<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>I'm currently a wash u premed entering sophomore year and i need to take an english class to fulfill my med school requirement (i placed out of writing 1 since im in engineering).</p>
<p>any thoughts on an easy english class? would appreciate help from upperclassmen and/or graduates. Thanks!</p>
<p>Couldn’t you just go ahead and take writing 1 anyway? From everything I’ve heard, it’s an easy enough class (I tested out as well).</p>
<p>I know a few rising sophomore BME’s who have to take it as a sophomore (they didn’t test out) since it couldn’t fit in their freshmen spring schedules, so it doesn’t matter that you’d be a sophomore in writing 1.</p>
<p>well with the sophomore engineering schedules (along with organic chem as i am premed) writing 1 will be really time consuming (plus the difficulty depends on your instructor…i have some friends who ended up with really tough graders who didn’t give out grades better than an A-)</p>
<p>Does technical writing junior year fulfill the medical school requirement?</p>
<p>^ I think the premed req is a full year of english/writing- tech writing only covers half of that full year then, and a semester is still needed.</p>
<p>How do you test out of Writing 1? Did you have to take the AP exam, is there a placement test, or what?</p>
<p>^ I think it’s a 5 on AP composition, a 750 on SAT writing or passing their placement-like test.</p>
<p>^Also, a 36 on ACT writing will also test you out, I believe.</p>
<p>The placement test is given during orientation. It’s early- I know several people who slept through it and had to take writing I.</p>
<p>Only students in certain divisions can test out of Writing 1 though… it’s not possible at all for ArtSci (for my year, anyway…). Actually I had a pretty good semester in Writing 1 (I had a really good TA though) so maybe you could use your seniority to get into a good section of writing 1, as opposed to waiting for all the freshmen to sign up?</p>
<p>As far as other classes i could recommend… by “english” does this have to be in the LA department? in the English Composition/Literature department?</p>
<p>is Writing 1 mandatory for first semester freshmen?
right now my schedule looks like:
MBB, Calc, Chem (w/ lab)</p>
<p>For 12 credits, so I need a fourth class to hit at least 15. I was thinking of continuing my language (chinese) or just taking writing 1 if I need it later anyways. Do most freshmen take 4 or 5 classes? 15 or 18 credits? I want a fun schedule that isn’t too heavy so i can really do well in my classes, but at the same time I don’t want to feel like i’m cheating myself by not being brave and signing up for another class.</p>
<p>Is their a technical writing class for Engineers instead of the general art/sci type?</p>
<p>There is a technical writing class for engineers, although (unless you’ve tested out of Writing 1) I think engineers have to take both writing classes…</p>
<p>@nooob - There’s no reason you have to take Writing 1 first semester I don’t think. Depending on what you’re studying and stuff, there’s usually one semester they’ll recommend over another, although I don’t think they’ll force you to go with that. and yeah, 15-18 credits is about right. 18 would be a bit busy, but you might like having some room to cut back a few credits second semester, too.</p>
<p>I should note- the placement test to get out of Writing 1 is only for engineers.</p>
<p>Everyone else has to take Writing 1.</p>
<p>And as Don_Quixote said, all engineers have to take the tech. writing class- it’s run through the engineering school.</p>
<p>FYI, my registration info packet (I’m architecture) told me a few required courses for the fall semester, but told me I was to sign up for Writing 1 for and only for the Spring 2010 semester.</p>