<p>Excellent responses above. Wake Forest and Richmond will also have writing requirements, since those are to be expected at strong universities. W & M’s GERs (i.e., core curriculum) insure that the student will write in a variety of disciplines. And the freshman seminars are almost always writing-intensive, including the science-oriented ones. My d is a dance minor, and she has several papers to write each semester in her dance or choreography classes.</p>
<p>W & M also has a Writing Resources Center, which my d visits whenever she has a major paper due. She has found it to be a valuable learning tool. Your son could use this as a resource at W & M. Is it that he dislikes writing, or that he dislikes it because his skills aren’t as strong as he wants them to be? As writers, most W & M students will be competent or better (or much better - the essay is an important component of the application). </p>
<p>momray is right on about the need for people in science careers to develop strong writing skills.</p>