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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The date of this application will determine the priority for transfer later to the College of Medicine. Candidates for admission who come from foreign countries must bring complete official credentials. Certificates from Oriental and Slavic countries must be accompanied b y certified translations. The University will not issue a permit to enter except on the basis of official detailed credentials filed in advance.

SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT FOR N O N - I L L I N O I S STUDENTS

An applicant for admission to the University who is not a legal resident of Illinois is required to present with his application for admission to any of the colleges or schools of the University, except as an unclassified student, satisfactory evidence that he maintained at the school or college which he last attended, prior to seeking entrance to the University of Illinois, a full schedule of studies with a scholastic average at least ten per cent above the lowest passing grade of such school or college. In case of records which are not kept in numerical grades, but in literal or other systems of grading, this requirement will be interpreted to mean an average of one grade above the lowest passing grade; e.g., in a system of A, B, C, and D, with D as the lowest passing grade, the average must be C.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS

All students, except those entering only for summer sessions, who have not previously taken a physical examination at the University, must take such an examination. Before registration, a new student must secure an appointment with the University Health Service for his physical examination. The examination is given by the University at the time of appointment without cost to the student. If the student fails to take the examination at the appointed time and does not present an excuse from the Registrar, a fee of $5.00 is charged to provide for a special examination, or he will be required at his own expense to be examined outside the University in a manner meeting the requirements of the Health Service. Candidates for admission to the School of Physical Education must pass special physical and medical examinations.

G E N E R A L REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY

An applicant for admission must meet the following general requirements: I. Age.—An applicant must be at least sixteen years of age. The dean of the college concerned, however, may admit, on petition, a student fifteen years of age who meets all other requirements for admission and who is to reside, while attending the University, with his parents or guardian, or with someone selected by them. 3. High School Graduation.—An applicant for admission by certificate must be a graduate of an accredited secondary school. Conditions under which non-graduates may be admitted are given on page 158. 3. Fifteen Units Required.—Fifteen units of acceptable secondary school work are required, including the following: a. Two majors and two minors, or three majors, selected from groups A, B, C, and D below. In either case one of the majors must be English. (See definitions of Unit, Major, and Minor below.) b. A total of at least ten units from the fields of English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies, including preparation amounting to a major or minor sequence in at least three different fields. (See Groups A, B, C, D, and E, page 156.) c. All subjects prescribed for the curriculum which the applicant desires to enter. (See tabular statement on page 156.) d. Five units from any of the high school subjects which are accepted by an accredited school toward its diploma and which meet the standards for accrediting as defined by the University of Illinois. Fractional credits of the value of less than one-half unit mil not be accepted. Not less than one unit of work will be accepted in a foreign language, elementary algebra, plane geometry, physics, chemistry, and biology.

DEFINITIONS

Unit.—A unit course of study in the secondary school is a course covering an academic year and including not less than the equivalent of 120 sixty-minute hours