 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1923 |  |
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to any department of the University, the general conditions
are the following:
1. Sufficient Age.—The minimum legal age is sixteen years; the faculty
advise seventeen or more. Nineteen years is the minimum for admission
to the Department of Law.
2. Good Character.—This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.
3. Adequate Preparation.—This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of
the University.
For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies, see page 69.
For admission to the College, the candidate must present a certificate or
pass an equivalent examination. In either case the amount of preparation required
is measured in terms of units.
A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
This definition of a unit takes the four-year high-school course as a basis
and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to forty
weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that the
study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary circumstances
a satisfactory year's work in any subject cannot be accomplished
in less than one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent. Schools
organized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless, estimate
their work in terms of this unit.
For the requirements as to the number and selection of the units required
for entrance to the College, see page 57.
ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.
For admission by certificate, the applicant should file with the Dean of
the University not later than September 1 a Certificate of Preparation, made
out on the blank form furnished by the University. This certificate must
come from a recognized institution of collegiate rank, from an accredited
public high school, or from an accredited private secondary school.
The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a graduate
of an accredited four-year high school.
The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school
work of standard grade, covering at least fifteen entrance units.
In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.
Private secondary schools in Virginia are accredited by the faculty of
this university after inspection and report by a committee of the faculty.
The university also accredits all four year public high schools which are
fully accredited by the State Board of Education of Virginia. The Dean
of the University is further authorized to accept certificates from schools
outside Virginia, accredited by their own state universities or institutions of
equal rank, or by their own state departments of education, provided the
courses of study offered in such schools meet the requirements demanded
of accredited schools in this state.
If in any accredited school the number of periods given to a study, or
the length of the period, is below the specified standard, the credit for such
subject is reduced pro rata. In the science subjects only half-credit is allowed
unless individual laboratory notebooks, properly attested by the teacher
in charge, are filed with the certificate.
Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.
ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION.
For admission by examination, the candidate must present himself at
the University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the
Program of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under the
honor system, no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual
pledge. All candidates who take their examinations at the times appointed
are tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance, where the grounds of
postponement are good, the President of the University may admit the
candidate to a special examination, for which a fee of five dollars is charged.
This fee is payable in advance, and is in no case returned.
PROGRAM OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.
| June, 1923 | 9-11 A. M. | 11 A. M.-1 P. M. | 3-5 P. M. | Sept., 1923 |
| Mon. 4 | Science D | Greek C | Science F | Mon. 10 |
| Science E | Science A | Science C | ||
| French A | French B | History D | ||
| Tues. 5 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 11 |
| Greek A | Greek B | French C | ||
| Wed. 6 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 12 |
| Spanish A | Spanish B | Science B | ||
| Thurs. 7 | Math. A1 | Math. A2 | Math. B | Thurs. 13 |
| French D | ||||
| Fri. 8 | German A | German B | German D | Fri. 14 |
| Spanish C | Spanish D | Math. C and D | ||
| Sat. 9 | Latin A | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 15 |
| Latin B | German C | English D |
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form. Fuller definitions of the units may be had upon
application to the Dean.
| Subject | Topics | Units |
| English A | Grammar and Grammatical Analysis | 1 |
| English B | Composition and Rhetoric | 1 |
| English C | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| English D | Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature | 1 |
| Mathematics A1 | Algebra to Quadratic Equations | 1 |
| Mathematics A2 | Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula | ½ or 1 |
| Mathematics B | Plane Geometry | 1 |
| Mathematics C | Solid Geometry | ½ |
| Mathematics D | Plane Trigonometry | ½ |
| History A | Greek and Roman History | 1 |
| History B | Medieval and Modern European History | 1 |
| History C | English History | 1 |
| History D | American History and Civil Government | 1 |
| Latin A | Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Latin B | Caesar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin C | Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Latin D | Virgil's Æneid, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Greek B | Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| Greek C | Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition | 1 |
| German A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish C | Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish D | Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Science A | Physical Geography | 1 |
| Science B | Inorganic Chemistry | 1 |
| Science C | Experimental Physics | 1 |
| Science D | Botany | ½ |
| Science E | Zoölogy | ½ |
| Vocational Subjects (Not more than four Units) | ||
| Manual Training |
Mechanical and Projection Drawing | ½ to 1 |
| Free-Hand Drawing | ½ to 1 | |
| Shop-Work | ½ to 4 | |
| Agriculture | (Accredited Agricultural Schools) | 1 to 4 |
| Commercial Subjects |
Commercial Geography | ½ |
| Shorthand | ½ to 1 | |
| Typewriting | ½ | |
| Bookkeeping | 1 | |
| Commercial Arithmetic | ½ to 1 | |
| The University of Virginia record March 15, 1923 | |