5 Admission Requirements The NSU Rising Scholars Program is open to high school juniors and seniors and must meet the criteria found on application form: High school junior eligible to enroll in a high school in South Dakota who meets one of the following requirements: a) earn an ACT composite score or superscore of 24 reflective of the 70% percentile; or b) rank in upper one-third of their graduating class; or c) earn a cumulative high school GPA of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale; High school senior eligible to enroll in a high school in South Dakota who meets one of the following requirements: a) earn an ACT composite score or superscore of 21 reflective of the 50% percentile; or b) rank in the upper one-half of their graduating class; or c) earn a cumulative high school GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale; OR High School junior or senior eligible to enroll in a high school in South Dakota who meets all of the following Undergraduate admissions requirements: a) ACT composite score or superscore of 18 (or 21 for USD & SDSM&T); and b) Successful completion of coursework Requirements • Four Years of English • Three years of advanced mathematics • Three years of laboratory science • Three years of social studies • One year of fine arts OR High School junior or senior eligible to enroll in a high school in South Dakota who meet the benchmark scores on one of the assessments listed below: a) Smarter Balanced – Score Level 3 or higher on the English Language Arts AND Mathematics 11th Grade Assessments. b) PreACT Exam Composite Score of 24 or higher. c) ACCUPLACER Next Generation (QAS – Score 255 or higher AND Writing Score 263 or higher)
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