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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.