Personal Narrative: My College Writing And The Writing Process

Before I start taking classes at Texas A&M University- Commerce, my writing level was at a high school level. Basically, I was taught the fundamental basic of writing and the writing process (analyzing the prompt, brainstorming, rough draft- revising and editing, and final draft) using a five-paragraph format (having an introduction, three point body paragraphs, and a conclusion). I use this process throughout of high school, and up till now in college. When I got to my senior year (12th grade), not only the writing I did was similar to college writing, but the class itself has the feeling of a college class. My 12th grade English class teacher introduces the class to Purdue OWL. It is a website that contains writing resources and instructional material to assist the class with many, writing projects/essays throughout the school. The website is supposed to clear up any confusion of any questions the class may …show more content…
I was prepared to expect the unexpected, and mentally preparing for the long paper that was gonna be longer than ten pages. I was expecting college to have its own rules on how to write essays and other writing types. Now after taking some english classes and experiencing writing essays in college, I realized that high school writing and college writing are very similar. College writing still use the writing process that I was taught in high school: analyzing the prompt, brainstorming, rough draft- revising and editing, and final draft. Most college writing have no paragraphs limits, just pages limit in the require format styles. For example, MLA format for English writing, APA for science writing, Chicago for history writing, etc. Furthermore, college writing is an extended version of high school writing where high school writing teach the fundamental basics of writing in addition to preparing students for college