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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Admission from Secondary School as a Regular Student: The general
requirements for admission to the University may be found on page 12. For
admission to the College of Arts and Sciences as a regular student, the candidate
must possess an amount of preparation which is at least the equivalent
of that represented by four years of successful work in an accredited school.
He must offer, either by certificate or by examination (see page 13), 15 units,
of which 3 must be in English and 2½ in Mathematics (1½ in Algebra, 1 in
Plane Geometry). The remaining 9½ units may be selected at will from the list
on page 15, but no credit will be given for less than 2 units in any foreign
language.

For admission to the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Architecture, Solid Geometry and secondary school Physics are required. Students
who desire to study architecture but who cannot offer Solid Geometry
and Physics for admission, are advised to enter the regular college course and
to include these subjects in their program of studies.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry should
offer Inorganic Chemistry and Solid Geometry.

Admission from Other Colleges.—An applicant for admission to the College
of this University from an institution of collegiate rank may be admitted
upon presentation of a satisfactory transcript of his record at his former college
(see page 13).

No student suspended from another college for scholastic deficiency or
on probation in another college for scholastic deficiency will be admitted to
the College of this University in the immediately succeeding session, unless
he passes on at least 3 session-hours of work in one term of the Summer
Quarter of this University.

No student from another college will be admitted to the College of this
University if he has ever been suspended or on probation more than once, or
if he has ever been both on probation and suspended.

Advanced Standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing
an examination given sometime during the first month of his first session
that he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the following

courses offered in the college: Latin A1, Greek A1, Greek A2, English
A1, Mathematics A1, German A1, French A1, Spanish A1, Italian A1, History
A1, Music A1. Candidates who apply for examination for advanced standing must
present a special certificate showing that the full content of the course, on which advanced
standing is sought, has been covered in a systematic manner in the
preparatory school, and in addition must present the specific recommendation
of the principal of the school that the candidate be admitted to the advanced
standing examination in question.

College Credit.—Candidates who desire credit for work done at other
colleges, must satisfy the entrance requirements for regular students, and
must, in addition, file with the Dean a certificate covering the courses for
which college credit is desired. The certificate must bear the official signature
of the head of the candidate's college, must specify the character and
content of the courses passed by the candidate, and must give his grades.
The final validation of those certificates which are provisionally accepted is
effected by the successful completion of not less than 12 session-hours of
work during the first session. In no case will credit be given for more than 45
session-hours of work done elsewhere, and any candidate who receives this
maximum amount of credit can count among the remaining 15 session-hours
required for his degree only the credit value of the courses he has passed as
a resident student in the College of Arts and Sciences, exclusive of any
credit for work done in the Summer Quarter or in any of the professional
departments. In every case the candidate must spend the last session of his
candidacy, which must be a regular session of nine months, exclusively in
college work in this University; and the courses offered as Major Electives
must all be completed in residence in this University. A maximum of 15
session-hours may be granted for one year of college work, and 33 hours for two
years.

In general credit will not be granted for work completed elsewhere with
the lowest passing grade, if the grades are given as letters, or with a grade
below 75 per cent., if the grades are given as percentages.

Conditioned Students.—A candidate for admission must offer 15 units
as defined by the Southern Commission on Accredited Schools. At least 13
of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted for admission
on page 15. A student who, while able to offer 15 units, either cannot
offer 15 units as defined in this list, or cannot offer the 5½ required
units mentioned on page 101, may be conditioned on any 2 units not including
English A, B, or C, or Mathematics A1. All conditions should be absolved
before the beginning of the session following initial registration. This may
be done by passing entrance examinations or by passing equivalent courses
in the Summer Quarter. But no course taken to remove a condition may
be counted as part of the work credited toward a degree. No conditioned
student may be awarded a degree until his entrance conditions are absolved,
nor may he be later registered as a special student.

Special Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a special student
without fulfilling the entrance requirements above specified, provided that, if
he is a Virginian, he is more than twenty years old, or, if he is not a Virginian,

he is more than twenty-three years old, on the day of registration, and
gives adequate evidence of serious purpose and of the training needed to pursue
with profit the courses for which he is registered. No special student
may be a candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged
to make up their deficiencies by private study or by taking courses
in the Summer Quarter. They will then be admitted as regular students, and
may be accepted as applicants for degrees, provided all entrance requirements
are met at least one academic year before the date of graduation.

An applicant who has regularly attended a secondary school until he is
twenty years of age without, because of failure, obtaining credit for 15 acceptable
entrance units, will not be admitted as a special student.

Admission of Women.—Women are admitted as candidates for the vocational
degrees of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, Bachelor of
Science in Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Commerce. A candidate
must be at least twenty years old on the birthday preceding matriculation;
must present a certificate showing graduation from an accredited public
high school, or not less than four years' attendance in an accredited private
school, with credit for not less than 15 college entrance units obtained at least
two years before admission to the University; and must in addition show
by proper certificate the completion in a standard college, subsequent to the
credit obtained for 15 entrance units, of at least 30 session-hours (60 semester-hours),
of courses of college grade, in not less than eighteen calendar months.

Admission during the Session.—Students are rarely admitted later than
the beginning of the session. A few, of exceptional preparation and ability,
may be admitted at the beginning of the second term, early in January. No
students are admitted in February.