ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
The general requirements for admission to the University may be found on
page 101. For admission to the College, the candidate should 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 103), fifteen units, of which three must be in
English, two and one-half in Mathematics (one and one-half in algebra, one
in plane geometry), and one in History. The remaining eight and one-half
units may be selected at will from the list on page 102, but no credit will be given
for less than two units in any foreign language. Candidates who expect to
apply for the degree of B.S. in Architecture should offer Solid Geometry and
Physics if possible.
In addition to the above, each candidate must pass at the University a
qualifying examination in English before his registration can be completed.
This examination will be held on the Tuesday of the first week of the session.
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 or A2
or A3, German A1, Mathematics A1, French A, Spanish A. 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. This examination will be held on the Tuesday of the week during
which entrance examinations are held.
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 of the College 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 such certificates is effected by the successful completion of not less
than 12 session-hours of work during his first session. In no case will credit
be given on more than forty-five session-hours of work done elsewhere, and
any candidate who receives this maximum amount of credit can count among
the remaining fifteen session-hours required for his degree only the credit value
of the courses he has passed as a resident student in the College, 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 have been 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.
Conditioned Students.—A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen units
as defined by the Southern Commision on Accredited Schools. At least thirteen
of the units offered must be included in the list of units accepted for admission
on page 102. A student who, while able to offer fifteen units, cannot offer
fifteen units as defined in this list may be conditioned on any two units not
including English A, B, or C, or Mathematics A1. All conditions must 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
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
deficiences 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.
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 certificates 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 fifteen 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 fifteen
entrance units, of at least thirty session-hours, (sixty semester-hours), of courses
of college grade, in not less than eighteen calendar months.
