 | University of Virginia record February, 1912 |  |
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 should 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 82. 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.
| 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 A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| German B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| French B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish A | Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| Spanish B | Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation | 1 |
| 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 |
| University of Virginia record February, 1912 | |