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COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

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:

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.

Admission from Secondary School as a Regular Student.—The general
requirements for admission to the University may be found on page 149. For
admission to the College of Arts and Sciences as a regular student, the candidate
must 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 150), 15 units
of which 3 must be in English and 2½ in Mathematics (1½ in Algebra, 1 in
Plane Geometry). The remaining 9½ units may be selected at will from the
list on page 152, but no credit will be given for less than 2 units in any foreign
language, and credit will not be given for more than 4 vocational units.

Admission from Other Colleges.—An applicant for admission to the College
of this University from an institution of collegiate rank may be admitted
upon presentation of a satisfactory transcript of his record at his former college
(see page 187).

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 3 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 Credit is given to any student who, in addition to
meeting the minimum requirements for admission stated above, can show, by
passing an examination held during the first two weeks of his first session,
that he has done work equivalent to that covered by any of the following
courses: Latin A2, Greek A1, Greek A2, English A1, Mathematics A1, German
A1, French A1, Spanish A1, Italian A1, History A1, Music A1. A student
who applies for examination for advanced standing credit must present the
specific recommendation of the principal of his preparatory school that he be
admitted to the examination in question.

The advanced standing examinations are held at 2:30 p.m., according to
the following schedule, in rooms designated by the professors in charge:

Latin A2, Greek A1, Greek A2: Tuesday of the second week of lectures.

English A1: Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the first week of lectures.

Mathematics A1: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the first week of
lectures.

German A1, French A1, Spanish A1, Italian A1: Monday of the second
week of lectures.

History A1, Music A1: Wednesday of the second week of lectures.

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 a certificate covering the courses for which
college credit is desired. The certificate must bear the signature of an official
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 the first session.
In no case will credit be given for more than 45 session-hours of work done
elsewhere, and any candidate who receives this maximum amount of credit can
count among the remaining 15 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. In every case the candidate must spend the last session
of his candidacy, which must be a regular session of nine months, or three full
Summer Quarters, exclusively in college work in this University; and the
courses offered as Major Electives must all be 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.

In general, credit will not be granted for work completed elsewhere with the
lowest passing grade, if the grades are given as letters, or with a grade below
75 per cent., if the grades are given as percentages, unless the student passes an
advanced course in the same subject here.

Conditioned Students.— A candidate for admission must offer 15 units.
A student who, while able to offer 15 units, cannot offer the 5½ required units
mentioned on page 186, may be conditioned on any 2 required 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 awarded a degree until his entrance conditions are absolved,
nor may he 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.

An applicant who has regularly attended a secondary school until he is
twenty years of age without, because of failure, obtaining credit for 15 acceptable
entrance units, will not be admitted as a special student.

Admission of Women.—Women are admitted as candidates for the vocational
degrees of Bachelor of Science in a Special Subject, (in Mathematical
and Natural Sciences), Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Bachelor of
Science in Commerce. They are not admitted as candidates for the cultural
B.A. or B.S. degrees, as pre-professional, or as special students. In order to
be admitted as a candidate for a vocational degree, an 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.

Admission during the Session.—No applicant for admission to the College
of Arts and Sciences who has not been previously registered therein will
be admitted after October 1, unless the Committee on Admissions is satisfied
that, in view of his record, he is likely to prove successful with the work undertaken
in spite of the handicap of late entrance. A few of exceptional preparation
and ability, may be admitted at the beginning of the second term, early in
January. No students are admitted in February.