The Cornell Writing Centers offer free, one-on-one writing tutoring for all Cornell students. We can help support individuals at any stage of the writing process for nearly any kind of writing project: applications, presentations, lab reports, essays, papers, and more. Tutors (highly trained undergraduate students) serve as responsive listeners and readers who can address questions about the writing process or about particular pieces of writing. All tutors have training in supporting multilingual writers, working with writers remotely online, and in supporting writers working on application materials.
Specifically, CWC tutors might help you:
- Understand what an assignment is asking for in terms of writing;
- Brainstorm ideas for getting started on a new assignment;
- Develop stronger ideas, arguments, claims, and source-use in essay drafts;
- Read drafts in order to locate writing issues and develop strategies for revision;
- Incorporate sources and evidence responsibly and effectively;
- Consider questions of depth, analysis, organization, audience expectation, paragraph development, and style;
- Identify patterns of error in grammar or usage in order to develop strategies for line-editing.
Weekly Tutoring Schedule
Sundays—Thursdays, 7:00-10:00pm
- 108 Uris Library (in-person only)
- 403 Olin Library (in-person only)
- Online Shifts, via WC Online
Sundays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 7:00-10:00pm
- 220 Robert Purcell Community Center (in-person only)*
Mondays—Thursdays, 3:00-5:00pm
- Mann Library Consultation Area (in-person only)
- 178 Rockefeller Hall (in-person only)
We are transitioning all of our physical tutoring locations back to only offering in-person tutoring. While we appreciate the ease of online tutoring, we believe that writers and tutors are both best served by in-person interactions. During this time of transition, tutors will still honor online appointments for people with explicit needs and who didn't know. As always, if you make an appointment and don't show up, a tutor will reach out after five-minutes via email. During this exchange, you can explain your need for an online appointment.
We hope that you will reflect on how the CWC can help support your writing goals this semester!
