Our procedure features a combination of objective scores, placement on the basis of writing samples, and self-placement. If you want to be in the course that will help you most, you need to know the purposes of the different courses, how you are initially placed in a course on the basis of your ACT or SAT scores, and how you can challenge that placement.

You will initially be placed in either 1001, 2000, or exempted on the basis of your SAT, ACT, or AP score.

To see the guidelines for initial placement, see Guidelines For a description of the courses, see Course Description

You may challenge your placement by the ACT, SAT, or AP score by writing an essay that you will be able to submit to us on-line. Because we want all parts of this process to be your work only, we will require that you sign a certificate that your essay has been your own work. You should not even have anyone help you with the editing.

If you are exempted from a course in which you are registered, you will need to drop that course and add another in its place--unless you decide to stay in the course. If you decide to drop the course, you should come to the English Department office to get a petition to award credit from the course or courses which you have been exempted