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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

The general requirements for admission to the University may be found
on page 9. 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 (see page 9), fifteen units, of which
three must be in English, two and one-half in Mathematics (one and one-half
in algebra, one in plane geometry), and one in History. The remaining
eight and one-half units may be selected at will from the list on page 11,
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, two units in each of two modern languages (French,
German, Spanish). Candidates who expect to apply for the degree of B.S.
in Architecture should offer Solid Geometry and Physics if possible.

In addition to the above, each candidate must pass at the University a
qualifying examination in English before his registration can be completed.

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,
Greek A2, English A1 or A2 or A3, German A1, Mathematics A1, French
A, Spanish A. Candidates who apply for examination for advanced standing
must present a special certificate showing that the full content of the
course, on which advanced standing is sought, has been covered in a systematic
manner in the preparatory school, and in addition must present the
specific recommendation of the principal of the school that the candidate be
admitted to the advanced standing examination in question. The examinations
for advanced standing are set at some time during the first month of
the session.

College Credit.—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. 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. 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
Quarter or in any of the professional departments. In every case the candidate
must spend at least one regular session of nine months exclusively in
college work in this university.

Conditioned Students.—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 11. 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 in the Summer Quarter. 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.

Special Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a special student
without fulfilling the entrance requirements above specified, provided that,
if he is a Virginian, he is more than twenty years old or, if he is not a Virginian,
he is more than twenty-three 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 Summer Quarter. 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.

Admission of Women.—Women are admitted as candidates for the vocational
degrees of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, Bachelor of
Science in Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Commerce. A candidate
must be at least twenty years old on the birthday preceding matriculation;
must present certificates showing graduation from an accredited
public high-school, or not less than four years' attendance in an accredited
private school, with credit for not less than fifteen college entrance units
obtained at least two years before admission to the University; and must
in addition show by proper certificate the completion in a standard college,
subsequent to the credit obtained for fifteen entrance-units, of at least
thirty session-hours, (sixty semester hours), of courses of college grade, in
not less than eighteen calendar months.