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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.