<p>Can any mids currently participating in varsity sports, or anyone else who can answer, please tell me if you need to do the whole NCAA Clearinghouse thing to participate and/or practice in sports at USNA? Thanks for the help...</p>
<p>Yes, you must register with the Clearinghouse to play Varsity sports.</p>
<p>In the permit to report package, there is a small postcard that you fill out which is the NCAA clearinhouse information. They tell you to bring it to I-Day....</p>
<p>We went through the registration process. A bit of a nuisance, but the coach told us it is absolutely necessary in order to compete on a varsity team.</p>
<p>And, if you were recruited, don't forget to send your final semester's grades to the Clearinghouse as well.</p>
<p>NCAA requires all athletes, recruited or not, to be registered with the Clearinghouse. That registration process will not be considered complete until the final transcript is received.</p>
<p>how do you register to the clearing house?..I only put them on my ACT packet, and my counselor has said nothing about the NCAA clearing house to me since lasat august....is it to late to register...</p>
<p>Go to the website listed above. You have to submit your school transcripts (see the guidance office for that) and your ACT/SAT scores. I don't think it is too late (anyone know if there is a cutoff date?) You can call the Clearinghouse if you have any specific questions. I found the staff to be pretty helpful.</p>
<p>Once they receive the info, they will screen it to determine your eligibility. It is based on grades for the core classes required by the NCAA. My daughter's profile on their site lists two different ratings: Division I and D II. They evaluate your GPA for the classes required by the two different divisions and assign a GPA. Sounds complicated, but your only real responsibility lies in getting the info to the NCAA. They take it from there. </p>
<p>Previous posters are right when they say you can't compete in a sport without being registered with the Clearinghouse. The swim coach reminded us more than once to make sure everything was completed. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I don't believe there is a cutoff date...but I wouldn't doubt that the NCAA Clearinghous processes the applications on the order in which they are received. Therefore, it benefits the requestor to send the information in as early as possible; if one does not get cleared by the NCAA, that person cannot compete and/or practice with the team.</p>
<p>There is no cutoff, but as Jadler mentioned, they are processed in the order received, as soon as verifying transcripts are received. This time of year, they get pretty bogged down. My mid misunderstood and thought you couldn't register with the clearinghouse until after final transcripts were submitted and waited until after graduation. He almost was prohibited from practice/tryouts due to the delay in processing. They will give a preliminary eligibility based on completed coursework, and then only a final clearing is needed after graduation.</p>
<p>Get this stuff in ASAP.
CM</p>
<p>Well, for homeschoolers, we can't send in the paperwork until the final transcript and the diploma are done. We sent in our portfolio to our accrediting school on Friday, but can do nothing further until the school sends us the stuff back. All the other paperwork is done--lots of it! We went through the NCAA process a few years ago--it was REALLY a nightmare back then!</p>