<p>THis might be a dumb question, but ... this is a great place to ask for opinions when questions come up!</p>
<p>My D (transfer student) is trying to figure out her schedule, and she is wondering about "writing intensive courses." She wants to take a 100 level writing course to finish up her writing requirement, a history course, and a 200-level sociology course. All 3 are considered writing intensive. Her other 2 courses will be stats & accounting, so they shouldn't have much in the way of writing.</p>
<p>How much writing do you think the 3 courses might involve? In other words, is it advisable to have several courses that require intensive writing at once, or should they be spread out? I am not sure that spreading them out allows all the AXLE requirements to be fulfilled!</p>
<p>My d's adviser would not allow her to take two writing-intensive courses in the same semester. However, she was a first-year student at the time, and she's a music major. I don't know whether the policies are different for upperclassmen or for students outside Blair.</p>
<p>My adviser would have let me take 2 writing intensive courses (meaning there is a W next to the course number). However I opted not to because it would have been very overwhelming. What other courses is your daughter considering taking?</p>
<p>Every class is different with requirements but I would figure that she would have a lot of papers due all the time. Since I've never been to any other college I'm not sure how strict grading on papers is at Vandy compared to other schools- but they definitely don't just hand out A's, and most of my writing courses I've taken only a handful of kids int he class receive A's, with most grades falling in the B range. </p>
<p>Since it's her first semester at Vandy I would opt for the one 100 level writing course and maybe save the other writing intesive ones.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. I am not certain what courses she is taking, but I don't think they all are W's. Maybe she was just concerned that there might be tons of writing due to the type of classes. Do the courses in history that are not W's usually require a bunch of papers? The writing one (that is, the W to fulfill her writing requirement) is actually in sociology, which is her major. She doesn't need any more W's, because she has the rest done already. I think she is just worried because she is coming from a different kind of school, with a trimester ... so fewer classes at one time ... and she had more math/science last year.</p>
<p>She'll be fine, no matter what. I think she just doesn't know quite what to expect.</p>