Some Comments Visitors Made About Their Consultants Fall Term 2007

• She was very lively, energetic, and helpful
• She was very friendly and had good suggestions + answer to my questions
• [The consultant] was friendly and knowledgeable.
• She made time for me, even though I didn't/t have an appointment. She cited both positions and negatives, making me feel good about my writing.
• I love [The consultant]. She was very helpful to me. She made learning interesting.
• [The consultant] is amazing! All of the essays that I have worked on with her have turned out great!
• She was nice and eager to listen and help me with my work.
• She was very helpful in giving a better ideas of where I needed to improve
• She is awesome! [The consultant] is wonderful. She helped me get my ideas out and actually understand them.
• Very good at explaining what needed change and asked good questions
• I liked the way we read it twice and analyzed different parts in the paragraph
• She is very good at explaining things.
• Helpful in going through the paper and giving advice on shortening sentences.
• he was very helpful
• She very constructively helped me develop a thesis and re-shape my arguments.
• She offered alternative ways in tackling the topic, as well as questions that could help me prompt and further my paper.
• She was very helpful, asked me to find an argument + what I was talking about
• pleasant, warm, fairly knowledgeable
• She was very helpful and didn't try to take over my paper
• She was very nice about my essay and gave me some ideas on how to rearrange things. very bright, supportive yet helpful.
• Concise knowledgeable, warm, friendly, personal
• So nice! She was very helpful, friendly, and polite. I didn't feel like I was being looked down on at all and her suggestions and constructive criticism were very helpful.
• She was really helpful at helping me see the big picture.
• She was very nice and helpful.
• [The consultant] is great!
• She could have given me more suggestions, but she was helpful in working on my paper. Yes, it was a difficult subset to discuss without previous knowledge and she did it well.
• She is really nice and she is very helpful
• She is nice, kind. Very helpful and understanding. She asked great questions about my work to help me understand what I was trying to get across.
• Very nice, informative, did not judge me based on my writing.
• Very nice and helpful, especially because I just dropped in
• He helped lead me to the concepts that were present to my paper that I didn't notice but didn't just tell me what they were.
• Gave specific examples about how the paper could be better, very helpful.
• She is friendly and sharp in language use
• Very helpful - made good suggestions about how to change my paper without being pushy, and helped me kick around ideas.
• Very helpful, open, and honest
• She was great! She helped me talk through my ideas and put them in order.
• My consultant was very helpful and skilled and knowledgeable in prompting me in understanding and tying together my ideas. I would return to the same consultant because I felt very confident with her.
• I felt that she listened very well and understood my thought and ideas and gave very helpful advice and comments and guide.
• friendly, helpful, not condescending.
  
• Very approachable, encouraging. Asked me about what I felt instead of just telling me what was wrong.
• He does a great job of making me step back and look more closely at my work. Helpful in answering my questions.
• Patient and very helpful
• Helpful, understood gist of paper and of problem with papers, friendly.
• helped put things in perspective.
• Very good. I felt comfortable with her suggestions.
• Intimidating, but probably only because this is my first time writing a college paper, first time in the writing center, first time having someone really read my paper for the content + support.
• She helped me a lot and gave great points on how to improve my essay.
• He was helpful in helping me to create an outline.
• I loved her encouragement and knowledge in the topic area.
• Most wonderful, very meticulous and helpful in making me think about my own writing - that's the very point of going to the write place.
• [The consultant] is very helpful in looking at the weakness and strengths of my essay.
• She addressed all of my concerns with helpful ideas.
  
