<p>Does anyone know what the deal is with this exam? I'm a transfer student and it appears that everyone is required to take the exam their first semester: "Undergraduate students must attempt the WPE during the semester in which they will earn 65 units, and transfer students/graduate students must attempt it in their first semester of attendance. Otherwise, a registration hold will be placed on your records." WPE</a>, CSULB</p>
<p>Is the essay hand written; or are we given a computer to type out the essay? My main concern is the lack of spell check - most words I'm okay spelling, just by looking at the structure you can tell somethings amiss, but on occasion simply words give me a hard time. Also when I write I have a dictionary handy, to look up certain words, which helps quite a bit! From what I read of the testing process it seems no dictionary is allowed :( I'm guessing the exam is likely quite easy, more to makes sure people can compose a decent argumentative response. Obviously most have written quite a few papers by the time they've taken 65 units or have transferred. Anyway, just looking for some insight as to what the exan entails.</p>
<p>Pretty easy exam. Its handwritten, and they give you a topic to write about. All the topics will be current event type of things so it will be easy to have an opinion on the subject. For me my topic was: Should student atheletes be paid?
Other topics had to do with the lottery or plastic surgery so youll be able to answer easily. Its important to note though, these wont be your topics so dont study those. In fact I did absolutely no preparation for this and passed easily the first time.</p>
<p>Dont worry so much about being perfect on spelling and all that, I mean its handwritten and writing within a time limit causes you to rush and mistakes will happen. just formulate your thoughts and go!
Good luck!</p>
<p>Mine handwriting is even worse being left handed, plus my hand gets all smeared with ink or pencil lead haha</p>
<p>When I took the assessment test at CC for English our topic for the essay was something to do with a park that was frequented by homeless. Should the city build a homeless shelter or should the city improve the existing park to make it more family friendly - thus driving the homeless to another location? I placed in a course below the transfer level course, but in my defense I was working graveyard shift and had been up since 11:45pm (test was around 2:00pm). That coupled with the old lady perfume of our proctor who was walking around on this creaking floor the entire time didn’t help either.</p>
<p>dont take too much into your CC test, you are a few years older now and are better at bringing your thoughts together. Just get yourself organized in the begining and youll do great!</p>
<p>@derangedcorgi: I know what you mean!!! i finished my english courses at CC before my first year was done… CC took me 3 years, so i hadnt really done any major essay writing besides a General Ed class paper here and there. The rest of my classes were physics and math!</p>
<p>I took the WPE last weekend. My approach was to restate some of the facts in the given topic as part of my introduction, then formulate an argument either for or against the presented information, and finish off with a conclusion - my argument kind of sucked though so hopefully that doesn’t weight to heavily on the grading.</p>
<p>I took mine last week as well. My test was scheduled at 7:45 though… so I had to wake up at 6 just to get there. Didn’t get all of my thoughts down onto the paper though, but I answered the prompt enough I suppose. :S</p>