When assigning students to seminars, the Writing Program will consider several factors: your own appraisal of your writing competency; your preferences for particular courses; SAT and ACT test scores and achievement tests where relevant; and the placement essay which you are being asked to write.

You will receive your seminar placement along with your other placements; your faculty advisor will also be given your writing seminar placement. Class lists for the seminars will be posted to the home page of the Writing Program.

Below you will find links to the placement overview page which explains the placement process for writing seminars; a guide to writing seminars being offered; instructions for the placement essay; and the online seminar preference/essay submission form. We have also included a link to download the entire placement packet. (You wil be asked to write an essay on James Baldwin's "If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?", which is included as a link in the Placement Essay Instructions and also as part of the placement package which can be downloaded.) Seminar preferences and your essay are due Sunday, July 25 at 12:00 midnight ET through the online form. Students will not be able to register for the fall semester until they submit the writing placement.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Prof. dsherman [at] haverford.edu (Debora Sherman), Director of College Writing.