• I liked her, but sometimes she would give me options where I just wanted someone to tell me what to do. She was still very helpful.
• She was very helpful in making me think through my problems rather than just telling me solutions. She was helpful (it always helps to have someone else read your work, to test that clarity of your argument) but it would have helped if she had also seen the movie (which means I need more specificity and details).
• [The consultant] helped me get right to the point in only 15 minutes.
• She made me feel good about my paper, but also introduced several ideas that will help to improve my writing.
• [The consultant] was very helpful in pointing [out] my weaknesses. She also offered good opinion on whether I meet the assignment's main point.
• Gave positive feed back as well as constructive criticism.
• Very easy going and helpful.
• Very nice and energetic. Excellent.
• She make me think about what works and what doesn't work.
• She was extremely helpful, and was willing to work through my problems with me.
• She was helpful - made me figure a lot of stuff out on my own.
• I really appreciate his honesty and willingness to help me.
• She was pretty helpful with clarifying comma mistakes and proofreading.
• She helped me figured what I wanted to say.
• nice, friendly, easy to talk with, constructive comments
• very helpful, complimented good points honestly, listened to me ramble, pointed out specific things, explained what I need to do
• Loved having another set of eyes to check the clarity and flow. excellent.
• He did an excellent job in trying to help me start on my paper.
• She was very helpful with grammar and worked hard on focusing on the areas that I was most insecure with and fixing them .
• Summarized what she understood of paper which really helped.
• She was helpful in this process in guiding me to where I needed to go.
• She was good. It took a while but we got started things picked up nicely.
• Amazing!!!!
• [The consultant] was so patient and was a total pro about helping me take a step backward and look at the flow of ideas and between paragraphs. Thank you!
• He listens carefully and spot[s] places where I have difficulty expanding my ideas. He was great at getting me to see where my arguments were unclear.
• [The consultant] was so encouraging and friendly - she immediately focused on the parts of my paper that I struggle most with and offered constructive suggestions for my improvement.
• She was very helpful, positive, and useful, even though she admitted to not writing many lab report herself - a lifesaver! As a whole, she was very helpful.
• We worked exactly on the aspects which I've pointed out in the beginning of the session.
• Really helpful; not only listening to me but also giving some ideas of her idea.
• He was very nice, had some suggestions, but a lab report was kind of difficult to critique.
• Absolutely wonderful, super attentive and concerned about my voice shining through essays. Explained things well.
• Very nice, let me find problems without making me feel awkward.
• She was really helpful, structured constructive questions to help me understand.
• Very helpful, gave great feedback and helpful in terms of understanding my intentions.
• He was great at just talking and bouncing ideas around.
• Very helpful, great feedback, helped me understand what I could improve on.
• She is very nice and kind.
• She was great. She really helped me flush out what I was trying to say.
• She is beyond insightful. She pricked up little errors, glitches and inconsistencies in my essay. She was great. She answered all of my questions really well!
• She was really nice, explaining my errors and hinting at my grammatical errors.
  
• She was very helpful in pointing out weak points and calmed me about the paper.
• Kind, patient, very knowledgeable.
• [The consultant] is amazing. He can give helpful suggestions without making me go on the defensive.
• Easy to talk to, had lots of ideas
• [The consultant] was so comforting, but she was also ace at zooming right in on leap's in logic or needlessly correlated points. Just what I needed.
• She was very helpful and easy to talk to about my paper. She offered good advise but allowed me to talk and share my ideas.
• She helped me come up with ideas for my paper and ways to change and improve it. nice as always and quick responses
• Seemed nice but I really needed a history major to help with documentation.
• Very helpful. We ran out of time but I felt like the part of the essay we were able to work on would apply to the rest so everything she said was helpful in a broader context.
• I feel like I got really good advice and that my paper will be much stronger.
• Thank you for suggesting for some clarity.
• [The consultant] was a pleasure to work with. Her upbeat attitude and down-to-earth personality made learning fun rather than daunting.
• She asked just the right thought provoking questions, had good critical analysis skills, and helped me answer her questions when I seemed confused!
• Approachable, understanding
• She was great on commenting on every single detail, which to her seemed excessive but it really helps learning about the small things that can confuse the reader
• Very encouraging, very attentive
• Offered lots of constructive criticism but some good suggestions as to how to fix my essay.
• Very nice, good listener, helpful
• She was very good and asked me helpful questions that got me thinking.
  
• She was helpful, told me how her impression of my paper was and asked me if that was what I wanted to get across.
• I had specific questions about my paper and she patiently addressed them.
• She was very helpful by pointing out the sentences, so that I could figure out the errors myself. She assisted me as well as allowed me to fix mistakes myself.
• She was extremely helpful and gave some wonderful, constructive advice.
• She brought up her concerns and we worked together to convert them.
• Very helpful - even without knowledge of the content of my paper, she was able to know my thoughts to clarify them.
• My consultant as very attentive. She helped me to brainstorm ideas.
• He was very incredibly awesomely helpful, and really nice.
• She really helped me step back from my writing and helped me say in a clear and concise way what I was trying to do in a confusing way.
• She is a huge help to help figure out my stand and ideas
• She was very easy to talk to and helpful. She didn't shoot my paper down but had constructive ideas.
• My consultant was really nice and very helpful. She answered all of my questions and helped me feel good about my paper.
• I liked how he read the paper out loud and then we went through every detail in the present and past tense. We looked at words and made sure they were correct by using the dictionary.
• She was alert and focused on detailing aspects of the work. Also, she's friendly and talkative to relieve pressure.
• [The consultant] is sensitive to concerns about writing and very down to earth.
• He helped me with specific wording and tweaking of individual sentences and also helped me with the overall ideas of my essay.
• He was a huge help because I now feel better about the whole idea of my paper and the overall message I want to convey as well as the smaller details.
• Talking with him helped me to realize what I wanted to say and he helped me to go about saying it.
• She gave me a new perspective of my comps. She also helped me see where I was not getting my point across in an effective way.
• Very helpful, she jumped in with her comments when I couldn't answer questions but also gave me time to think how it can be different.
  
