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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is easy. Any UK or European college.

I went to the London School of Economics for a masters after a US undergrad. Most taught masters in the UK have a 10,000 dissertation requirement that I was terrified of bc I couldn't write to save my life, I felt that college had not prepared me properly for this. I went to a good US school, too. The Europeans, on the other hand, wrote SO WELL, even the non-native English speakers. By writing well I mean they were able to create an argument and write coherently in support of it. An Italian in my program said he wrote a thesis in high school and had written a thesis for every stage of education afterwards. They could not understand why we were so afraid of writing.

So to answer your question, I'd say any US school that requires you to write a graduation thesis. Not sure if there are any, but I feel all US undergrads should have this as a requirement.

Also OP, I totally agree with your premise. Writing is the foundational skill required for success in ANY career.[/quote]

I agree with this. My DD is doing her undergrad in Scotland right now, and most of the assignments she does involve writing papers rather than taking exams. She's currently spending her entire semester writing a dissertation. [/quote]

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