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 be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
had at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school work of
standard grade.
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 93-97).
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.
