University Writing Requirements

Exemptions

Students are exempt, with credit, from the First-Year Writing Requirement if they received a combined total of 1460 or more on the Critical Reading Section and the Writing Section of the SAT, or if they received a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Language and Composition Test. (If they received a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Test they are not exempted from the First-Year Writing Requirement but will receive three   English credits).