Welcome to the Online Composition Examination (CE)

All entering students at Rice, even transfer students, are expected to complete the Composition Exam before their first semester at Rice. If you are entering Rice in the fall 2009, you should plan to take the CE via the web in June or July 2009. Instead of taking the exam, students may elect to enroll directly in COMM 103; however, once enrolled at Rice, students have waived their opportunity to take the exam and place out of COMM 103. If you miss this summer administration of the exam, you must register for and successfully complete COMM 103 to graduate from Rice.

You may only take the examination once.

Taking the Composition Examination is the first step in satisfying Rice University's graduation requirement concerning writing.

Please read the overview of the exam now. It contains all the basic information you need to prepare for the Composition Examination.

Round Two begins July 10, 2009 at 8:00AM US Central Time.

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