<p>First came an application via email for the program PEERS, and then in the mail I got an envelope saying I need to take the writing test.. I got a high enough SAT Writing score to bypass that though. Anybody else get these things?</p>
<p>Nope. Was your SAT Writing score over 680?</p>
<p>I do believe it said that if you had a C or better in an AP English class you could send that =O</p>
<p>^ If you guys are talking about the writing placement exam, the one that determines whether or not you can take/place at Writing I or lower, getting a C or better only counts for a college English class, not the AP one. (At least, that’s what they told me when I called last year.) Though you can place at Writing I if you get a 3 or better on either English exams. If you get a 4 or better, you can skip Writing I and go to Writing II.</p>
<p>I got a 720 on my Writing SAT 
So I’m good.</p>
<p>Silvercross, what’s the difference between Writing I & II??</p>
<p>They’re both classes you have to take or at least pass out of at UCLA (later only applies to Writing I). They’re like “GEs” but for writing. As far as I know, all majors have to fulfill those requirements (though I’m not too sure about those in the School of Arts). </p>
<p>Think of Writing I as freshman writing. (Like AP Lit, but not necessarily with a literature focus, but on just plain academic writing.) You can pass out of this class with high enough test scores on AP, SAT or ACT (not too sure on the last one). </p>
<p>Writing II is much more “flexible” than Writing I. It can be a class on Literature of the Dark Ages or Great Modern Books (I’m just making these up, personally, I don’t remember them being too interesting, unless you’re an English or history major) and so long as they satisfy the Writing II requirement, ie, have a “certain kind” of writing component to the class (approved by the university for Writing II), then you’re good. I don’t think anyone passes out of this unless they took community college classes.</p>
<p>If you don’t place in Writing I, but lower, I’m not quite sure what you would have to learn, but it’s probably just how to write if UCLA’s anything like the community colleges in my area.</p>