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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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ADMISSION O F UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ENTERING DIRECTLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL

(17) The University Senates recommend that the present requirements for admission of undergraduate students entering the University from high school, and who are residents of Illinois, be amended to read: Residents of Illinois. A graduate of an accredited high school who is a resident of Illinois, whose rank in scholarship is in the lowest quarter of his graduating class (applicable to those seeking admission in the fall of 1961 or thereafter), or in the lower half (applicable to those seeking admission in the fall of 1963 or thereafter), and who is otherwise qualified for admission, will be admitted to the University upon presentation of either of the following evidences of ability to do satisfactory work at the University: Obtaining a passing score on a test, or tests, as prescribed by the All-University Committee on Admissions. The Committee may set separate passing scores for students in the third quarter and in the fourth quarter of their high school classes, and shall set passing scores such that a student admitted to the University by this means will have approximately one out of four chances, or better, of being on dear status at the end of the first semester of his college work. Presenting evidence of having attempted twelve or more semester hours of work at another college or university of recognized standing, and meeting the regular University requirements for admission as a transfer student. Or by applying for admission to a session which begins at least twelve months after the applicant's graduation from high school, provided that (a) in this twelve-month period he lias not attempted as much as twelve semester hours of work at another college or university of recognized standing, and (b) that he meets all other University requirements for admission that are applicable to him, except that he shall not be required to take the test, or tests, prescribed above. The student's rank is to be based on work completed in grades nine, ten, eleven, and the first half of twelve in the case of four-year high schools, and on work completed in grades ten, eleven, and the first half of twelve in the case of three-year senior high schools. I concur.

Mr. Wilkins suggested that the term "recognized high school" be substituted for the term "accredited high school" in the text (first sentence). On motion of Mr. Harewood, the revision of the requirements as proposed by the Senates, with the change suggested by Mr. Wilkms, was approved.

PROGRESSIVE ADMISSION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

(18) Because available facilities are inadequate to provide for all qualified applicants for admission to the undergraduate colleges and institutes at the University of Illinois, and in order to utilize the University's capacities most effectively, the University Senates recommend that the Dean of Admissions and Records be authorized to issue permits to enter the undergraduate colleges and institutes at Urbana and at the Chicago Undergraduate Division in accordance with the procedures outlined below, effective beginning with applicants for admission in September, 1961. Priorities for Action on Applications for Admissions to the Fall Semester Period I, through March 31 1. New freshmen who are residents of Illinois and who rank in the highest 25 per cent of their high school class. 2. New freshmen who are nonresidents of Illinois and who rank in the highest 15 per cent of their high school class. 3. Transfer students who are residents of Illinois with not less than a 375 average in their college work in terms of the grading system of the University of Illinois,