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Expenses.
In the Academical Department the necessary expenses of a student for
the session of nine months are estimated as below for the lowest rate and for
a more liberal scale of living, assuming in each case that the student attends
three Schools.
| Tuition, | $ 75 | $ 75 |
| Matriculation, | 30 | 30 |
| Infirmary, | 7 | 7 |
| Contingent deposit, | 10 | 10 |
| Dormitory rent, | 15 | 30 |
| Servant's attendance, | 9 | 9 |
| Furniture for dormitory, | 9 | 19 |
| Fuel and lights, | 12 | 24 |
| Washing, | 14 | 14 |
| Board, | 99 | 162 |
| Total, | 280 | 380 |
| Payable on entrance, | 200 | 256 |
| Reduced charges to Virginians, | 205 | 305 |
| Payable on entrance, | 125 | 180 |
The contingent deposit of $10 is credited in final settlement. This deposit
is assessed for any damage to property, violation of Library rules, and so on,
which the student himself may commit.
To the above total must be added the cost of books and stationery and
laboratory materials, and the cost of the degree, if taken.
In the Engineering Department the tuition fee is usually $100 (instead
of $75), with a reduction of $50 only to Virginians, other charges remaining
the same.
In the Agricultural Department the tuition fee is usually $100, which
is remitted to Virginians, other charges remaining the same.
In all cases a moderate allowance of pocket-money for contingent expenses
must be made. For this purpose $5 a month should usually suffice; more
than $10 a month is ordinarily excessive.
Students from Virginia.—In compliance with the statute (Virginia
Code, 1887, ch. 68, § 1554), the University offers to white male students
from Virginia over the age of sixteen years instruction without charge for
Chemistry and Practical Physics.
The total University fees of an Academical student from Virginia are only
$47; his necessary expenses amount to but $205, exclusive of laboratory materials,
books and stationery; of this about $105 must be paid on entrance.
The Faculty are required by law to be satisfied by actual examination of
the applicant, or by a certificate from some college or preparatory school,
that he has made such proficiency in each branch of study which he proposes
to pursue as will enable him to avail himself of the advantages offered by
the University. Examinations for admission are required as follows:
1. For admission to the School of Latin, on forms, syntax, and Books i., ii. of Cæsar's
Commentaries, with Cicero's Orations against Catiline.
2. For admission to the School of Greek, on forms, syntax, and Books i., ii. of Xenophon's
Anabasis.
3. For admission to the School of Mathematics or Natural Philosophy, on Arithmetic,
Plane Geometry, and Algebra through quadratics.
For admission to the other Schools, a good knowledge of English and
Arithmetic is alone required. The diploma of a college, or the certificate of
a high school, has appropriate weight with the examiners.
White male teachers and superintendents of the Public Schools of Virginia
will be admitted, during the last three months of the session, to the
Schools of the Academical Department of the University without payment
of fees, upon presentation of certificates that they have been teachers in the
Public Schools. Applicants for admission are requested to send in their
names to the Chairman of the Faculty not later than March 5th. Lodgings
can be had near the University. The only necessary expenses will be for
board, lights, and washing, which will together cost from $4 to $6 a week.
Local Examinations.—Written examinations, beginning May 1st, 1896,
and extending over three days, will be held at different centres by examiners
appointed by the University of Virginia. Every candidate admitted to examination
will be required to pay a fee of two dollars ($2.00) to defray the
necessary expenses. The examinations are open to boys and girls alike; but
where girls are examined there will be a separate room for their use, and a
local committee of ladies will be invited to preside.
The examinations are of two grades—Junior and Senior—and are offered
in sections, as follows: English—History and Geography—Latin—French—
German—Mathematics—Mechanics—Chemistry—Geology—Botany.
For further information address the Chairman of the Faculty.
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