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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 academic requirements for admission.

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 BY CERTIFICATE

For admission by certificate from a secondary school the applicant should
file with the Dean a certificate of preparation, made out on a 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, should 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 unit is invalidated by failure in a college entrance
examination on the unit in question in the year admission is desired,
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
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 September, according to the dates given in the Schedule 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 Schedule. A fee of one dollar is
charged for each examination taken. This fee is payable in advance and is
in no case returned. In order to take the examinations it is only necessary
for the candidate to register for them at the Dean's Office, after his arrival
here.

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.

SCHEDULE OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

Monday, September 14, to Friday, September 18.

                                                       

English: Four years	2:30 p. m.	Tuesday
History A: Ancient	9:00 a. m.	Tuesday
History B: Modern European	11:00 a. m.	Tuesday
History C: English	9:00 a. m.	Tuesday
History D: American	11:00 a. m.	Tuesday
Mathematics A: Algebra, Two years	9:00 a. m.	Friday
Mathematics B: Advanced Algebra	9:00 a. m.	Friday
Mathematics C: Plane Geometry	11:00 a. m.	Friday
Mathematics D: Solid Geometry	11:00 a. m.	Friday
Mathematics E: Plane Trigonometry	2:30 p. m.	Friday
Biology:	9:00 a. m.	Monday
Botany:	11:00 a. m.	Monday
Chemistry:	9:00 a. m.	Monday
Physical Geography:	11:00 a. m.	Monday
Physics:	2:30 p. m.	Monday
Zoölogy:	2:30 p. m.	Monday
French 2: Two years	9:00 a. m.	Wednesday
French 3: Third year	11:00 a. m.	Wednesday
French 4: Fourth year	2:30 p. m.	Wednesday
German 2: Two years	9:00 a. m.	Thursday
German 3: Third year	11:00 a. m.	Thursday
German 4: Fourth year	2:30 p. m.	Thursday
Latin 2: Two years	9:00 a. m.	Thursday
Latin 3: Third year	11:00 a. m.	Thursday
Latin 4: Fourth year	2:30 p. m.	Thursday
Spanish 2: Two years	9:00 a. m.	Wednesday
Spanish 3: Third year	11:00 a. m.	Wednesday
Spanish 4: Fourth year	2:30 p. m.	Wednesday

Admission from Secondary School as a Regular Student.—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, 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, 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.

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 at least one year-course, or the equivalent, 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.

Credit for Work Done in Other Colleges.—Credit toward a degree may
be allowed for work completed in another college upon presentation of a
satisfactory transcript of record. In no case will credit be given for more
than fifteen courses completed elsewhere. (See definition of a course under
Requirements for Degrees.) A maximum credit for five courses may be
granted for one year of work in another college, and a credit of eleven

courses for two years. The final validation of credit granted on transcript of
record is effected by the successful completion of not less than four courses
during the candidate's first session here.

In every case, the last session of candidacy for a degree, which must be a
regular session of nine months or three full summer quarters, must be spent
exclusively in college work in this University; and all courses offered in a
Field of Concentration for the Bachelor of Arts or cultural Bachelor of
Science degrees must be completed in residence in this University.

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 acceptable
entrance units. A student who, while able to offer 15 units, cannot offer
second-year (intermediate) algebra or plane geometry, may be admitted with
a condition in either or both of these subjects. An entrance condition should
be absolved before the beginning of the session following initial registration.
This may be done by passing entrance examinations or by summer work.
A student with an entrance condition should not attempt to study mathematics
here, and no conditioned student may be awarded a degree until his
condition is absolved.

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 Architecture, Bachelor of Science
in Chemistry and Bachelor of Science in Commerce. They are not admitted
as candidates for the B.A. or cultural B.S. degrees, as pre-professional students,
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 ten courses (30 session-hours or 60 semester-hours) 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 will be admitted after the second week of lectures,
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 students, of exceptional preparation and
ability, may be admitted at the beginning of the second term, January 4.
No students are admitted in February.