Testing Out - ASE English Composition

Malorymug · Aug 16, 2013

Why do you have to CLEP? Can't they take one of your previous English classes as credit? I have a BS in BioChemistry and was given credit for general chemistry.

Lovelymo79 · Aug 17, 2013

Nope. According to both the English department and the RN-BSN department, since none of my classes were formal writing classes, I have to take both classes or test out. Even though I would not have a BA in English if I couldn't write properly.

This school is already annoying me and I'm barely in. ?

Malorymug · Aug 17, 2013

I only have to take one english class. I took ENGL1302, Rhetoric and Composition II last spring and it was not a hard class. We chose a topic that was important to use and wrote several different assignments on the same topic. It was a very enjoyable class. I know that isn't the point of this thread, but at the same time I have no idea how one could test out of a writing class.

Lovelymo79 · Aug 17, 2013

They have it through the testing center and you write (for 1301) a response to an article by first summarizing it and then writing about a similar topic. For 1302, you write an argumentative essay. They are graded by the freshman professors. You can't take the test for 1302 until you you pass 1301.

For $35, I'd rather just take the essay exams and spend a day in Dallas than sit through extra classes that I know I don't need.

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