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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2305618, member: 6761"] I don't know the UConn freshman English program. But most required freshman English programs at larger public schools are sort of shotgun programs: large lecture classes, smaller sections often taught by graduate students more interested in their own work than that of their students, grading that is done all too rapidly, etc. The economics of it force an approach that the goal is to get everyone writing college-effective. In that (arguably justifiable) approach, a lot of good students fall between the cracks: their work may be a bit idiosyncratic and therefore judged "subpar" rather than just different. Some of the best writers I know did poorly on the writing part of the SATs for that very reason. So, it's not necessarily that Molly is less than an outstanding writer; it's entirely possible that she's a very effective writer with her own style. [/QUOTE]