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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

For admission to any department of the University, the general conditions
are the following:

1. Sufficient Age.—The minimum legal age is sixteen years.

2. Good Character.— This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.

3. Adequate Preparation.— This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of the
University as detailed below.

For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies see page 270.

For admission to the Department of Law, see page 348.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 362.

For admission to the Department of Education, see page 285.

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, or the Department
of Engineering, the candidate must present a certificate or pass an equivalent
examination. In either case the amount of preparation required is measured
in terms of units.

This definition of a unit takes the four year high-school course as a basis
and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to forty
weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that the study
is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary circumstances
a satisfactory year's work in any subject cannot be accomplished in less than
one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent.

For the requirements as to the number and selection of the units required
for entrance, see, for the College of Arts and Sciences, page 186; for the Department
of Engineering, page 301.

Admission of Women.— The admission of women to the several departments
of the University is subject to the following conditions:

1. General Requirements: The applicant must be at least twenty years
old on the birthday preceding matriculation; must present a certificate showing
graduation from an accredited public high school, or not less than four
years' attendance in an accredited private-school, with credit for not less than
15 college entrance units obtained at least two years before admission to the
University; and must in addition show by proper certificate the completion in a
standard college, subsequent to the credit obtained for 15 entrance units, of at
least 30 session-hours (60-semester-hours), of courses of college grade, in not
less than eighteen calendar months.

2. Specific Departmental Requirements: These will be found in the
requirements for admission to each of the several departments.

ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE

For admission by certificate from a secondary school the applicant should
file with the Dean, a certificate of preparation, made out on a blank form
furnished by the University. This certificate must come from an accredited
public high school or from an accredited private secondary school. For
admission from an institution of collegiate rank, an official transcript of the
applicant's record, made out on the form used by the institution in question,
must be submitted. In addition, each applicant, whether from a secondary
school or a college, must submit a formal application for admission, on a
blank form supplied by the University.

The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a full
graduate of an accredited four-year high school.

The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be a
full graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory secondary school
work of standard grade, covering at least 15 entrance units.

Certificate credit for any unit is invalidated by failure in a college entrance
examination on the unit in question in the year admission is desired, unless the
applicant ranked in the highest quarter of his class.

An applicant for admission who ranked in the lowest quarter of his class,
or who failed on more than two subjects in secondary school, will not be
admitted unless he presents positive evidence that he is likely to succeed in
college in spite of his secondary school record.

An applicant for admission from outside of Virginia may be required to
supplement his application by an interview with a representative of the
University.

In every case the applicant must have a general character recommendation
from the principal of his school, and personality and promise, as well as
scholarly attainment, will be considered in determining admission.

The University accredits all four-year public high schools and all private
secondary schools which are fully accredited by the State Board of Education of
Virginia. Schools outside of Virginia which are fully accredited by their own
state universities or institutions of equal rank, by their own state departments of
education or by recognized regional associations of secondary schools, are also
accredited by the University.

Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases pass the entrance examinations.

ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION

For admission by examination, the candidate must present himself at the
University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the Program
of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under the Honor System,
no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual pledge, and they are
held only on the dates given in the Program of Entrance Examinations. A fee
of one dollar is charged for each examination taken. This fee is payable in
advance and is in no case returned.

The entrance examinations of the University are similar, in many respects,
to those of the College Entrance Examination Board. The University does not
furnish sample copies of its entrance examinations.

Official records of the examinations of the College Entrance Examination
Board or of the University of the State of New York may be submitted in
lieu of taking entrance examinations here.

PROGRAM OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

                           

June, 1935	9-11 A. M.	11 A. M.-1. P. M.	2:30-5 P. M.	Sept., 1935
Mon. 3	Science D	Greek C	Science F	Mon. 9
	Science E	Science A	Science C
	French Cp. 2		History D
Tues. 4	English Cp 2	Greek Cp. 2	English C-D	Tues. 10
		French C
Wed. 5	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 11
	Spanish Cp. 2		Science B
Thurs. 6	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B.	Thurs. 12
	Math. Cp. 2	Math. C
Fri. 7	German Cp. 2	Spanish D	German C	Fri. 13
	Spanish C	French D	Math. D
Sat. 8	Latin Cp. 2	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 14
		German D

ADVANCED STANDING AND COLLEGE CREDIT

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences with advanced standing
on work done at a secondary school, or with college credit for work done at
another college or university, or in the Summer Quarter of this University, see
pages 186 and 187.

For credit in the Department of Education, the Department of Engineering,
the Department of Law, or the Department of Medicine, for work done in another
professional school, see respectively, pages 282, 303, 350, and 366.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS

For admission with conditions to the College of Arts and Sciences, see page
187; to the Department of Engineering, page 302.

SPECIAL STUDENTS

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, as a special student, see
page 187; to the Department of Law, page 350; to the Department of Engineering,
page 302; to the Department of Education, page 285.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION

The subjects usually accepted for admission and their values in units are
given below in tabulated form. Other subjects are also acceptable.

                                                                                                 

SUBJECT	TOPICS	UNITS
English A	Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B	Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
English D	English or American Literature	1
Mathematics A1	Algebra to Quadratic Equations	1
Mathematics A2	Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula	½ or 1
Mathematics B	Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics C	Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics D	Plane Trigonometry	½
History A	Greek and Roman History	1
History B	Medieval 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 A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Greek B	Xenophon's Anabasis, I-VI; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek C	Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition	1
German A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Science A	Physical Geography	1
Science B	Inorganic Chemistry	1
Science C	Experimental Physics	1
Science D	Botany	½ or 1
Science E	Zoölogy	½ or 1
Science F	Biology	1
VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS (Not more than 4 Units)
Manual Training	Mechanical and Projection Drawing	½ to 1
	Free-Hand Drawing	½ to 1
	Shop-work	½ to 1
Agriculture	(Accredited Agricultural Schools)	1 to 4
Commercial Subjects	Commercial Geography	½ to 1
	Shorthand	½ to 1
	Typewriting	½
	Bookkeeping	½ to 1
	Commercial Arithmetic	½ to 1