Where: Lower level, Folsom Library
When: Your scheduled time
Before you come:
- Decide what you’d like help with and write down any questions.
- Upload your paper, slides, or project file so it’s easy to share. (Long projects may take more than one session.)
- Share your assignment sheet, notes, or outline if you have them.
- For group projects, bring your whole team if possible so everyone gets the same feedback.
At your session:
At the start, your mentor will ask about your project and what you’d like to focus on. Because time is limited, be ready to prioritize your main concerns.
- Writing projects: You may be asked to read your work aloud (or have it read to you). Hearing your words can help you catch tone, pacing, and typos.
- Design projects: The mentor will look at your work in progress, ask questions, and give feedback on how others might see it.
- Presentations: You can review your slides/outline, practice presenting, and get feedback in small sections.
How it works:
- Make an appointment with us and choose a 30-minute or 1-hour session.
- Before the session: Submit your assignment description and any draft you have.
- No draft? No problem, come talk about your ideas with us.
- Meet with us one-on-one or in a group.
- We will work together with you to help you clarify ideas, organize them, and develop effective writing strategies.
- Visits are private (unless you want your professor notified)
- You can request the same mentor for future visits
Our Mission
- The Writing Lab at RPI serves our diverse campus community, including both undergraduate and graduate students.
- We support students in developing critical thinking skills and in transforming their ideas into effective communication.
- Rather than correcting or fixing texts, we engage student in a writer-centered, collaborative, and dialogic learning environment.
- Our goal is to help students build their confidence and become a better writer!
What We Can Help With
We can help with written, visual, digital, and multimodal communication projects across disciplines and at any stage of the composing process, including but not limited to:
- Course assignments
- Graduate school application essays
- These and dissertations
- Presentations and poster design
- And more...
