University of Maryland, Baltimore Writing Center

Writing Center Closed for Extended Winter Break

The Writing Center will be closed for appointments from Monday, December 21, 2020 to Saturday, January 9, 2021. We wish all of you a restorative and peaceful Winter Break.

Spring 2021 Schedule

The Spring 2021 schedule will become available to schedule appointments starting on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Appointments start January 11 and run through May 15.

Virtual Writing Center Fall 2020 

During fall 2020, we will only offer eTutoring appointments in addition to online appointments. If you schedule an eTutoring appointment, you will receive written feedback within the hour of your scheduled appointment. You will receive summary feedback for your paper that can guide your revision as well as some in-text comments on specific passages. Make sure you also upload assignment instructions in addition to your paper draft. Please be advised that consultants WILL NOT change any of your paper, but will give you feedback on how to revise your draft. Read the specific guidelines for eTutoring appointments for more information about this new service. 

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Scheduling Tips

• New to the Writing Center? Please read our consultation philosophy.
• Having trouble scheduling an appointment or accessing an online tutorial? Please check out our how-to guide.
• Working on a group paper? Please email the Center directly.
• Want to attach your paper to your appointment? Click the file folder under your name to upload the document.
• Appointments last up to 50 minutes and can be scheduled up to two weeks in advance.
• You can make one appointment per day and two appointments per week. If you feel that you need more, please email our director Dr. Isabell May.
• We stronlgy recommend to not make appointments for the same day your paper is due. The impact of our feedback will be limited if you don's have sufficient time to revise your work.
• Is everything booked? Click on the clock icon by the date to put yourself on our waiting list.
• You have until 24 hours before your appointment to cancel. After this, all cancellations will be counted as no-shows.
• After two no-shows, you will no longer be able to book appointments until you are cleared by admistrative staff.

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