  {"id":52232,"date":"2023-06-05T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/?page_id=52232"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:51:58","slug":"writing-placements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/placements\/writing-placements\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Placement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First-year students are placed in ENL101: Effective Writing I or ENL111: Effective Writing II, which is determined by high school English grades. However, we understand that grades do not always reflect a student\u2019s ability.<\/p>\n<p>If you were placed in Effective Writing I, but feel that Effective Writing II is a better fit for you, you can take a writing placement test. Transfer students are automatically placed into ENL111: Effective Writing II. All students must take Effective Writing II unless they transfer in the <strong>college level equivalent<\/strong> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/transfercredit\/evaluation\/\">coursework<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/transfercredit\/examcredit\/\">placement by official exam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please email <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;a&#100;&#x76;i&#115;&#x69;&#x6e;g&#64;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;&#x62;u&#114;&#x67;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;\">&#x61;&#x64;&#x76;&#x69;&#x73;&#x69;&#x6e;&#x67;&#64;&#97;&#117;&#103;&#115;&#98;&#117;rg&#46;e&#x64;&#x75;<\/a> to register for the Writing Placement Test.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Placement Test Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/\">Inside Augsburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.augsburg.edu\/moodle2021\/auth\/shibboleth\/index.php\">Moodle<\/a>\u201d in the left menu<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cAll Courses\u201d in the top menu \u2192 select \u201cCourses 2021-23\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cWriting Placement Test\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Complete the Questionnaire and Academic Honesty Statement\n<ul>\n<li>These are both required before starting the placement exam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cbegin the test\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>How long do I have to complete the writing placement test?<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will have one hour to complete the placement test.<br \/>\nStudents with disabilities may request accommodations for placement tests through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/class\/\">Augsburg CLASS\/Disability Resources office<\/a>. To request accommodations, call <a href=\"tel:612-330-1053\">612-330-1053<\/a> or email <a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#58;&#x63;&#x6c;a&#115;&#115;&#x40;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;&#x62;&#x75;r&#103;&#x2e;&#x65;d&#117;\">&#99;&#x6c;&#97;&#x73;s&#x40;a&#117;&#x67;&#115;&#x62;&#117;&#x72;g&#x2e;e&#100;&#x75;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is the placement test structured?<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will write an essay in response to a prompt. The prompt will be randomly assigned from a collection of prompts written by Augsburg\u2019s English Department.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can I prepare for the placement test?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe recommend reviewing the basic structure and requirements of an essay with videos and resources, such as this resource with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=how+to+write+an+essay&amp;rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1012US1012&amp;ei=h2tiZLCOI9_H0PEPjcSiyAY&amp;oq=how+to+writ&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgBMggIABCKBRCRAjIHCAAQigUQQzIICAAQigUQkQIyCAgAEIoFEJECMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBwgAEIoFEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQ6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOgsIABCKBRCxAxCDAToLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBENEDOgsILhCABBDHARDRAzoFCC4QgAQ6CAgAEIAEELEDOggILhCKBRCxAzoLCC4QigUQsQMQgwE6CAguEIAEENQCSgQIQRgAUABYiQpg0C1oAHABeACAAV2IAewFkgECMTGYAQCgAQHAAQE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:ddf0aa3f,vid:UuOWNNvupik\">tips for writing an essay<\/a>.<br \/>\n(Please note that although this video discusses using and citing outside sources, you are not required to use outside sources in this writing placement test).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-year students are placed in ENL101: Effective Writing I or ENL111: Effective Writing II, which is determined by high school &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":1296,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52232","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52931,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52232\/revisions\/52931"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/advising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}