What Our Tutors Can Do:

• Help you interpret your instructor's writing prompt and make sure that your paper addresses the prompt

• Advise you in brainstorming, narrowing down, and organizing your main ideas

• Suggest appropriate outside sources and demonstrate how to cite sources in your paper

• Assist you in identifying grammar and punctuation errors which need to be corrected and help you learn the English usage rules needed to correct these errors yourself

• Guide you through the writing process and encourage you to feel more confident about your writing

What Our Tutors Cannot Do:

• Give detailed assistance if you do not provide a written prompt or assignment sheet

• Write any part of your essay

• Provide factual data for you or be a final authority on whether a specific source is acceptable--Always check with your instructor!

• Proofread or edit your paper for you

• Second-guess or contradict your instructor's methods or directions or guarantee you a particular grade