Calculating Your Eligibility Index
Once you calculate your grade point average, you can use this formula to see if your grade point average and test scores meet the minimum required eligibility index.
- California residents must have a minimum eligibility index of 2900 using SAT scores or 694 using ACT scores. (The SAT score component for CSU is the sum of the mathematics and critical reading scores. Neither ACT nor SAT writing scores are included in the calculation of the CSU Eligibility Index.)
- California nonresidents or nongraduates of California high schools must have a minimum eligibility index of 3502 using SAT scores or 842 using ACT scores.
| SAT Scores: | ACT Scores: |
|---|---|
| (Your GPA ) x 800 + Your SAT Total >>> My index is ______ |
(Your GPA ) x 200 + (10 x ACT Comp) >>> My index is ______ |
If you apply for admission before you graduate from high school, you should compute your GPA using grades earned in a-g courses completed after the 9th grade. Do not include grades you expect to earn in courses you have not completed.
- If you are a California high school graduate (or a resident of California for tuition purposes), you need a minimum eligibility index of 2900 using the SAT or 694 using the ACT.
- Nonresidents of California are required to have a minimum eligibility index of 3502 (SAT) or 842 (ACT).
