Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1936 [PAGE 794]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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College of Medicine (Chicago).—No student who is on scholastic probation at, or who has been dropped for poor scholarship from, the last institution attended prior to seeking admission to the University in its College of Medicine, will be considered for admission. For admission to the College of Medicine, applicants must present satisfactory evidence of seven years of study as follows: 1. Four years in an accredited high school or the equivalent, with not fewer than fifteen units of credit. 2. Not less than eighty-eight semester hours in a recognized college or university exclusive of military, hygiene, and physical education. Each applicant, whether from the University of Illinois, or from another institution, must have attained a scholastic average of not less than 3.5, or its equivalent as determined by the University of Illinois for institutions using a different grading system (see Note 1, below). In determining the scholastic average, grades received in military science, physical education, and hygiene will not be considered. T h e eighty-eight semester hours must include the following: Semester Chemistry: Hours Organic 4 hours Quantitative analysis 3 hours Elementary physical 3 hours Total, including introductory courses, not less than 16 Physics, including laboratory work in mechanics, heat, sound, light, and electricity, not less than 8 Biology, including general and vertebrate zoology and general embryology, not less than 10 English, not less than 6 German or French (see Note 2, below), not less than 6 Social sciences, including elections from at least two of the following fields: anthropology, economics, history; philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology 14 Electives to make a total of 88 Note 1: Grades.—This rule is interpreted according to the number of passing grades. In a system of four passing grades, A, B, C, and D, the literal grades are translated into figures as follows: A = 5; B = 4 ; C = 3; D = 2; E (condition) = 1; F (failure) = 0 . W h e r e there are more or less than four passing grades, the computation is adjusted to make the same level of accomplishment apply. T h e individual grades are multiplied by the respective number o£ semester hours which each represents, and the sum of these products is divided by the total number of semester hours taken. In the case of courses previously passed and repeated, both grades earned will be counted in computing the average. Note 2.—The student is urged to secure a reading knowledge of one of these languages. This will ordinarily require at least six credit hours of study in the same language in college after two years in high school, or two full years of study (in a class reciting at least three periods a week) in college if the language was not studied in high school. The Dean and Registrar may waive full compliance with the course specifications in the case of applicants possessing unusually high qualifications. Preference to Illinois Residents.—In considering applications for admission to the College of Medicine, preference is given to candidates who are residents of Illinois. Places in the first-year class shall be assigned to applicants from Cook County and to applicants from Illinois outside Cook County in the proportion which each area bears to the total population of the state according to the latest federal census; provided that if at any time the quota from either area is not filled the remaining places may be assigned to applicants from the other area. On this basis at the present time approximately fifty per cent of the places in the first-year class will be assigned to applicants from Cook County and fifty per cent to applicants who are residents of Illinois outside Cook County.