<p>I wish I put Muir as my first choice instead of Warren. I got accepted into Warren... is there any way to transfer my college before the year starts? The fact that Warren had less writing requirements than other schools got to me at the time.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>^Transferring colleges is extremely difficult and you can only start the process after you've been at UCSD for two quarters. Warren is great, be happy!</p>
<p>for muir writing, the papers you write are all about what the author's argument is and how the argument is made. it sounds simple - and it is for the first two papers when you're analyzing scientific papers that actually HAVE an argument - but when you get to the final paper you have to write 10-12 pages about a book that doesn't really have an argument. you really have to stretch and make up a lot of BS - or at least i did with 'green mansions', my friends who had 'blindness' seemed to have it easier.</p>
<p>also the last paper sucks because you're expected to give a 4 page draft after just two days (when the first paper was 3-4 pages and you had like 2 weeks to do that) and then eventually get it up to 10-12 pages with almost no assistance from your TA. at least in my class we pretty much only did peer editing for that paper, aside from the one conference with the TA, and that doesn't help at all because none of the students know what they're doing, haha.</p>
<p>and definitely don't go into muir writing expecting an A. it's pretty much impossible. if even 1 or 2 people from your 15-person class gets an A, it's a miracle. aim for anything higher than a C.</p>
<p>but hey - only 2 quarters!</p>
<p>I don't think Muir Writing is as impossible as people make it out to be. For Muir 40, your TA will invariably give you the template for what they expect out of your paper. If you follow their template, come up with something that sounds remotely plausible for the text you're analyzing you'll be fine. Going to office hours never hurts. Muir 50 is more about crafting your own argument about a certain topic (they vary and you have choice). Again, office hours help a lot. It's not impossible to get an A. You just have to work at it.</p>
<p>Oh God, now I'm scared ><</p>
<p>Wish I had known about this before I picked Muir.</p>
<p>AP Language and Literature aren't of much help? From what it sounds like, Muir Writing is exactly like what I did/do in those.</p>
<p>The AP classes weren't a huuuge help. The Muir program wants straightforward, to the point writing. Flowery BS won't help you out like it does on the AP tests.</p>
<p>^ My teachers have emphasised the same thing: NO FLUFF. Hmmmm....</p>
<p>I guess you might be all set, then. =)</p>
<p>Muir writing took a bit of adjusting coming from an IB English program. Writing prose-like arguments aren't awarded and I learned that quickly after getting a B in Muir40 (a pretty big blow after doing well in HS AP/IB classes and being a yearbook editor). However, by Muir50, it seems like more people get the hang of it and do better.</p>
<p>Also, have fun learning to use periodical databses as you're going to be writing 15-20 pages for your bibliography.</p>
<p>Oh crap. Why didn't I find this out sooner? ): English is definitely not one of my best subjects...</p>
<p>don't worry about it tooooo much. english is by far my worst subject and i managed to get a B- and B+ on my first two muir40 papers, and i think i'll be able to pull off a B on the final paper.</p>
<p>having to write argument-based papers is a worthy sacrifice for only having to take 2 quarters of writing. especially GPA-wise - 2 Bs are a lot better than 6 Bs.</p>
<p>i got into Muir as a winter admit
undecided major</p>