Welcome to the UM Writing Placement Assessment
 

There are two main reasons you’ve arrived here: 1) you do not currently have scores that place you into a WRIT course, or 2) you have chosen to challenge your WRIT placement. If you have scores but are challenging your placement, please know that your highest writing score will always be given priority. 

The purpose of this placement is to position you for success by offering you insight into how your writing skills align with college writing expectations. We don't encourage the use of ChatGPT or other generative writing tools because if you rely on them heavily, you will not receive feedback about the kinds of writing skills that will be required in UM's writing courses. 

Through this site you will be able to:

• view the placement essay prompts
• submit your placement assessment essay

You are not required to take this placement. If you do not want to take the placement assessment, you will be placed into Co-Requisite Writing, which is a 4-credit WRIT 101 course that includes and requires support for your writing. If you would like to simply register for Co-Requisite Writing, please email us here writingplacement@umontana.edu and we will connect you to the right people!
 

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• This form will ask you for your UM email address and your UM 790#. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK that these two pieces of information are correct. Incorrect 790#'s or non-UM email accounts will delay your score entry. 
• Please feel free to seek advice and help with your writing, just as you might for a graded paper in a class. The Writing and Public Speaking Center is available for support. 
• You are allowed to complete this process more than once, however, we suggest getting feedback from peers, teachers, or The Writing and Public Speaking Center before resubmitting. 
• There is no required font style, font size, or paper length, and research is not required. Readers are looking for the writer's ability to 1) respond to the prompt, 2) express ideas and support them with evidence and reasoning, 3) organize ideas, and 4) write sentences that clearly convey thinking. 
• Any questions about the assessment can be sent to writingplacement@umontana.edu. 

Placement submission deadlines: 

Essays will be reviewed the day following at submission deadline. We make every possible effort to enter your scores and send you an email the day after the review deadline. Sometimes it takes us two days - we hate that, but we're human! 

Submissions received by midnight on the following dates will be scored the next day:

• Tuesday, March 12
• Monday, April 15
• Tuesday, May 15