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Help with Writing

The online Writing Center will open for Spring 1 on Tuesday, March 12, 2024
for in-person and online tutoring in B200

Monday - Friday:  9:15 AM - 3:15 PM and 4:35 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday (virtual only) 10:30 AM - 3:15 PM

Walk-in tutoring sessions have resumed at the Writing Center!

Students no longer need an appointment to get Writing Center tutoring. Appointments are still available through the LaGuardia app or through My LaGuardia, but every period a limited number of sessions will also be available on a walk-in basis. Students need only arrive at the Writing Center, in sunny B200, before the beginning of any class period that we?re open and sign in. If a student cannot be given a session when they walk in, they will be given an appointment for the next available period.

To get a tutoring appointment for in-person or virtual tutoring, students can use either the My LaGuardia app on their phones, by scrolling down to Student Scheduler and clicking on Writing Center, and responding to the prompts. Or students can log into My LaGuardia, scroll down, and click the red Writing Center Make Appointment button midway down on the right side. Then select appointment type from the drop-down menu offering the choices "Virtual" or "In-person" appointment.

When appointments for a particular period are filled, a Wait List appears. Students may sign up to be on the Wait List, and 10 minutes after the beginning of a period, if students with actual appointments have not checked in, their appointments will be given to students on the Wait List.

NOTE: All students with virtual appointments, whether regular or Wait List, must check in 15 minutes before the session time at WCLab@lagcc.cuny.edu. If they do not, they will not be connected to a tutor.

Students with in-person appointments (actual or wait-list) must arrive in B200 on time, before the period begins; 10 minutes into the period, the appointment will be given to a wait-list student or a student waiting in the Writing Center.

If students find that appointments of one type are filled, instead of choosing to be on the Wait List, they may also check to see if there are openings in the other setting?virtual instead of in-person, or vice-versa.

The Writing Center offers individualized (1:1 and 2:1) tutoring on any aspect of any phase of writing, including:

  • finding or narrowing a focus
  • working out an outline or writing plan
  • developing paragraphs
  • using quotes and citation appropriately
  • zeroing in on specific grammar issues
  • reviewing a finished piece before submission
  • revising graded work

The Writing Center offers professional tutoring for a wide range of writing for any academic course or other writing purpose, such as personal statements and essays for scholarships and transfer applications.

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