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I'm an incoming frosh and I didn't pass the ELWR...

If you have not fulfilled the ELWR by one of the means listed in this table before classes start, you will automatically be placed in a Core Course section with an instructor qualified to help you with your writing, and you will be assigned to a weekly group tutoring session facilitated by a trained peer writing assistant. This is not a remedial course. You receive full, regular credit for this Core Course.

At the end of your first quarter, you will re-take the AWPE. If you pass the exam, you have satisfied the ELWR. If you do not pass the exam at the end of your first quarter, but feel your writing is strong, you may appeal the exam results on the basis of your Core papers. A successful appeal means you have satisfied the ELWR.

If you earn a grade of "C" or better in your Core course, once you satisfy the ELWR you will have satisfied the C1 composition requirement.