Requirements for a student to receive a South Carolina Academic Honors Award
- Complete twenty-four units of credit as prescribed
- Be eligible for graduation with a state high school diploma
- Receive a minimum grade of “B” for each semester course in grades 9–12 through the seventh semester
- Achieve either a score of 710 or higher on the SAT verbal, a score of 690 or higher on the SAT mathematics, a score of 30 or higher on the ACT English, or a score of 33 or higher on the ACT mathematics
– OR –
- Complete twenty-four units of credit as prescribed
- Be eligible for graduation with a state high school diploma
- Receive a minimum grade of “B” for each semester course in grades 9–12 through the seventh semester
- Achieve a combined score of 1400 on the SAT verbal and math sections, or an ACT composite score of 31
Of the twenty-four units earned, eighteen units must be college preparatory coursework, four units in additional electives, and two units in one or more of the following: English, science, social studies, or mathematics.
College preparatory coursework includes the following:
- English (English I or above), four units
- Mathematics (Algebra I or above), four units
- Laboratory science, three units
- Social studies (United States History and Constitution, economics and United States Government and one unit of world history, world geography or western civilization), three units
- Computer science, one unit
- Physical education, one unit
- Foreign language, two units
