ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.
For admission by certificate the applicant should file with the Dean
of the University not later than the first of September 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
show the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school work.
In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.
Schools in Virginia are accredited by the Faculty of this university
after inspection and report by a committee of the Faculty (see pages 96-99).
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, 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.
