All students holding a high school diploma may enroll at Old Ivy College.
Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree must complete all sections of the following exams with a score of 80 or higher:
(1) Logic
(2) Rhetoric
(3) Mathematics
(4) Any Foreign Language
(5) Three other exams of the student's choosing
Students may take sections of each major exam separately, provided that all sections are completed within four years.
In addition, candidates must prepare and present a public presentation: a recital, lecture, dramatic performance or other significant project pertinent to the student's field of interest.
Roderick smiles. As they say, at Old Ivy College enrollment is open but graduation is a long shot. He reads on.
Students may prepare for Old Ivy exams in any manner; attendance in class is not required, Old Ivy does not issue grades for classroom performance. Theoretically, students may sit for exams immediately upon matriculation, although the odds of success in such an endeavour are so remote as to be not worth further consideration.
For students seeking to prepare for the exams, Old Ivy offers the following learning activities (described in greater detail in the Bulletin:
(1) Lectures, offered by instructors with in-depth knowledge in the field of study. Lecturers stand at a podium and deliver knowledge, which students write down. Students pay fees for each lecture.
(2) Seminars, led by Professors. Seminars are discussion groups of up to twenty students. Placement in closed seminars is based on prior exam results, and so is not available to first year students. Students pay a fee for each seminar.
(3) Tutorials, consisting of individual coaching offered by professors to students under privately negotiated fee arrangements.
Roderick smiles again. The Board of Directors of Old Ivy College is not aware of the intriguing propensity for certain very attractive young students who contract with the faculty for tutorials to perform surprisingly well on their exams.
