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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.


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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 College of Arts and Sciences, 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:

A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.

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 101.

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.

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.

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, and personality and promise, as well as
scholarly attainment, will be considered in determining admission.

The University accredits all four-year public high schools and all private
secondary schools which are fully accredited by the State Board of Education


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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.

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, 1932  9-11 A. M.  11 A. M.-1 P. M.  2:30-5 P. M.  Sept., 1932 
Mon. 6  Science D  Greek C  Science F  Mon. 12 
Science E  Science A  Science C 
French Cp. 2  History D 
Tues. 7  English Cp. 2  Greek Cp. 2  English C and D  Tues. 13 
French C 
Wed. 8  History A  History B  History C  Wed. 14 
Spanish Cp. 2  Science B 
Thurs. 9  Math. A1  Math. A2  Math. B  Thurs. 15 
Math. Cp 2 
Fri. 10  German Cp. 2  Spanish D  German C  Fri. 16 
Spanish C  French D  Math. C and D 
Sat. 11  Latin Cp. 2  Latin C  Latin D  Sat. 17 
German 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 101 and 102.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS

For admission with conditions to the College of Arts and Sciences, see
page 102.


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SPECIAL STUDENTS

For admission to the College of Arts and Sciences, as a special student,
see page 102.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION

The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form.

                                                                                                 
SUBJECT  TOPICS  UNITS 
English A  Grammar and Grammatical Analysis 
English B  Composition and Rhetoric 
English C  Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature 
English D  English or American Literature 
Mathematics A1  Algebra to Quadratic Equations 
Mathematics A2  Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula  ½ or 1 
Mathematics B  Plane Geometry 
Mathematics C  Solid Geometry  ½ 
Mathematics D  Plane Trigonometry  ½ 
History A  Greek and Roman History 
History B  Medieval and Modern European History 
History C  English History 
History D  American History and Civil Government 
Latin A  Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Latin B  Caesar's Gallie War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition 
Latin C  Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition 
Latin D  Virgil's Aeneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition 
Greek A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Greek B  Xenophon's Anabasis, I-VI; Grammar; Composition 
Greek C  Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition 
German A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
German B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
German C  Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
German D  Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French C  Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
French D  Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish A  Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish B  Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish C  Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Spanish D  Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation 
Science A  Physical Geography 
Science B  Inrgani Chemistry 
Science C  Experimental Physics 
Science D  Botany  ½ 
Science E  Zoology  ½ 
Science F  Biology 
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 to 1 
Shorthand  ½ to 1 
Typewriting  ½ 
Bookkeeping  ½ to 1 
Commercial Arithmetic  ½ to 1