ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.
For admission by certificate, the applicant should file with the Dean of the
University not later than September 1 a Certificate of Preparation, made out
on the blank from 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 be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school
work of standard grade, covering at least fifteen entrance units.
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 76-79). 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.
