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ENGINEERING ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

For admission to the First-year Class in the Department of Engineering
the candidate must be at least sixteen years old. He must present a certificate
of honorable withdrawal from the school last attended, or other valid
proof of general good character. He must further satisfy the Dean of the
Department of Engineering as to his adequate preparation for the work by
passing the Entrance Examinations specified below or by the presentation
of equivalent certificates of preparation signed by an official of a recognized
institution of collegiate rank, or by the principal of an accredited public
high school or of an accredited private secondary school. An applicant for
admission from outside of Virginia may be required to supplement his application
by an interview with a representative of the University. The topics
required for entrance and their values in units are as follows, the unit being
one year's work on the subject in an accredited high school:

                   

English A.—Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B.—Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C.—Critical study of Specimens of Literature	1
Mathematics A.—Algebra through Quadratics, Progressions, Binomial Formula	2
Mathematics C.—Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics D.—Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics E.—Plane Trigonometry	½
History.—Ancient; Medieval; English; American (any one)	1
Electives	7
Total	15

High school students who expect to study Engineering are advised to
include among their electives at least one Foreign Language (Latin or French
or German), one Science (Chemistry or Physics with adequate laboratory
work) and an additional unit of History. Other electives which may be
profitably offered are History of English and American Literature, Greek,
Botany, Zoölogy, Physical Geography.

Conditioned Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a Conditioned
Student in spite of some deficiencies in required entrance subjects, provided
these are not such as will impair the integrity of his work, but he must submit
not less than 15 units. No such candidate will be conditioned except upon
subjects actually taught in this University, nor will any candidate be conditioned
on more than 2 units; and all conditions must be absorbed before the
beginning of the next session after initial registration. Courses taken for the
removal of entrance conditions may in no case be counted as part of the
work credited for any degree. No conditions will be allowed in English A or B
or C or in Mathematics A or C.

As the table of Entrance Requirements shows, the full High School
course in Mathematics is required for entrance to the Department of Engineering,
but unfortunately the graduates of the High Schools are often deficient
in Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry and can be admitted only
upon conditions in those subjects. High School principals are advised to urge
their graduates, with this status, to attend a Summer Session at the University
before entering the Department of Engineering so that these deficiencies
may be overcome. If the prospective student finds it impossible to attend
a Summer School previous to his regular matriculation, a course has
been planned which will allow him to make up his deficiencies by taking work
in the Summer School following his first year in Engineering. Such a program
will prepare the student for Second-year standing and will save him
from the failure usually encountered by students who attempt to make up the
deficient work in regular session in addition to the full course of required
subjects.

Special Students.—A candidate may be admitted as a Special Student,
without formal examination, provided he is more than twenty years old if a
Virginian and not less than twenty-three years old if a non-Virginian, and
gives evidence of serious purpose and of fitness to pursue with profit the course

for which he is registered. No special student may be a candidate for any
degree. No conditioned student may register later as a special student.