Thomas Hunter, Room 416, just past the ICIT desks in the hallway.

During the Fall and Spring semesters: Mon-Thurs, 10-8, and Fri-Sat, 10-4 During exam week: Mon-Thurs, 10-7, and Fri-Sat, 10-4 During Summer I, Summer II, and January Intersession: Mon-Thurs, 10-7

Students can register for regular, weekly tutoring appointments or can come in for drop-in sessions on a first come, first served basis. Students are also invited to make use of our handouts - available in hard copies and online - and the RWC's library of books, which cover a range of topics, including the writing process, critical reading techniques, literary analysis, grammar, research techniques, and documentation styles.

No. The Reading/Writing Center is a peer tutoring service, and our tutors work with you at all stages of the writing process.

No, but we can help you develop your editing and proofreading skills, and improve your essay in the process.

Tutors can help you with all parts of the reading/writing process, including:

• critical reading
• understanding the scope of - and ways to respond to - assignment prompts
• brainstorming ideas
• developing a thesis
• outlining and organization
• structuring and developing paragraphs
• researching topics using library databases and other computer/internet resources
• citing sources according to MLA, APA, CMS, or other academic styles
• editing
• proofreading errors of syntax and grammar

Yes, we help with school and scholarship application essays, statements of purpose, cover letters and resumes, and other professional correspondence.

The RWC tutors are writing tutors, not subject tutors, though they're trained to help students with academic writing from all courses. They cannot tell you if your facts are correct or if your ideas are right, but they can help you express your ideas as clearly and effectively as possible.

At the beginning of each semester, the Reading/Writing Center will post the registration date for that semester. On that day, undergraduate students will be able to come in to TH 416 and register for regular weekly tutoring. If you miss the registration period, you can still come in to sign up - but we might have to place you on a waiting list.

Note: Graduate students and undergraduates who are referred by the ACCESS Center or by their English 120, 220, History 151, 152, or Political Science 110 instructors can register before the regular registration date.

Whatever you'd like! Many students bring drafts of their papers, but if you don't have a finished draft (or even a partial draft), that's perfectly okay. Do bring a copy of your writing assignment and class syllabus, if possible - and if you're working on a revision, please bring in the previous draft with instructor comments.

If you aren't currently working on a specific paper, that's fine too. Your tutor will be pleased to help you with annotation and critical reading, researching a topic, grammar skills, or anything else related to the writing process.

You should call the RWC (212-772-4212) to let us know. If you have to cancel, calling will free your tutor to work with drop-in students. If you're running late, calling will let your tutor know to wait for you beyond the ten-minute grace period.

Our policy is that you must be a registered Hunter College student to use the services of the Reading/Writing Center. However, if you have a question or a piece of writing to discuss, you can always contact us and, time and staff availability permitting, we will respond.

When possible, we will try to honor requests from students who would like to work with a specific tutor during their weekly tutoring appointments. We do not, however, offer advance appointments for one-time sessions, and all drop-in sessions are first come, first served.

Peer tutoring at Hunter College is an arrangement between the student and the tutor, regardless of whether or not your instructor has suggested you might benefit from tutoring. If your instructors are interested in your progress, they are welcome to contact the supervisory staff at the Center and to request a mid-semester progress report. Faculty are always welcome to visit the Reading/Writing Center and ask to see their students' folders or updates in the drop-in log.

Come into the Reading/Writing Center to pick up an application! Undergraduate and graduate students are both welcome to apply, but the potential applicant must have at least one year of course work remaining at Hunter College and be willing to make a two-semester tutoring commitment.

Interviews of applicants for the Fall semester are usually scheduled in July/August, and interviews for the Spring semester are scheduled in December/January.