Writing Center

Writing Center: schedule online or call 614-688-4291.

What does the Writing Center do?

View a podcast or listen to a short audio file about what the CSTW Writing Center does.

The Writing Center at CSTW offers free help with writing at any stage of the writing process for any member of the university community. During our tutorials, we can work with you on anything from research papers to lab reports, from dissertations to resumes, from proposals to application materials. We also maintain a resources page with writing handouts and weblinks.

Writing Center Policies

• Tutors in the writing center will not tutor students for work in the following courses: Education 106, 107, and 108. To get help with those courses, call the ESL program (292-6360).
• You may schedule ONE appointment at our Mendenhall location each week. You may have one walk-in tutorial daily (up to four per week) at our satellite center. People with documented learning disabilities may have two appointments per week.
• Clients with too many appointments per week will have the overflow appointments canceled.
• If you need to cancel an appointment, please call 614-688-4291 or go online to AT LEAST ONE HOUR before your appointment. Canceling an appointment less than an hour before the appointment will count as a no-show. If you call to cancel more than an hour before your appointment, you may, if we have openings, reschedule an appointment for later in the week.
• Clients who miss an appointment without calling or visiting the scheduler system AT LEAST ONE HOUR in advance are considered no-shows and may not hold another appointment that week. Clients accumulating two or more no-shows will have appointments canceled and will not be allowed to schedule another appointment for the remainder of the quarter.
• Read more about policies.

What does the Writing Center NOT do?

The Writing Center does not proofread. We will discuss grammar issues with you and give you advice on how to proofread your own work, but we will not give you a proofed draft. For proofreading services, you can contact Parents Holding Doctorates or OSU graduate students if you would like to pay to have this done.

When are times available for tutorials?

When you have signed in, click BOOKINGS to see the schedule.

The Writing Center will open for winter quarter on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

*The 460 Thompson Library writing center is closed during finals week.