<p>For my Rutgers placement tests i took math, English and Spanish and was placed in calc I, English 100 basic composition , and i didnt care about the Spanish one since i wont need it for my major. Does anyone know a way to get out of this and go to expos? I just know you can not simply take the placement again but I am thinking about just taking the English basic composition class over the summer, is this the best thing to do? I also heard on the first day of class in this basic composition class they give you an in class essay and depending on how you do on it your professor can immediately put you in expos, is this true? Going to school of arts and sciences at new Brunswick btw.</p>
<p>bump, plz someone answer :(</p>
<p>This is from Rutgers website:</p>
<p>In almost all cases, placement in a writing course is an accurate measure of students’ abilities when matched with the expectations of teachers during the first month of class. Placements, however, do not guarantee that students meet the standards necessary to exit the course. Students who feel that their placements are not accurate measures of their current (and NOT potential) writing and reading abilities should attend the first meeting of the course for which they are registered. All sections of all writing courses begin with an in-class written essay on the first day of class. These in-class essays are administered in order to insure that all students have been correctly placed in the appropriate writing courses.</p>
<p>Students should do their best on this in-class essay and notify their teachers if they believe they have been placed at the wrong level. Teachers will review in-class essays and will determine, in consultation with one of the Assistant Directors of the Writing Program, whether or not the placement is correct. If it is determined that a student would be better served working at a different level in the Writing Program, the student will be contacted by one of the members of the Writing Program’s support staff and will receive instructions on how to move into a higher (or lower) section. If it is determined that the original placement was correct, the student will remain in the assigned section of the course.</p>
<p>Basic comp is an intensive writing course. If you take it over the summer, you are going to be constantly reading/writing for those 5 or 6 weeks. With the writing courses, the best thing to do is go to rate my professor and look at teacher reviews. A lot of people complain that grading is not consistent between teachers (some are really hard, others lenient) so this might make a difference in your experience.</p>