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I was stunned when colleagues at work told me that their professors did not require papers in their undergraduate courses. I had to write at least one or two papers for every single undergraduate course. In grad school, I had to produce 60 pages on ten different topics (with footnotes!) within the first month.
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EEEK!!! Back when I was in college (in the early 80's), I would drop a course if I found out the final was a paper! I would rather have my entire grade depend on 1 test than a paper. But, there was no scantron (that's how old I am!!), very little multiple choice, so most tests were blue book essay type.
Somehow I made it through, and am now a pretty decent writer. I had no confidence in my ability to formulate a paper.