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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

For admission to the Freshman Class in the Department of Engineering
the candidate must be at least sixteen years old. He must present a certificate
of honorable withdrawal from the school last attended, or other valid proof of
general good character. He must further satisfy the Dean of the University
as to his adequate preparation for the work by passing the Entrance Examinations
specified below or by the presentation of equivalent certificates of preparation
signed by the president of a recognized institution of collegiate rank, or
by the principal of an accredited high school. The topics required for entrance
and their values in units are as follows, the unit being one year's work on the
subject in an accredited high school:

                     

English A.—Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B.—Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C.—Critical Study of Specimens of Literature	1
Mathematics A1.—Algebra to Quadratics	1
Mathematics A2.—Quadratics, Progressions, Binomial Formula	1
Mathematics B.—Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics C.—Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics D.—Plane Trigonometry	½
History.—Ancient; Mediæval; English; American (any one)	1
Electives	7
Total	15

High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to include
among their electives Physical Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical
Drawing, and Shop-work (valued at one unit each). Other electives which
may be offered are History of English and American Literature (1 unit),
History (4 units), Latin (4 units), Greek (3 units), German (4 units), French
(4 units), Spanish (4 units), Botany (half unit), Zoölogy (half unit).

A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects actually
taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on more than
two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning of
the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the removal of
entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the work credited for
any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A or B or in Mathematics
A1, A2, or B.

A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student, without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old, and gives evidence of serious
purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for which he is registered.
No special student may be a candidate for any degree. No conditioned
student may register later as a special student.