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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Admission from Secondary Schools.—The general requirements for admission
to the University may be found on page 11. For admission to the
College of Arts and Sciences, 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 12), 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 13, but no credit
will be given for less than two units in any foreign language. Candidates
who expect to apply for the degree of B.S. in Architecture should offer Solid
Geometry and Physics if possible.

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry should
offer Inorganic Chemistry and Solid Geometry when possible.

In addition to the above requirements, each candidate must pass at the
University a qualifying examination in English, supplemented by a test of
general scholastic aptitude. This examination will be held in Memorial Gymnasium
at 10 A. M., Wednesday, September 12. Any candidate who does
not take the qualifying examination at this time will be charged a delayed
examination fee of ten dollars, and will be required to pass a later examination
before his registration can be completed.

(Note: Principals of secondary schools may make arrangements with the
Dean to hold the qualifying examination at their schools on a designated
day in April.)

Any student who fails to maintain a reasonable standard of English in
all of his college work will be required to take an additional course in English
composition or to repeat a course in order to make up his deficiency.

Admission from Other Colleges.—No student suspended from another college
for scholastic deficiency or on probation in another college for scholastic
deficiency will be admitted to the College of this University in the immediately
succeeding session, unless he passes on at least three session-hours
of work in one term of the Summer Quarter of this University.

No student from another college will be admitted to the College of this
University if he has ever been suspended or on probation more than once,
or if he has ever been both on probation and suspended.

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 given sometime during the first month of his first session
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.

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 Department 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 those certificates which are provisionally
accepted is effected by the successful completion of not less than 12 session-hours
of work during his first session. In no case will credit be given on
more than forty-five 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 of Arts and
Sciences, 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 the last session of his candidacy, which must be a regular session of
nine months, exclusively in college work in this University; and the courses
offered as major electives must all have been completed in residence in this
University. A maximum of 15 session-hours may be granted for one year of
college work, and 33 hours for two years.

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 13. A student who, while able to offer fifteen units, cannot
offer fifteen units as defined in this list, may be conditioned on any two
units not including English A, B, or C, or Mathematics A1. All conditions
should be absolved before the beginning of the session following initial registration.
This may be done by passing entrance examinations or by passing
equivalent courses 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.