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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; the faculty
advise seventeen or more. Eighteen years is the minimum for admission to
the Department of Law.

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 9.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 10.

For admission to the College, the Department of Law, 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. Schools organized on
any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless, estimate their work in terms
of this unit.

For the requirements as to the number and selection of units for entrance
to the three departments mentioned above, see, for the College, page 8; for
the Department of Law, page 10; for the Department of Engineering,
page 12.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

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

                                                                                 

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	Critical Study of Specimens of English 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	Plain 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	Caesar'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-IV; 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
Science E	Zoölogy	½
Science F	Agriculture (special schools)	2
Drawing	Mechanical and Projection Drawing	1
Shop-work	Wood-work, Forging, and Machine-work	1

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 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
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. 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.

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 (see page
13). 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 a fee of five dollars is charged. This
fee is payable in advance, and is in no case returned.

PROGRAM OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.

                           

June, 1918	9-11 A.M.	11 A.M.-1 P.M.	3-5 P.M.	Sept., 1918
Mon. 3	Science D	Greek C	Science F	Mon. 9
	Science E	Science A	Science C
	French A	French B	History D
Tues. 4	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 10
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
Wed. 5	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 11
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Science B
Thur. 6	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thur. 12
			French D
Fri. 7	German A	German B	German D	Fri. 13
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
Sat. 8	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 14
	Latin B	German C	English D

For Admission to the College, the candidate should possess an amount of
preparation which is at least the equivalent of that represented by four years of
successful work in an accredited school. He must offer, either by certificate or
by examination, fifteen units, of which three must be in English, two and one-half
in Mathematics, and one in History. The remaining eight and one-half
units may be selected at will from the list on page 6, unless the candidate expects
to apply for a baccalaureate degree. In that case he should offer, if he is an
applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, four units in Latin or two units
in Greek; if he is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Science or Bachelor
of Science in Education, two units in each of two modern languages (French,
German, Spanish); if he is an applicant for the degree of Bachelor of Science
in a Special Subject, or Bachelor of Science in Medicine, two units in French
and two units in German.

Advanced standing is given to any candidate who, in addition to meeting
the minimum requirements for entrance above stated, can show by passing an
examination that he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the
following courses offered in the college: Latin A1, Greek A1 or A2, Greek A3,
English Literature A1 or A2, Mathematics A1 or A2. Such a candidate will be
admitted to the corresponding B course, and upon his successful completion
of the same will be entitled to count toward a baccalaureate degree the credit
value of both the A and the B courses in question. The examinations for advanced
standing are set at some time during the first month of the session.

Candidates who desire credit for work done at other colleges must satisfy
the entrance requirements for regular students, and must, in addition, file with
the Dean of the College a certificate covering the courses for which college
credit is desired. This certificate must be acceptable both to the Dean and
to the professors in charge of the courses accredited. The certificate must
bear the official signature of the head of the candidate's college, must specify
the character and content of the courses passed by the candidate, and must
give his grades, which should in no case fall below the standard of seventy-five

per cent. The final validation of such certificates is effected by the successful
completion of the courses taken in this university. In no case will credit be
given on more than forty-eight session-hours of work done elsewhere, and any
candidate who receives this maximum amount of credit can count among the
remaining fifteen session-hours required for his degree only the credit value of
the courses he has passed as a resident student in the college, exclusive of any
credit for work done in the Summer School or in any of the professional departments.
In every case the candidate must spend at least one regular session
exclusively in college work in this university.

A candidate for entrance must offer fifteen units as defined by the Southern
Commission on Accredited Schools. At least thirteen of the units offered must
be included in the list of units accepted for admission on page 6. A student not
able to offer fifteen units as defined in this list may be conditioned on any two
units except English A and B. All conditions must be absolved before the beginning
of the session following initial registration. This may be done by private
study or by taking courses in the University or in the Summer School.
But no course taken to remove a condition may be counted as part of the work
credited toward a degree. No conditioned student may be later registered as a
special student.

A candidate may be admitted as a special student without fulfilling the
entrance requirements above specified, provided he is more than twenty years
old on the day of registration and gives adequate evidence of serious purpose
and of the training needed to pursue with profit the courses for which he is
registered. No special student may be a candidate for a degree; but such students
are permitted and encouraged to make up their deficiencies by private
study or by taking courses in the University or in the Summer School. They
will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted as applicants for
degrees, provided all entrance requirements are met at least one academic year
before the date of graduation.

For Admission to the Department of Graduate Studies the candidate
must have a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of collegiate
rank; or, in case the institution he attended does not confer such a degree, he
must present a certificate of graduation in a course of study accepted by the
Academic Faculty as fully equivalent to that ordinarily required for the degree
in question.

In order to be recognized as an applicant for a Master's or Doctor's degree,
any candidate who has not received a baccalaureate degree from this university
must secure from the Registrar of the University a blank form, which, when
properly filled out, he must file with the Dean of this department, together with a
catalogue of the institution from which he graduated. If that institution has (1)
a faculty of at least six professors giving their full time to college or university
work; (2) entrance requirements equal to those of this university, and (3) a
course of four full years in the liberal arts and sciences, the candidate will not
be required to take any undergraduate courses except such as the Committee
on Rules and Courses or the professors in charge of the graduate courses he
elects may consider necessary for their successful prosecution. If, however, the
institution in question does not meet the three conditions mentioned above, the

candidate's preparation will be carefully considered by the Committee on Rules
and Courses, which will prescribe such undergraduate courses as are deemed
necessary to supply his deficiencies.

Requirements for Admission to the Department of Law.—Candidates for
the degree of Bachelor of Laws must have attained the age of eighteen years
before entering the department, must produce a certificate of good character
from the school or college last attended, or from other satisfactory source, and
must conform to the general requirements following:

For admission to the Department of Law the candidate must offer fifteen
units, of which three must be in English and one in History.

