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ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICA TION. 53
beginning of any term not later than the first term of the senior year,
provided he appears, on examination, to be well versed in the follow
ing
subjects :
a. In the studies required for admission to the freshman class of
the course which he proposes to enter. But diplomas and certificates
will be received for certain of these studies, as stated on pages 50, 51.
b. In all the studies already required of the class to which admis
sion is sought, or in accepted equivalents therefor.
In a subject in which examinations are held only at stated times
the candidates may, at the option of the department concerned, be re
quired to wait until the first regularly recurring examination.
2. Without Full Examination. Applicants for a baccalaureate
degree coming from other colleges and universities, may be admitted
provisionally to such standing and upon such terms as the Faculty
concerned may deem equitable in each case, regard being had to the
applicant's previous course of study, and to the evidence of proficiency
exhibited. such candidate Every for a baccalaureate degree is re
quired, at the time of making his application, to forward to the Sec
retary of the Faculty concerned, (application for admission to the
Academic Department should be forwarded to the Registrar of the
with a catalogue of University ) along
the institution in which he has
studied, a careful statement, duly certified, of the studies which he
has pursued, and the degree of proficiency attained therein, includ
ing
his record at the entrance examinations and a letter of honorable
dismissal. This statement should be made as full as possible, giving
details of subjects taken, authors read, and in mathematics, the text
books used. To avoid delay in arranging the course, these credentials
should be presented at an early date in order that the status of the
applicant may be determined as far as is feasible before his arrival.
Applications for credit in all subjects for which credit is desired, must
be made at the time of the admission of the applicant, and not be
postponed to any later date in his course.
A student who has thus been admitted provisionally to a class, is
considered to be in full and regular standing in that class, if, having
taken the regular studies of the course he give proof, by passng term
examinations, that he is able to go on with satisfactorily
the class to
which he has been assigned. temporarily
Should he be unable to pass
these examinations, special examinations may then be held or the
terms of his admission revised,
rank to which he may thereby be found entitled.
and he shall take the position and
Admission to the Graduate Department.Applications for ad
mission to the Graduate Department are to be addressed to the Dean
of the University Faculty. See page 68.