University of Virginia Library

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.

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 218.

For admission to the Department of Law, see page 285.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 298.

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of
Education, 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.

For the requirements as to the number and selection of the units required
for entrance, see for the College of Arts and Sciences, page 201; for the Department
of Education, page 225; for the Department of Engineering, page 244.

Admission of Women.—The admission of women to the several departments
of the University is subject to the following conditions:

1. General Requirements: The applicant must be at least twenty
years old on the birthday preceding matriculation; must present a certificate
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
15 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 15 entrance-units, of at
least 30 session-hours (60 semester hours), of courses of college grade, in not
less than eighteen calendar months.

2. Specific Departmental Requirements: These will be found in the
requirements for admission to each of the several departments.

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	English or American 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-VI; 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 1
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 full
graduate of an accredited four-year high school.

The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a full 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 make at least the grade
required by the School for recommendation to college, and must have the
general recommendation of the principal of the certifying school.

The university accredits all four-year public high schools and all private
secondary schools which are fully accredited by the State Board of Education
of Virginia. 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, or by their own state departments
of education, provided the courses of study offered in such schools meet the
requirements demanded of accredited schools in this state.

Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases pass 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, 1927	9-11 A. M.	11 A. M.-1 P. M.	3-5 P. M.	Sept. 1927
Mon 6	Science D	Greek C	Science F	Mon. 12
	Science E	Science A	Science C
	French A	French B	History D
Tues. 7	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 13
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
Wed. 8	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 14
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Science B
Thurs. 9	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thurs. 15
			French D
Fri. 10	German A	German B	German D	Fri. 16
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
Sat. 11	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 17
	Latin B	German C	English D

ADVANCED STANDING AND COLLEGE CREDIT

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences 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 Quarter of
this university, see pages 201, 202.

For credit in the Department of Engineering, or the Department of
Medicine, for work done in another professional school, see, respectively,
pages 246 and 301.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS

For admission with conditions to the College of Arts and Sciences, see
page 202; to the Department of Engineering, page 245.

SPECIAL STUDENTS

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, as a special student,
see page 202; to the Department of Law, page 286; to the Department
of Engineering, page 245.