Difficulty of changing major or college?

fishygosplash
Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:32:23 +0000

“also, should I bother taking AP English lang and comp this May ( I havent taken either AP english test)?
because I read somewhere you have to take a placement test before the Actual AP test.”

I think I know what you’re saying.
UCSD requires you to meet the particular minimum of English before you attend the college I believe (let’s name it English 101 for the time being, which is not at all the real name).

To meet the minimum requirement for entrance into UCSD, you must either pass either AP english tests OR pass that english writing evaluation you mentioned.

If you fail to do either, you will be enrolled in “English 101” your freshman year. Think of this class as a pre-requisite. After you take “English 101” THEN you would begin taking the 2 warren writing classes.

so in conclusion, YES you should take the AP tests. Just in case you brain fart on the writing placement (or just flat out don’t do well enough), you have your AP tests to fall back on.

Note: I am also an incoming freshman. so i have not formerly experienced any of this. I have read up on it though, and i am pretty sure this is how it works.