<p>I can waive the writing requirement with my SAT score but I don't want to since I'm not so confident in writing. Would writing 2 and 3 be more difficult than Writing 5? And does writing 2 and 3 mean I have to take 2 terms?</p>
<p>Which term do you recommend taking the writing requirement (fall, winter, spring)? i.e. maybe taking in fall would be bit more stressful because it's an adjustment period?</p>
<p>If I remember correctly I think you waive the writing with a combination of SAT score and AP test (I am sure that some one will chime in to state what the most recent requirements are).</p>
<p>The school will place you in your writing course in addition to scheduling which term you take writing and your first year seminar. If you are exempted from English 5 the school will tell you which term you will take your first year seminar.</p>
<p>Yes, if you take writing 2 & 3 it is given over 2 terms (fall and winter with the first year seminar given in the spring).</p>
<p>Can you still take writing if youre exempted?</p>
<p>i really need to learn how to write...mhm</p>
<p>writing 5 is what most people take. if you pass out of this requirement through your test scores, you will take a first year seminar during your fall term. if you don't pass out, you will take writing 5 either fall or winter term (dartmouth determines which term you take it) and then a first year seminar winter or spring depending on which term you took writing 5. writing 2-3 is generally for students who did not do as well on standardized tests, and is supposed to be easier since it is more basic. you take writing 2-3 in the fall and winter, and then your first year seminar in the spring.</p>
<p>I'm wondering why you're worried ammar? From your test scores, you will surely pass out of Writing 5.</p>
<p>Although, the SAT is an extremely poor indicator of Writing ability. But at least you won't have to take the class.</p>
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<p>Yeah. But i want to take writing :-/ I've never written a research paper in my life. I'd be pretty lost in all the other classes if i don't know how to.</p>
<p>As someone who's probably going to have to take Writing 5, I'm going to say that there's nothing much to be learned in the Writing sequence. People learn through the act of doing something, and when you get assigned your first research paper in some class, that's when the fun begins.</p>
<p>I believe Writing 2-3 is commonly taken by those for whom English is not a first language (or at least that's been my experience here). And yes, it's a two-term deal: 2 in the fall, 3 in the winter, then the first-year seminar in spring</p>
<p>Writing 5 classes can be pretty varied, and they're more involved with improving your general writing proficiency than anything. In my writing 5 class, we basically read one book with a few supplementary materials; other classes had far more reading and completely different teaching approaches. Agreed that if you want to learn how to properly write a research paper, go to RWIT.</p>
<p>if you came from a high school where you could take 4 years of english and only write one research paper, i think writing 2-3 is a good fit. a student does not earn a grade for writing 2---at the end of writing three, the grade they earn for writing 3 becomes the grade for writing 2.</p>
<p>I am in the same boat with Ammar. Never written a research paper. I might even be assigned a Writing 2-3 sequence. </p>
<p>Btw, we need to take an online test to be placed into writing 5 , right ? Anybody has any idea what this test is like ?</p>