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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.

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 258.

For admission to the Department of Law, see page 334.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 346.

For admission to the Department of Education, see page 273.

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, 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 242; for the Department
of Engineering, page 289.

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 Gallio War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Latin C	Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition	1
Latin D	Virgil's Aeneid, 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	Zoology	½
VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS (Not more than 4 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 from a secondary school the applicant should file
with the Dean, not later than September 1, a certificate of preparation, made out
on the blank form furnished by the University. This certificate must come
from an accredited public high school or from an accredited private secondary
school. For admission from an institution of collegiate rank, an official transcript
of the applicant's record, made out on the form used by the institution in question,
must be submitted. In addition, each applicant, whether from a secondary
school or a college, must submit a formal application for admission, on a blank
form supplied by the University.

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 secondary school
work of standard grade, covering at least 15 entrance units.

An applicant for admission who ranked in the lowest quarter of his class, or
who failed on more than two subjects in secondary school, will not be admitted
unless he presents positive evidence that he is likely to succeed in college in spite
of his secondary school record.

An applicant for admission from outside of Virginia may be required to
supplement his application by an interview with a representative of the University.

In every case the applicant must have a general character recommendation
from the principal of his 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. Schools outside of Virginia which are fully accredited by their own
state universities or institutions of equal rank, by their own state departments
of education or by recognized regional associations of secondary schools, are
also accredited by the University.

Certificate credit for any entrance unit is invalidated by subsequent failure
in a college entrance examination on the unit in question, unless the applicant
ranked in the highest quarter of his class.

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, and they are
held only on the dates given in the Program of Entrance Examinations. A fee
of one dollar is charged for each examination taken. This fee is payable in
advance and is in no case returned.

The entrance examinations of the University are similar, in many respects,
to those of the College Entrance Examination Board. The University does not
furnish sample copies of its entrance examinations.

Official records of the examinations of the College Entrance Examination
Board or of the University of the State of New York may be submitted in lieu
of taking entrance examinations here.

PROGRAM OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

                                 

June, 1931	9-11 A. M.	11 A. M.-1 P. M.	2:30-5 P. M.	Sept., 1931
Mon. 8	Science D	Greek C	Science F	Mon. 14
	Science E	Science A	Science C
	French A	French B	History D
	French Cp. 2
Tues. 9	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 15
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
	English Cp. 3
Wed. 10	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 16
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Science B
Thurs. 11	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thurs. 17
	Math. Cp. 2		French D
Fri. 12	German A	German B	German C	Fri. 18
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
	German Cp.
Sat. 13	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 19
	Latin B	German D	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 242 and 243.

For credit in the Department of Education, the Department of Engineering,
or the Department of Medicine, for work done in another professional school, see,
respectively, pages 273, 291, and 350.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS

For admission with conditions to the College of Arts and Sciences, see
page 243; to the Department of Engineering, page 290.

SPECIAL STUDENTS

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, as a special student,
see page 243; to the Department of Law, page 336; to the Department of Engineering,
page 290; to the Department of Education, page 274.