The purpose of this study is to find out the wiriting skills on how the first year students in higher education are able to express their taught. For this research, the sample were selected from the first year undergraduates in the four different departments’ in the faculty of K. K. Education in 2003-2004 academic year and it also consisted of 400 students. In the research procedure, firstly, students were given a topic and asked to writean essay on the topic. At the same time, the criteria of assessment for all the essays which were collected from the members of the sample were determined and converted the scores for each essay and then all the scores were evaluted. As a result of the study, it were found significantly differences among the students in according to their gender and their departments, however, there were no any significant differences the relationships between the scorea of students’ essays and what type of education, the secondary school they have completed and where the students came from. When the scores are considered, it may be said that students generally, have had inefficiency learning experiences for writing skills as a part of native language learning in their past until they have began to take the high education.