常见问题

We are located on the 4th floor of the 露西·斯克里布纳图书馆. 

Go 给我们的调度程序. The first time you visit, you’ll register using your Skidmore email address. 一次 you log in, you’ll see our schedule and can pick a time, day, and 导师 based on availability.

重新登录 调度器 调整你的预约. 

The Writing Center is open 7 days a week starting in the 2nd week of classes and going 通过考试周. 我们的工作时间不同，所以 检查日程安排. 

If one of our 导师s is free, they will work with you. 但约会总是 recommended, especially at busy times of the semester like midterms and finals week. 

We welcome any student from any class: a 100-level Bio class, a 300-level poetry seminar, 或者是心理学的毕业论文. We encourage everyone, whether they feel like they’re really strong writers or are really struggling, to come and see what we do. 

All our 导师s have been trained to work with 英语 Language Learners as well as 以英语为母语者. ELL students are also invited to schedule their sessions 我们的ELL专家 萨德奈尔斯. 

A session is one hour, which includes enough time for an experienced 导师 to read your work and discuss the 写作 project in a relaxed one-on-one session. 一些学生 don’t need the whole hour, and that’s fine, too.

The most important thing to bring to your session is a willingness to work on your 写作! Other things that make a session successful are

• 作业单
• Any class materials relevant to the assignment
• Any written work you have done so far
• Any research materials that might be relevant. 

When the Writing Center is busy, students are limited to 2 appointments a week. 在 slower times, we may raise the limit to 3 appointments per week. 

你可以 schedule an appointment up to 5 days in advance.

Our scheduling software maintains a wait list after all appointments are scheduled. Sign up for the waitlist, because people change appointment times often. 

Writing Center 导师s have completed EN 303H, a training course in Writing Center 理论与实践. Writing Center 导师s come from all academic disciplines and are sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Writing 导师s have successfully completed EN 303H, which is offered each fall by 老师允许. Prospective 导师s should be skilled, confident, and highly thoughtful readers and writers; they should be able to listen well and patiently, interact adaptively and productively with peers and instructors, maintain excellent work habits, and bring fresh ideas and approaches to their work. 你可以 在这里了解更多并申请.  

No. Writing 导师s are trained to work with a variety of 写作 projects, from lab 诗歌分析报告. If you especially want to work with someone in your major, narrow down the appointment schedule by focus.

No. 你可以 come to the Writing Center at any stage of your 写作 project. 事实上, some of our best sessions are brainstorming sessions with just an assignment sheet 还有一个记事本或白板! 一些学生 come back at several stages of the same 纸. 

这是一个复杂的问题! If you’re here for help with grammar, our 导师s will work with you to help you find and correct mistakes. But we are not an editing service, and you can’t drop off a 纸 and come back to pick it up with changes made by a 导师. Whatever stage of 写作 you’re at, your 导师 can work with you to improve it. We don’t just make better 写作: we make better writers. 

这取决于你. Our 导师s write brief summaries of every visit. 如果你愿意，我们 can share that with your professor. (In our experience, professors really like to see students working hard by visiting the Writing Center!)

We have free handouts on MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles, and we have a take-a-book / leave-a-book shelf with lots of novels. Our Writing Center pens and bookmarks are 校园里最好的几个.
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