (excluding summer sessions);
2. Average 12 hours of transferable degree credit for each semester or quarter attended; and
3. Have a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours. [Note: This regulation applies only to those students who first enrolled as full-time students in a two-year college after August 1, 1988.]
If you do not meet all of the requirements of one of the two options listed above, you will not be permitted to compete in your first year of residence at that school. However, you will be eligible to practice and receive institutional financial aid at the Division I school, provided you are enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies and meet applicable conference and institutional regulations.
Division II Transfers
If you wish to transfer from a two-year college to a Division II school, your eligibility will be determined by the date you have enrolled or will enroll as a full-time student in a Division II institution.
Transfers who enrolled after August 1, 1993
If you wish to transfer from a two-year college to a Division II school, you must determine whether you met the NCAA's academic qualifying standards based on your high-school record. If you enrolled as a full-time student at any college during or after the 1994-95 academic year, you must register with the NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse only if you need to be classified as a qualifier so you may use the transfer and eligibility regulations of a qualifier (rather than the more restrictive transfer and eligibility regulations of a nonqualifier or partial qualifier).
Qualifier
If you were a qualifier based on your high-school record and you wish to compete immediately at a Division II school in its varsity athletics program, you must meet one of the two options listed below before you transfer:
Option One:
Graduate from the two-year college [Note: If you attended more than one two-year college, at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to receive your degree must be earned at the two-year college that awards the degree.],
OR
Option Two:
1. Complete a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of transferable degree credit;
2. Have a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours; and
3. Spend at least two semesters or three quarters in residence at the two-year college (excluding summer sessions).
If you do not meet all of the requirements of one of the two options listed above, you will not be permitted to compete for the varsity team in your first academic year of residence at that school. However, you will be permitted to practice and receive institutional financial aid at the Division II school, provided you are enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies and meet applicable conference and institutional regulations.
Nonqualifier/Partial Qualifier
If you were a partial qualifier or a nonqualifier based on your high-school record and you wish to practice and compete (and for a nonqualifier, receive athletics aid) immediately after transferring to a Division II school, before your transfer you must have attended a two-year college as a full-time student for at least two semesters or three quarters, and:
Option One:
Graduated from the two-year college [Note: If you attended more than one two-year college, at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to your degree must be earned at the two-year college that awards the degree.],
OR
Option Two:
Completed a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of transferable degree credit with a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours, and if you first are entering a two-year college on or after August 1, 1996, you must satisfactorily complete an average of 12 semester or quarter hours of transferable degree credit acceptable toward any baccalaureate degree program at the Division II college for each term in which you are enrolled full time.
If you were a partial qualifier and do not meet either of these requirements, you will not be permitted to practice or compete with the varsity team during your first year at the Division II school. However, you will be permitted to receive institutional financial aid, provided you enroll in a full-time program of studies and meet applicable conference and institutional regulations.
If you were a nonqualifier and do not meet either of these requirements, you will be permitted to receive institutional financial aid that is not from an athletics source, but will not be able to practice or compete with the varsity team during your first academic year in residence at the Division II school.
Division III Transfers
If you wish to transfer to a Division III school, you will be eligible to compete immediately if you meet one of the following requirements before you transfer:
Option One:
You have not previously participated in intercollegiate athletics,
OR
Option Two:
You have participated in intercollegiate athletics, and you would have been eligible academically if you had remained at the two-year college.
If you do not meet all the requirements of one of the two options listed above, you will not be permitted to compete in your first year of residence at that school, However, you will be eligible to practice and receive institutional financial aid at the Division III school, provided you are enrolled in a minimum full-time program of studies and meet applicable conference and institutional regulations. Keep in mind that Division III institutions do not award athletics scholarships.
Four-Year College Transfer Student-Athlete
A transfer student from a four-year institution shall not be eligible for intercollegiate competition at a Division I, II or III institution until the student has fulfilled a residence requirement of one full academic year (two full semesters or three full quarters) at the certifying institution. Further, a transfer student-athlete admitted after the 12th class day may not utilize that semester or quarter for the purpose of establishing residency.
Recruiting of Four-Year College Prospects: An athletic staff member or other representative of Loyola Marymount athletics interests (booster) shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining permission from the first institution's athletic director, regardless of who makes the initial contact.
"4-2-4" Transfers
If you originally enroll at a four-year college, transfer to a two-year college and then wish to transfer to a Division I or II NCAA school, there is a separate set of rules you must meet in order to compete immediately at the Division I or II school. You must meet all of the conditions of one of the four following options before you transfer in order to compete immediately after transferring from the two-year college:
Option One:
1. You must have completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of transferable degree credit with a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 [Note: If you enrolled as a regular student in a two-year college before January 10, 1990, the 24 semester or 36 quarter hours do not need to be transferable degree credit with a 2.000 grade-point average.];
2. One calendar year must have elapsed since your transfer from the four-year college; and
3. You must have graduated from the two-year college [Note: if you attended more than one two-year college at least 25 percent of the credit hours you need to receive your degree must be earned at the two-year college that awards the degree.];
Option Two:
You return to the NCAA school from which you transferred to the two-year college provided you did not have an unfulfilled residence requirement at the time you left the NCAA school;
Option Three:
1. The four-year college you originally attended did not sponsor the sport in which you compete (and you did not attend any other college that did sponsor the sport);
2. You were a qualifier based on your high-school record;
3. You completed 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours of transferable credit with a minimum grade-point average of 2.000 in your transferable credit hours;
4. You completed 12 semester or quarter hours of transferable credit for each term you were a full-time student at the two-year college; and
5. You spent at least two semesters or three quarters as a full-time student at the two-year college;
Option Four:
If you are transferring to a Division II college and, for a consecutive two-year period immediately before you begin practice or competition, you have not practiced or competed in intercollegiate competition or in organized noncollegiate competition while enrolled as a full-time student at a college. This two-year period would not include any time before your first full-time enrollment at any two- or four-year college.
If you do not meet all of the conditions set forth in one of these four options, you will not be eligible for competition at a Division I of II school until you spend one academic year in residence at that school. However, you will be eligible to practice and receive institutional financial aid, provided you are enrolled in a full-time program of studies and meet applicable institutional and conference regulations.
