How might writing in the core be different from high school?

Although there are specific writing rules for your major, we are all interested in seeing how your writing contributes to your learning in new ways. We are interested in depth over breadth, how you are raising new questions, new assertions, getting your fingers dirty, up to your elbows, with the issues and ideas in our class. While in high school you may have focused on "learning to write," the "write to learn" nature of the core will allow you to go beyond writing formulas to produce and share our most important meanings."