Upcoming Proficiency Exam Dates 2023-2024 (more dates to be announced soon):

On-Campus Schedule

(Open to incoming honor, transfer, and returning 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year students not enrolled in HCD-1020 or HCI 1020/1025. Students enrolled in HCD-1020 or HCI 1020/1025 will take the PE in class during Fall 2023.

Date: August 28, 2023 or August 29, 2023 ( choose one )

Time: 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. ( choose one )

Location: TBA

PLEASE NOTE: If you have taken the PE and did not pass, we strongly advise that you review your essay with a tutor through our free tutoring program. Tutoring appointments can be made by clicking on Tutor Online Reservation (TOR) located at the top of this website. If you have failed two or more times, we ask that you attend three tutoring sessions, with the same tutor if possible. To obtain a copy of your exam, please visit the Writing Resource Center at 132 West 21st Street. We cannot share PEs via email unless you took the exam online. If your tutoring session is online, you will need to scan or photograph your essay.

If you have questions about the PE, please contact Leslie Haller, at lhaller@sva.edu. For questions regarding tutoring, please contact Luis Cordoba at lcordoba@sva.edu.

Students who are registered with Disability Resources should

email disabilityresources@sva.edu to arrange for a PE with accommodations. Students should include PE and Transfer/Honors/2nd,3rd,4th-year in the Subject line of their email.