SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The Subjects accepted for Admission and their values in units are
given in tabulated form on the opposite page. Fuller Definitions of the
Units follow immediately after. The applicant for admission may enter
either by certificate or by examination.
For Admission by Certificate the candidate must file with the dean
of the university not later than September first a Certificate of Preparation,
made out on the blank form furnished by the university. This
certificate must come from some recognized institution of collegiate rank
or from an accredited high school, but admission by certificate from accredited
public high schools in Virginia shall be extended only to graduates
from four year high-schools. It must bear in all cases the signature
of the head of the school; must specify the character and content of each
course offered for entrance credit; must give the length of time devoted
to the course and the dates of the examinations; and must give the candidate's
grades in percentages. Each unit in the entrance requirements
is the equivalent of one full year of high school work, including five
periods a week of at least forty minutes each during not less than
thirty-six weeks. For schools in which the number of periods given
to any study, or the length of the period, is below the standard here
specified, the credit for such study will be reduced pro rata. In the
scientific subjects two hours of laboratory instruction will be counted
as the equivalent of one hour of recitation. High school courses in
Physics and Chemistry, otherwise adequate, will be allowed half credit,
when individual laboratory work is not done by the student or is not
attested by proper note books 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.
For Admission by Examination the candidate must present himself
for test at the University of Virginia in June or in September, according
to the dates given in the Programme of Entrance Examinations, page
79. 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 an additional fee of five dollars is charged. The fee is
payable in advance and is in no case returned. Satisfactory certificates
as to character and age are in all cases required.
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION
| Subject |
Topics |
Units |
| English A |
English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis |
1 |
| English B |
English Composition and Rhetoric |
1 |
| English C |
Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature |
1 |
| English D |
History of English and American Literature |
1 |
| Mathematics A |
Algebra to Quadratic Equations |
1 |
| Mathematics B |
Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula |
½ |
| Mathematics C |
Plane Geometry |
1 |
| Mathematics D 1 |
Solid Geometry |
½ |
| Mathematics D 2 |
Plane Trigonometry |
½ |
| History A |
Greek and Roman History |
1 |
| History B |
Mediæval 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 |
Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition |
1 |
| Latin C |
Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition |
1 |
| Latin D |
Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition |
1 |
| Greek B |
Grammar; Composition; Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV |
2 |
| German |
Grammar, Composition, and Translation |
2 |
| French |
Grammar, Composition, and Translation |
2 |
| Spanish |
Grammar, Composition, and Translation |
2 |
| Science A |
Physical Geography |
1 |
| Science B |
Inorganic Chemistry |
1 |
| Science C |
Experimental Physics |
1 |
| Science D |
Botany and Zoölogy |
1 |
| Drawing |
Mechanical and Projection Drawing |
1 |
| Shop-Work |
Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work |
1 |
