No matter what you choose as your major at Indiana University East and what career you pursue once you graduate, you can expect that you will be doing a great deal of reading and writing.The questions below will assist you in selecting an English composition class that meets your needs. Choose one sentence in each series of items that best describes you.

If you....

1. have taken at least two honors or advanced courses that included writing with a purpose or thesis in high school earning A grades
   took at least four courses that included writing with a purpose or thesis in high school earning A grades
   took at least three courses that included writing with a purpose or thesis in high school earning grades of B or higher
   took two or fewer courses in high school that included writing with a purpose or thesis or earned lower than a B in writing essays
2. consider yourself a capable writer who enjoys writing and succeeded, earning excellent grades
   consider yourself a capable writer who enjoys writing
   feel you are a capable writer who doesn’t mind writing
   consider yourself an o.k. writer who gets the work done
3. are a strong proofreader, rarely making errors in grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation that you don’t correct in a final draft of a paper
   are a fairly good proofreader and only sometimes make mistakes in grammar, spelling and/or punctuation that you don’t correct
   are an average proofreader and have mistakes in grammar, spelling and/or punctuation in your final essays
   have a difficult time with proofreading grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation, having errors in final papers
4. regularly read challenging print and electronic texts with consistent
   success in understanding
   regularly read challenging print and electronic texts and are usually successful in understanding
   read print and electronic texts regularly, but not particularly challenging ones
   read print and electronic texts occasionally
5. regularly wrote essays in high school using a computer to draft and revise work with confidence
   regularly wrote essays in high school using a computer to draft and to revise work usually feeling confident
   occasionally wrote essays in high school using a computer to draft and to revise work
   rarely wrote essays in high school using a computer to draft and to revise work