 | The University of Virginia record February 1, 1920 |  |
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 139.
For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 200.
For admission to the College, the Department of Education, 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.
A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
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 departments mentioned above, see, for the College, page 128;
for the Department of Education, page 146; for the Department of Engineering,
page 154; for the Department of Law, page 187.
SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.
The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form. Fuller definitions of the units may be had upon
application to the Dean.
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Vocational Subjects (Not more than four Units) | ||
| Manual Training |
Mechanical and Projection Drawing | ½ to 1 |
| Free-Hand Drawing | ½ to 1 | |
| Shop-Work | ½ to 4 | |
| Agriculture | (Accredited Agricultural Schools) | 1 to 4 |
| Commercial Subjects |
Commercial Geography | ½ |
| Shorthand | ½ to 1 | |
| Typewriting | ½ | |
| Bookkeeping | 1 | |
| Commercial Arithmetic | ½ to 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 (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.
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. 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, 1920 | 9-11 A.M. | 11 A.M.-1 P.M. | 3-5 P.M. | Sept., 1920 |
| Mon. 7 | Science D | Greek C | Science F | Mon. 13 |
| Science E | Science A | Science C | ||
| French A | French B | History D | ||
| Tues. 8 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 14 |
| Greek A | Greek B | French C | ||
| Wed. 9 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 15 |
| Spanish A | Spanish B | Science B | ||
| Thur. 10 | Math. A1 | Math. A2 | Math. B | Thur. 16 |
| French D | ||||
| Fri. 11 | German A | German B | German D | Fri. 17 |
| Spanish C | Spanish D | Math. C and D | ||
| Sat. 12 | Latin A | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 18 |
| Latin B | German C | English D |
ADVANCED STANDING AND COLLEGE CREDIT.
For admission to the College 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 School of this university, see page
128.
For credit in the Department of Graduate Studies for graduate work
done in another university, see page 141.
For credit in the Department of Engineering, or the Department of
Medicine, for work done in another professional school, see, respectively,
pages 177 and 203.
CONDITIONED STUDENTS.
For admission with conditions to the College, see page 129; to the
Department of Engineering, page 154.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
For admission to the College as a special student, see page 129; to the
Department of Law, page 188; to the Department of Engineering, page 154.
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