Legal Resources | Title 5 | T5 30506
New Applicant Scoring Process Used by the California Student Aid Commission.
Applications of nominees received by the California Student Aid Commission shall be scored in the following manner:
(a) For an applicant who has completed fewer than 30 semester units or 45 quarter units of college the score shall be computed using one of the following formulas:
Combined Math & Verbal
Overall high school score on Scholastic
Score = grade point average X 100 + Aptitude Test (SAT)
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10,000
or
Composite
score on the American
College Test converted
Overall high school to an equivalent
Score = grade point average x 100 + SAT score
__________________
10,000
(b) For an applicant who has completed 30 or more semester units or 45 or more quarter units of college, the score shall be computed using one of the following formulas:
Combined Math & Verbal
Overall actual or score on Scholastic
Score = imputed college X 100 + Aptitude Test (SAT)
Overall high school to an equivalent
grade point average ----------------------------------
10,000
or
Composite
score on the American
College Test converted
Overall actual or to an equivalent
Score = imputed college X 100 + SAT score
grade point average ----------------------------------
10,000
In subsection (B) of this section, "imputed college grade point average" means a number provided by an institution when that institution does not calculate actual grade point averages. The institution shall submit documentation showing that the imputed college grade point average is statistically valid. An imputed college grade point average shall be used only when there is no actual college grade point average.
In this section "equivalent SAT score" means composite ACT score multiplied by 44.4444. An equivalent SAT score shall be computed only when there is no actual SAT score.
Grade point average shall be computed based on 4.0 as the maximum.
Authority cited:
Education Code 69741
Education Code 69742
References:
United States Code, Title 20, Section 1111d(b)
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34, Section 653.32(a).
(Amended by Register 88, No. 53.)