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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 at least one Foreign Language (Latin or
French or German), one Science (Chemistry or Physics with adequate
laboratory work) and an additional unit of History. Other electives which
may be profitably offered are History of English and American Literature,
Greek, Botany, Zoölogy, Physical Geography.

A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned Student in spite of some
deficiencies in required entrance subjects, provided these are not such as
will impair the integrity of his work, but be must submit not less than 15
units. 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.

As the table of Entrance requirements shows, the full High School
course in Mathematics is required for entrance to the Department of Engineering,
but unfortunately the graduates of the High Schools are often
deficient in Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry and can be admitted
only upon conditions in those subjects. High School principals are advised
to urge their graduates, with this status, to attend a Summer Session
at the University before entering the Department of Engineering so that
these deficiencies may be overcome. If the prospective student finds it
impossible to attend a Summer School previous to his regular matriculation
a course has been planned which will allow him to make up his deficiencies
by taking work in the Summer School following his first year in Engineering.
This course provides for Trigonometry, Solid Geometry and College
Algebra in the three terms of the regular session, with the other work as
outlined for the regular student, and in addition, in the two terms of the
Summer School, Analytical and Coordinate Geometry are taken. Such a
program will prepare the student for entrance with Sophomore standing
and will save him from the failure usually encountered by students who attempt
to make up the deficient work in regular session in addition to the
full course of required subjects.

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.