ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
For admission to the Freshman Class in the Department of Engineering
the candidate must be at least sixteen years old. He must present a certificate
of honorable withdrawal from the school last attended, or other valid proof
of general good character. He must further satisfy the Dean of the University
as to his adequate preparation for the work by passing the Entrance
Examinations specified below or by the presentation of equivalent certificates
of preparation signed by the president of a recognized institution of collegiate
rank, or by the principal of an accredited high school. The topics required
for entrance and their values in units are as follows, the unit being one year's
work on the subject in an accredited high school:
| English A.—Grammar and Grammatical Analysis |
1 |
| English B.—Composition and Rhetoric |
1 |
| English C.—Critical Study of Specimens of Literature |
1 |
| Mathematics A1.—Algebra to Quadratics |
1 |
| Mathematics A2.—Quadratics, Progressions, Binomial Formula |
1 |
| Mathematics B.—Plane Geometry |
1 |
| Mathematics C.—Solid Geometry |
½ |
| Mathematics D.—Plane Trigonometry |
½ |
| History.—Ancient; Mediæval; English; American (any one) |
1 |
| Electives |
7 |
| Total |
15 |
High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to
include among their electives one Modern Language, Chemistry or Physics,
and Mechanical Drawing, and Shop-work. Other electives which may be
profitably offered are History of English and American Literature, History,
Latin, Greek, Botany, Zoölogy, Physical Geography.
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 if a Virginian and not
less than twenty-three years old if a non-Virginian, 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.
