ADMISSION ON SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, REGENTS' CREDENTIALS, AND EXAMINATIONS The Registrar has charge of the credentials of those entering by During the last sixteen years the number of applicants admitted '92-3 93-4 94-5 95-6 96-7 '97-8 '98-9 '99-00 '00-1 '01-2 '02-3 03-4 '04-5 '05-6 '06-7 '07-8 Coll. Ent. N.Y.C. Ex. Total 378 389 297 311 361 358 375 463 520 617 557 573 609 658 584 792 The Regents' credentials mentioned above do not include medical The discrepancy in numbers in the freshman class, if compared back and to students admitted from colleges and universities partly to advanced standing. The small number credited to entrance by examination would be much larger if those taking a single examination to make up a shortage in another group were included. It is not unusual to have a student enter partially by certificate, by examination, and by College Board examination. The combining of school with Regents' credentials, however, is not a common method of admission and is employed only in very exceptional cases. It should be noted that the number entering entirely by our examinations is small. The preparatory schools are now better acquainted with our entrance requirements. Certain Regents' credentials admit to the College of Law, and under certain conditions relieve all students from taking an entrance examination in English. Regents' pass cards for single subjects are accepted if the grade be at least 75. The failure of several students to pass the entrance examination before completing the high school course has influenced others to complete their course in school and enter the University by certificate. PETITIONS The usual form of petition has been continued by the several Faculties. When the petition relates to routine matters and a mere change of registration of studies, a much simpler method has been adopted for changes in registration, and the strict enforcement of registration rules has made a marked improvement on the students' work. The Faculties of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Medicine, and Veterinary Medicine have filed the petitions in the offices of these Colleges and have notified the Registrar of the action taken; while the Law and Mechanical Engineering Faculties have returned the petitions to this office and the office has notified the students by mail. The registration of old students for the first term takes place after the matriculation of new students. This allows new students a day to arrange their work before instruction begins. Old students' are not required to be at the University until the day preceding the one on which instruction begins. The system of registering new students in September in groups according as their names appear in the alphabet and of sending out by mail permits for registration has solved the overcrowding of registration and gives each student abundant time to get started aright. |