Appointments
We’re here to support your writing and communication needs!
Appointments with the UCI Writing Center can be booked for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars by visiting the “Writing/Writing Center” module in our new appointment system, ZotPass (you can also access other UCI tutoring services in addition to the Writing Center on ZotPass). You can sign into ZotPass using your UCI email.
Appointments for Undergraduate Students
The Writing Center provides two kinds of writing support for currently enrolled undergraduate students: synchronous appointments with our tutoring staff (Undergraduate Writing Peer Tutors/Writing Specialist) available in-person or remotely, as well as asynchronous consultations, where students can submit a piece of writing and identify concerns for feedback, and then receive written feedback within 3 business days.
Synchronous Appointments with Tutoring Staff
Our tutoring staff, comprised of Undergraduate Writing Peer Tutors and Writing Specialists, provide an in-person (Science Library 193) or remote 25-50-minute consultation for in-depth feedback on any kind of writing you’re working on. We can provide feedback and support your writing, whether you don’t know where to start, have an outline, are in the middle of drafting, or are polishing up the final draft. We highly recommend scheduling an appointment at least 2-3 days in advance, particularly around midterms and finals.
Asynchronous Consultations
For students who greatly prefer written feedback or are unable to access synchronous appointments for whatever reason, we offer limited asynchronous consultations. In an asynchronous consultation, you upload a piece of writing (8 pages maximum), identify the concerns that you’d like to receive feedback on, and share the prompt/project guidelines with us. After submission, we will review, confirm receipt of the submission, and assign a tutoring staff member to provide feedback. We aim to have asynchronous feedback returned to students within 3 business days (not counting Saturdays/Sundays), but please recognize that emergencies or extenuating circumstances could delay providing feedback on your draft. If you are interested in submitting a writing project for an asynchronous consultation, please fill out this form. If the form is closed to submissions, it means that we have currently reached the limit for asynchronous consultations and you should either check back in the future to see if we are accepting submissions again or make a synchronous appointment with us through Zotpass.
Appointments for Graduate Students
Graduate students can book 50-minute appointments with our Graduate Writing Consultants (GWCs). Our GWCs are experienced graduate students who are able to help you work on a variety of writing concerns and genres, including articles for publication, grant and fellowship application materials, job market materials, and dissertation/theses. Graduate Writing Consultants have both in-person (at Science Library 193) and remote appointments available.
We also offer regular writing groups and writing boot camps for graduate students. The writing groups function as accountability spaces to set goals and commit to two hours of drafting writing projects, with time at the end to share progress toward goals. Writing groups do not involve sharing and receiving feedback on your drafted material (please check out the Graduate Writing Consultant appointments for feedback). The best way to view our upcoming writing group times is via Campus Groups. Once you’ve logged in, search for the CEWC/Writing Center’s events or for the “Graduate Writing Group” events (they are visible to all UCI grad students). The remote writing groups require registration on Zoom, but in-person groups only require that you show up at the designated time and location.
Graduate Writing Boot Camps are multi-day (usually three), intensive programs for graduate students hoping to generate significant progress in drafting long-term, high-stakes projects like dissertations, theses, and articles for publication. In addition to discussions about how to set and achieve realistic goals and making space for writing, the boot camps offer workshops on relevant topics like receiving and incorporating feedback and developing effective long-term writing habits. We run boot camps roughly 2-3 times a quarter; you can view upcoming boot camps on Campus Groups, our calendar, and social media.