Warren Scholars Seminar WARR11A-B

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<p>So I received an e-mail inviting me to apply for WARR11A-B, and I'm looking for more information about it. Is it much harder than the regular writing classes? Is it worth it to take?</p>

<p>In addition, required for the application is:
"One graded sample of academic writing produced for a senior year class from any discipline."
Since my english class this year was a lot easier than the one i took for my junior year, i wrote a bunch of bad essays and still got good grades on it. However, my junior year writing was so much better, and I was wondering if it was possible to submit that instead for the application.</p>

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<p>Bottom line: Take it. It’s worth it.</p>

<p>Submit the better writing. It will be read. The writing coordinator cares about your writing potential, not some high school teacher’s opinion of it.</p>

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<p>It probably is harder. But if you put in the work you’re likely to get a high grade (A/A-). I remember reading somewhere that 80% of the people in the honors class got an A/A-.
This is opposed to the regular sequence where it is nearly impossible to get an A/A-.</p>

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<p>Okay, this might be a really stupid question, but for the piece of graded writing, do they want the copy that has the teacher’s comments on it? Or do they just want a new copy of it?</p>

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<p>Don’t know. I doubt it matters. I think they read the writing for its quality, not what some high school teacher thinks of it. They’ll make their own opinion.</p>

<p>Actually, they probably want the graded one, since they ask for graded writing.</p>

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<p>I took it and got my butt kicked…but if you’re good at writing and put in the time and work (which is a lot) you can do well.</p>

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<p>Oneeyeddeacon, did you take it this year?</p>

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<p>Do you know how many people get A’s? (not A-) Is it easier to get an A in scholars seminar or in regular warren writing?</p>

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<p>Tough to say. Way, way more people get As in scholars seminar vs warren writing, but it also has much better writers.</p>

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<p>if prof Picciotto is teaching it, then it’s really really really worth taking the class. she’s is AWESOME compared to the TA’s you would get in wcwp10A/B</p>

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<p>Yah I took it this year.</p>

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<p>And the writers who get As in scholar’s seminar are very good. The “more people get As in scholar’s seminar than regular warren writing” statistic is extremely misleading.</p>

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<p>I do not recommend it. I got invited it and its all a bunch of extra effort that you don’t need to put in. Its a lot of bs reading and there is nothing to show for it. You are already an honors student if you got the invite for that, so I do not recommend doing it. I pulled easy A’s in my 10A-10B classes.
Best part of being a honor student is living on Stewart first floor - honors suite :)</p>