Placement
Your essay will be evaluated on how well you:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the article by identifying its central thesis and main supporting points in a summary;
- Develop a thesis that relates directly to the position the author takes in the article;
- Support your thesis in an essay that is logically organized, focused and developed with specific examples and illustrations;
- Connect or contrast your own examples and illustrations to specific ideas and statements from the article; and
- Demonstrate competency in creating sentences relatively free of grammar and punctuation errors.
- Can I retake the WPA?
- Students are not able to retake the Writing Placement Assessment. Please enroll in the course(s) that you have been placed in by our Writing Program professors through the placement assessment.
- Does my high school GPA or ACT/SAT scores exempt me from taking UCWR 110?
- Your ACT/SAT scores or high school GPA might exempt you from taking the Writing Placement Assessment - the written exam some students need to take to be placed in an appropriate writing course. If you are waived from this assessment, you are NOT waived from UCWR 110. You will still need to take this course. The only way to fulfill your UCWR 110 requirement is through transfer credit or through Interdisciplinary Honors coursework.
- I got a WPA that is UCWR 109 or ENGL 100. What should I register for?
- Placements of UCWR 109 or ENGL 100 require students to take an additional course to complete their College Writing Seminar (UCWR 110) requirement. If you have a UCWR 109 placement, please register for UCWR 109 and UCWR 110 in the same semester. If you have an ENGL 100 placement, please register for ENGL 100 in your first semester. You will take UCWR 110 in the following semester. You may need advisor assistance enrolling in these courses, so please contact your advising team if you encounter an error registering.
- I just took the WPA, but do not yet have a placement. What should I do?
- The Writing Placement Assessment is graded by writing faculty and may take longer than a week to review. If you have active enrollment and have recently taken the Writing Placement Assessment, please register for an alternative course.
- ESL Testing - If your placement is “ESL Testing,” you will need to take the English language proficiency test for the English Language Learning Program (ELLP). This in-person test will help students determine if they should take ENGL 103: Basic Writing or an English as a Second Language (ESL) course to prepare for UCWR 110. Please contact the English Language Learners program at 773.508.3880 or esl@luc.edu to schedule a time to take the test.
Your essay will be evaluated on how well you:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the article by identifying its central thesis and main supporting points in a summary;
- Develop a thesis that relates directly to the position the author takes in the article;
- Support your thesis in an essay that is logically organized, focused and developed with specific examples and illustrations;
- Connect or contrast your own examples and illustrations to specific ideas and statements from the article; and
- Demonstrate competency in creating sentences relatively free of grammar and punctuation errors.
- Can I retake the WPA?
- Students are not able to retake the Writing Placement Assessment. Please enroll in the course(s) that you have been placed in by our Writing Program professors through the placement assessment.
- Does my high school GPA or ACT/SAT scores exempt me from taking UCWR 110?
- Your ACT/SAT scores or high school GPA might exempt you from taking the Writing Placement Assessment - the written exam some students need to take to be placed in an appropriate writing course. If you are waived from this assessment, you are NOT waived from UCWR 110. You will still need to take this course. The only way to fulfill your UCWR 110 requirement is through transfer credit or through Interdisciplinary Honors coursework.
- I got a WPA that is UCWR 109 or ENGL 100. What should I register for?
- Placements of UCWR 109 or ENGL 100 require students to take an additional course to complete their College Writing Seminar (UCWR 110) requirement. If you have a UCWR 109 placement, please register for UCWR 109 and UCWR 110 in the same semester. If you have an ENGL 100 placement, please register for ENGL 100 in your first semester. You will take UCWR 110 in the following semester. You may need advisor assistance enrolling in these courses, so please contact your advising team if you encounter an error registering.
- I just took the WPA, but do not yet have a placement. What should I do?
- The Writing Placement Assessment is graded by writing faculty and may take longer than a week to review. If you have active enrollment and have recently taken the Writing Placement Assessment, please register for an alternative course.
- ESL Testing - If your placement is “ESL Testing,” you will need to take the English language proficiency test for the English Language Learning Program (ELLP). This in-person test will help students determine if they should take ENGL 103: Basic Writing or an English as a Second Language (ESL) course to prepare for UCWR 110. Please contact the English Language Learners program at 773.508.3880 or esl@luc.edu to schedule a time to take the test.