Writing Placement
Students are placed into first-year writing courses based on their standardized test scores. Check your scores on the following table to find the corresponding course you will be placed in:
| ACT English |
SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing |
CEEB AP English |
ISAT English Language Arts |
PLACEMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 17 | 200 - 500 | n/a | 1, 2 | English 1101P |
| 18 - 24 | 510 - 620 | n/a | 3, 4 | English 1101 |
| 25 - 30 | 630 - 720 | 3 - 4 50 |
English 1102 | |
| 31 - 36 | 730 - 800 |
5 | Exempt |
What to do if you are not satisfied with the test score placement:
Students are initially placed into first-year writing courses based on their standardized test scores. Knowing these scores can be limiting, we offer an alternative placement tool called . An online tool, will ask you to respond to a series of questions to determine the best first-year writing course for you.
To use , you will need to have the following information:
- Vandal ID number;
- Current overall high school GPA; and
- ACT English or SAT Scores.
You will also be asked to provide the following information if you have it:
- AP Language and Composition Scores, and
- Information related to English 1101 and/or English 1102 taken as Dual Enrollment or completed at another institution.
Based on your responses, you will be placed into one of three options:
- English 1101P: Writing and Rhetoric I Plus
- English 1101: Writing and Rhetoric I; or
- English 1102: Writing and Rhetoric II.
You can access The Write Class at .
If you have questions, please email Tyler Easterbrook, Director of First-Year Composition.