Writing Placement Exams at Bridgewater State College--Writing Exam Descriptions   

This essay measures your ability to write effectively--a critical component of academic success.
Your exam will be read by a panel of faculty Members of English at Bridgewater State College.
Essay topics remain secret and are disclosed to students during new student orientation.

Students will have a full 45 minutes to complete the essay.

A satisfactory essay should develop a central idea in response to the prompt delivered on test day.
Ideas in the essay should be organized into logical paragraphs which include specific details.

In addition, faculty readers expect students to:

• Make a central claim about the topic;
• Provide supporting reasons and evidence for all claims;
• Recognize the complexities of the topic;
• Display competence in logical development and organization;
• Display competence in sentence variety, paragraph development, and usage.

 

Last Modified: February 1, 2007