Updated: June 27, 2013
University Writing Program
Exemption Request Form
UW1020
WID
Other
You must submit this form & all requested attachments to gwuwp@gwu.edu or the UWP office,
Ames Hall, 207, Mount Vernon Campus.
Date
Full Name
GWid
Street
Email
City
State
Zip
School within GW
First Term Attended at GW
Name of Academic Advisor: __________________________________________
Email of Academic Advisor: __________________________________________
Please explain your basis for this exemption request (attach separate sheet, if needed):
-----------------------------------OFFICE USE ONLY BELOW THIS POINT-----------------------------Comments of UWP Administrator:
Action Taken:
 Approved
UWP Administrator Signature:
 Denied
__________________________ Title:_____________________
Date:________________
UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS MUST ACCOMPANY ALL PETITIONS
First-Year Writing (UW1020)
If you are a transfer student requesting an exemption from the first-year writing
requirement of GW’s University Writing Program, your application should include the
following materials. No applications will be considered unless all of the following
documents are present.
 Completed UWP Exemption Request form (available online).
 A copy of the statement of transfer credit from GW from the Admissions
Office (or an unofficial GW transcript if have already matriculated at the
University. Can be obtained from your academic advisor, Colonial Central, or
GWeb.)
 Syllabus from the course(s) you are looking to have count as UW1020.
 A research-based writing sample.
Writing in the Disciplines (WID)
All WID exemption requests must be received by the deadlines below for the semester
prior to the semester in which the student is scheduled to graduate. Exemption requests
filed later than this point will be rejected out-of-hand.
 WID Exemption requests are reviewed March 15 and November 15 of each
academic year. Exemption requests will not be considered at other times.
Requests for exemption will receive an email response within two weeks of
the deadline.
 IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GRADUATE, the following are your final
exemption deadlines. They are timed to allow a semester for you to take a
WID in the event your request is denied:
a. Graduation at the end of Spring or Summer Semester: The last date
to submit an exemption request is November 15 of the previous Fall
semester.
b. Graduation at the end of Fall Semester: The last date to submit an
exemption request is March 15 of the previous Spring semester.
Please note that requests to count non-WID courses for WID credit simply because they
include papers and other writing assignments are not likely to be approved. WID courses
must meet several goals or criteria and be approved in advance by a faculty committee.
Note that your writing sample and the writing skills on display in your petition constitute
important sources of evidence that will be carefully considered in evaluating your
Exemption Request.
If you are a transfer student requesting that writing courses from your previous institution
count toward WID requirements at GW, please submit the following: No applications
will be considered unless all of the following documents are present.
 Completed UWP Exemption Request (available online).
 Unofficial transcript from GW
 A course description and syllabus for each of the courses serving as the basis for
your WID transfer credit request.
 Writing sample from each course.
The submission of this petition does not guarantee it will be granted. You and your
advisor will receive emails with the decision when one has been reached. No petition
will be evaluated until all materials are received.