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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 89. 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.


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SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION

                                                                 
Subject  Topics  Units 
English A  English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis 
English B  English Composition and Rhetoric 
English C  Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature 
English D  History of English and American Literature 
Mathematics A  Algebra to Quadratic Equations 
Mathematics B  Quadratics, Progressions and the Binomial Formula  ½ 
Mathematics C  Plane Geometry 
Mathematics D1  Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D2  Plane Trigonometry  ½ 
History A  Greek and Roman History 
History B  Mediæval and Modern European History 
History C  English History 
History D  American History and Civil Government 
Latin A  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Latin B  Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition 
Latin C  Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition 
Latin D  Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition 
Greek A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Greek B  Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition 
German A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
German B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Science A  Physical Geography 
Science B  Inorganic Chemistry 
Science C  Experimental Physics 
Science D  Botany and Zoölogy 
Science E  Agriculture (special schools)  ½ 
Drawing  Mechanical and Projection Drawing 
Shop-Work  Wood-Work, Forging and Machine-Work