Notice is given that an additional requirement of one year of work in a
standard college will become effective with the beginning of the session of
1919-20.

An applicant who is at least 23 years old, and who presents proper evidence
of good character, and of needful maturity and training, though unable to fulfill
the foregoing entrance requirements, may, by special action of the Law Faculty,
in exceptional cases, be admitted as a special student, and not as a candidate for
the degree.

Every applicant for admission as a special student shall make written application
to the Dean of the University, on a blank furnished for the purpose, with
detailed information as to his age, general habits, his educational and business
experience, and his general fitness to undertake the study of law. Such application,
together with such testimonials as may be required, must be filed with
the Dean of the University not later than September 1 of the year in which the
applicant desires to enter the Law School. For good cause shown, the requirement
as to the time of filing such application may be waived.

Every such applicant for admission as a special student must pass a satisfactory
examination, to be held at the University during the registration days of
the session. The examination, which will be conducted by a committee of the
Law Faculty, may include the subjects of English, American and English
History, and Civil Government.

This regulation is subject to the general university regulation as to delayed
entrance examinations.

Special students who fail to complete 60 per cent of the work taken during
any session may be declared ineligible for readmission the following session.

No credit is given for attendance at another law school, nor for time spent
in private reading. The candidate for graduation must spend three years in
residence.

Requirements for Admission to the Department of Medicine.—Applicants
for admission to the Department of Medicine are required to furnish
evidence of the completion of a four-year course at a recognized public or
private high-school, or acceptable certificates which represent work equivalent in
amount and character to such high-school course, and, in addition, to present
evidence of the completion at an approved institution of collegiate rank of two
years of work aggregating thirty session-hours. A session-hour is one hour a
week throughout the session of lecture or recitation, or two hours a week
throughout the session of laboratory work. This college course must include a

year's work, as described below, in each of the following subjects: (a) Chemistry,
(b) Physics, (c) Biology, (d) English, (e) French or German (unless
this requirement is absolved by examination, as described below).

(a) Chemistry.—Four session-hours in general inorganic chemistry, of
which two must consist of laboratory work.

(b) Physics.—Four session-hours, of which at least one must be laboratory
work. It is urged that this course be preceded by courses in advanced algebra,
solid geometry and trigonometry.

(c) Biology.—Four session-hours, of which two must consist of laboratory
work. This requirement may be satisfied by a four-session-hour course in either
general biology or zoölogy, or by two courses of two session-hours each in
zoölogy and botany respectively.

(d) English.—The usual introductory college course of three session-hours,
or its equivalent, in English composition and literature.

(e) French or German.—A reading knowledge of one of these languages.
This requirement may be absolved by demonstration on examination, written or
oral, of the ability to read medical French or German. When the requirement
is absolved by college work, the student must complete the three-session-hour
course following the college course for beginners in the language.

Further information concerning the character of these requirements and
forms for certificates may be obtained by addressing the Dean of the Department
of Medicine.

In planning the two-year college work, students are advised to take English,
mathematics, biology, and a modern language during the first year, and to take
physics and chemistry during the second year. This arrangement of studies is
advised because mathematics should precede physics, and it is desirable to avoid
the lapse of a year between the general chemistry of the college and the organic
and physiological chemistry of the first year of the medical curriculum. Students
who have completed general chemistry and who have one more year of college
work for entrance to the medical school, are advised to take some courses in
chemistry (e. g., analytical, physical, or organic chemistry) during their last
year in college.

The number of students in the first-year class is limited to thirty-six.
Reservation of a place, if desired by the applicant, can be made beforehand on
the conditions hereinafter described.

Those intending to enter the Department of Medicine are advised to ascertain
at once by correspondence with the Dean of the Department of Medicine
whether their high-school and college courses entitle them to admission to
the first-year class. For this purpose there may be obtained from the Dean a
blank form on which the necessary information may be entered in full.

At the time of registration, applicants will be registered in the order in
which they present themselves, until all vacancies are filled. Applicants who
have not made reservations, as described below, are therefore advised to apply for
registration at 9:00 o'clock of the first day of registration (September 12, 1918).

Any applicant whose record, certified by the proper official of the college
last attended, has been endorsed by the Dean of the Department of Medicine as
entitling him to admission to the first-year class, may at any time before the registration
period have a place reserved for him until 12:00 noon of the first day

of registration by depositing with the Bursar the sum of $50.00 in part payment
of the tuition fee of the first year. A reservation so made can be cancelled only
in exceptional cases. In case a student who has obtained a reservation fails to
register, the deposit of $50.00 will be forfeited to the University unless, in case
of illness or other providential cause, the Dean of the Department of Medicine
directs that it be returned.

For Admission to the Department of Engineering the candidate must
offer fifteen units, which must include English A, B, C, Mathematics A1, A2,
B, C, D, and one unit of History. The remaining seven units are elective.

High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to include
among their electives Physical Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical
Drawing, and Shop-work (valued at one unit each). Other electives which
may be offered are History of English and American Literature (1 unit),
History (4 units), Latin (4 units), Greek (3 units), German (4 units), French
(4 units), Spanish (4 units), Botany (half unit), Zoölogy (half unit).

A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies, provided these are not such as will impair the integrity of his
work. But no such candidate will be conditioned except upon subjects actually
taught in this university, nor will any candidate be conditioned on more than
two units; and all conditions must be absolved before the beginning of
the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the removal of
entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the work credited for
any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A or B or in Mathematics
A1, A2, or B.

A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student, without formal examination,
provided he is more than twenty years old, and gives evidence of serious
purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the courses for which he is registered.
No special student may be a candidate for any degree. No conditioned
student may register later as a special student.