<p>I have a 5 on the AP Lang Exam and for the freshman writing requirement according to the Emory website:</p>
<p>"You must take either ENG 101, ENG 181 or LIT 110 or receive AP English credit as determined by the Office of Admission."</p>
<p>Can I take ENG 101 and forfeit my credit? Or will Emory will treat the AP exam as a placement test and put me into ENG 181? I fear the latter situation because I'm not the greatest writer despite a "5" on the exam. As to why I don't want the credit... Many dental schools have a writing requirement and many have different policies regarding AP credit. I just want to be on the safe side and fulfill all my pre-reqs without AP.</p>
<p>Use the AP credit. I earned a 5 on AP Lang and a 4 on AP Lit and was initially terrified that my writing would pale in comparison to those that took Eng 181. Though initially I wrote in a rather formulaic way, I found that by going to the writing center and professors, my skills increased dramatically. If you write at least two drafts of every paper, and have a professor or peer look it over, you’ll probably get an A on every paper and become a much stronger writer. </p>
<p>Emory also requires 3 continued writing courses, which might satisfy dental school requirements. Ask your academic advisor about this, and if she doesn’t know, find someone that understands pre-dental requirements. Maybe you need Eng 181, but I seriously doubt it. </p>
<p>Btw, don’t use this CC post as an indictment of my writing ability.</p>
<p>ENG 101 is a permission-only course for nonnative speakers of English. As whenhen noted, you also have to take at least three continuing writing courses, so you should check to see if those would satisfy dental school requirements. IDS classes, for instance, are often continued writing and have writing labs.</p>
<p>Some schools are sticklers for having the writing requirement fulfilled with a course that is straight from the english department. I was hoping to fulfill the continued writing courses with classes from the religion, anthro, or psych departments (subjects that actually interest me). </p>
<p>And are you sure ENG 101 is only for non-native speakers? That sounds really odd. Not every native speaker can write well. I’d appreciate it if anyone can give me an answer on whether I can take 101. I just really don’t want to take 181.</p>
<p>Internationals often have much more severe writing deficiencies than their native English speaking counterparts. Many internationals, when preparing for college entrance studied for the SAT by memorizing a bunch of grammar rules and learning to write extremely long essays which though they contained no argument of merit, earned top scores because length determines an SAT essay’s score, not content. Many also hired native English speakers to write college essays, and falsified their transcripts (this is all based on what my ex-boyfriend, an international, told me about what many Chinese students did to get into American schools). </p>
<p>Because of this, many internationals have extremely poor writing skills since they lack the total command of the English language that we domestic students take for granted. Thus most of them require a special course to get themselves up to speed on how to (actually) structure a paper, proper sentence construction, etc. Even the worst native speaking writer doesn’t encounter the myriad of problems that many internationals do, hence the need for a remedial, intro class.</p>
<p>In response to your question about the continued writing requirement, I’d highly recommend taking an English class at Emory. I absolutely despise English, but I needed to take an english class to fulfill my continued writing requirement (Oxford mandates at least one before students move onto Main), and it was one of the best classes I’ve ever taken. High school English, even the AP version, doesn’t remotely resemble an intermediate college level English course, and that’s a good thing. I found my peers far more engaging and the professor far more invested in the literature than in high school. Why not kill two birds with one stone and fulfill your writing requirement while preparing for dental school? It’s a waste of time and money to repeat an English course you’ve already taken and passed.</p>