FAQs
About the Writing Center
- Where is the Writing Center located and what are your hours?
- Is the Writing Center handicap accessible?
- Who tutors in the Writing Center?
- How much does it cost to use the Writing Center?
- Is it okay for me to use the Writing Center?
- Can I get help with writing in a language other than English (for example, an essay written in Spanish for my Spanish literature course)?
- Can I get help for a friend or family member?
- What if I just have a quick question about my writing?
Making an Appointment
- Who can make an appointment?
- Can I request a particular tutor?
- What should I do if my ONYEN does not work or I do not have an ONYEN?
- What should I do if no appointments are available?
- What should I do if I need to reschedule?
- How far in advance do I need to cancel my appointment?
- What happens if I don't cancel and then don't show up for my appointment?
- What if I am late to my appointment?
- What is involved in an onsite visit to the Writing Center?
- What kind of writing can I bring to the Writing Center?
- What kind of help will I receive from a tutor?
- Will my instructor know that I have used the Writing Center?
- Is it okay for me to bring take-home exams to the Writing Center?
The Online Tutor
- Who can use the Online Tutor?
- Can I request that a particular tutor respond to my submission?
- How long will it take to submit a paper to the Online Tutor?
- How often can I submit something to the Online Tutor?
- How long a document can I submit to the Online Tutor?
- What if I need to change something about my submission? What if I attached the wrong file by mistake?
- When will a tutor respond to the draft I submit through the Online Tutor?
- How do I know that a tutor has responded to the paper I submitted online?
- How do I retrieve the tutor’s response to my paper?
- Can I review the tutor’s comments on a paper that I submitted earlier to the Online Tutor?
- Who will have access to the material I submit in the Online Tutor?
- How do online conference summaries work?
For Faculty
- What is the Writing Center's mission?
- Who works in the Writing Center?
- How can I encourage my students to use Writing Center services?
- How will I know when my students visit the Writing Center?
- Can the Writing Center help me revise or develop writing assignments for my courses?
- I'd like for all of my students to visit the Writing Center. Can I require my whole class to use the Writing Center?
- Should I give extra credit points to students who use the Writing Center?
- Can I send students to the Writing Center for makeup sessions when they miss a meeting with me or with group members?
- I have one student who desperately needs help with writing. Can I require this particular student to visit the Center?
- Should I make grade decisions dependent on Writing Center visits?
- Are there alternatives to requiring students' use of the Writing Center?
- Do tutors in the Writing Center discuss grades with students?
- How much help can an undergraduate student get from the Writing Center?
- Can graduate students make appointments?
- Can students make standing appointments to work on overall writing improvement?
- Can students bring in non-course related work such as creative writing or personal statements for applications?
- My students are working on a group project. Can the whole group come in for an appointment?
- Does the Writing Center help students with take-home essay exams?
- My students can't seem to proofread. Will you proofread papers before they turn them in to me?
- Do students need to have a full draft before they make an appointment? Some of my students wait until they have a full draft and then find they can't get an appointment in time.
ESL
- Who can use the ESL services at the Writing Center?
- Can my spouse attend the courses, workshops, writing groups or speaking groups?
- I am applying to a degree program or for a job at UNC or UNC Hospitals. Can I use Writing Center services?
- Can I get a U.S. student visa to take ESL classes at UNC?
- Does UNC offer ESL classes for credit?
- Can I use the Writing Center's tutoring services?
- What do the classes, workshops and groups cost?
- Where do the classes and workshops take place?
- Where is Greenlaw 221?
- How do I register?
- How can I register if I don't have an ONYEN?
- How can I join or form a writing group?
- Will you proofread my essay / paper / dissertation / article?
- I have an idea for another workshop or ESL service. Can I suggest a new topic?
- Can I link to your page or use your materials (online presentations, groups procedures, workshops descriptions) on my website?