E-mail Tutoring

We are happy to respond to your questions about your papers via the Internet. Moreover, we can answer your general questions about writing and/or provide links to other sites that may help you.

Please note that because of time constraints, tutors may not place comments throughout texts; your submission, nevertheless, will be read thoroughly and global (overall) comments will be made.

Your questions or paper will be read by a tutor, who will make comments, raise questions, discuss strengths and weaknesses, and may point out patterns of grammatical errors. Please be as specific as you can be in your request for help. It is not appropriate simply to ask a consultant to "check if this essay is good" or "correct my grammar." The Writing Center is not an editing service; we will not proofread and correct your papers. We may, however, point out patterns of errors and provide you with instruction for making your own corrections.

Important Note: Response time is generally within 48 hours, except weekend submissions (after 12:00 p.m. on Friday). Consequently, it is not appropriate to submit a paper for commentary if it is due for evaluation within a two day time period.

The best way to send your paper to us is to send it in the body of the e-mail and also as an attachment created in Microsoft Word. Responses will be in the form of an e-mail reply; if the tutor has made comments in the attached essay, these comments will be in CAPITAL LETTERS, at the beginning and/or end of your paper, as well as embedded within the text.

Please feel free to respond to our comments with questions for clarification and with revisions for further comment. Our e-mail interchanges are tutorials that may continue over a number of exchanges if you desire. However, keep in mind that you may have only one E-Tutoring appointment a week.