• Guided me through the process, rather than just correcting it without explanations.
• She was very good at prompting me along
• I felt comfortable and at ease.
• I think she did a very god job of balancing listening and talking, and asking and answering questions
• Very helpful, actually provided ideas
• Very nice and friendly, and I really value his comments
• She's great - like always! entertaining, open-minded very critical. wonderful, very good at following my argument. Clear and pointed out many points in my paper I didn't noticed.
• [The consultant] is very patient and very good at re-articulating the tutee's thoughts. She was also unafraid to suggest alternative approaches.
• She was able to help me with exactly what I needed and she was able to incorporate me into her schedule even though I didn't have an appointment.
• [The consultant] was very helpful in determining whether I addressed all of the areas of the prompt. He was also very good in finding grammar errors.
• She challenged me to think out loud about what I am actually trying to say in my thesis.
• Very helpful, made me feel good about the paper.
• Very professional - good listener Friendly, helpful critical.
  
• Nice personality, made sure my paragraph made sense and questioned me about the paper, which allowed me to understand if my sentences were clear.
• She explained exactly where I wasn't clear, where I need to make my links more explicit, etc.
• Good at recognizing weaknesses and affirming strengths
• I like how she stopped me in the middle of things so she didn’t forget them
• She was very helpful and positive.
• She gave concrete advice which was nice.
• Good at listening. She asks precise questions.
• She's awesome and helpful.
• Very nice and attentive - noticed flaws in my spelling as well as the big picture.
• Amazing! I would be lost without her. She really helped me through the whole process. Sam was very helpful in suggesting how to improve my writing.
• Easy to work with.
• Great! She was really helpful, reading through my entire paper and all the comments and helping me think about where I could go from here.
• He was very helpful and explained well the uses of conclusion, etc. It was great to talk through my problems with organization with him.
• Very helpful and interested in my subject
• Really helpful. Wasn't afraid to point out where my paper lacked and gave helpful suggestions.
• Very friendly and helpful-showed engagement even while I was reading my obnoxiously long paper and gave suggestions in a kind and constuctive manner
• Very helpful. Helped me to structure my paper and cement my argument.
• He was great-he was clear about what I should do for my papers

We Asked Visitors If They Would Work With the Same Consultant Again (Fall 2007)

• She had good advice and critiqued my writing politely
• I would love to return to [the consultant]! She is knowledgeable and very friendly. She made me feel comfortable.
• Yes, I would return to the same consultant to discuss my writing because I learned a lot. Y
• es. [The consultant] is very kind and helpful.
• Absolutely, she rocks.
• Yes. I need more help with the resume and cover letter.
• Yes, she is not condescending and she deals with what's on the page, instead of starting from the scratch.
• Yes, she asked questions that lead me thinking about things I didn't think about writing.
• Sure. I think her consulting style was helpful, let me talk my way through it.
• Yes. She was helpful
• Yes, because she allowed me to catch my own mistakes
• Yeah, she was pretty straight forward and didn't waste time on stuff I didn't need help with.
• Yes! She did a great job of giving criticisms. She could give specific examples of improvement. She made me feel good + answered my questions.
• Yes, she gave me gentle suggestions.
• Yes. Her friendly nature was very helpful, and she shared her experience to make it easier.
• Yes because she helped me come to the realizations on my own.
• Probably, if I needed more help! She was very supportive and encouraging.
• Yes. She has tremendous experience and is intensively knowledgeable.
• Maybe yes, helpful I would return to this same consultant for my writing because she really helped me to make my writing clearer.
• Yes, great workable manner, critiqued + encouraged just enough
• Yes, she knew how to help me with what I was trying to find. I kind of want to go more in depth into the paper, but she was very helpful anyway
• Most likely, he was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable.
• Yes. It is nice if I can continue to get help from her so that she know what my problems are and then help me improve on it.
• No, I was better off on my own.
• Yes, I would because I began to think more with him. yes
• No. I need someone who's familiar with the course I'm taking.
• Yes, even though she had never seen my paper before and unfamiliar with the works discuss in it, but was still able to help me make meaningful transition.
• Yes, she's patient and gives solid advice.
• Yes, I would. She is encouraging and knows what she is doing very well.
• Yes, she was very helpful and supportive.
• Yes, I would. She was very helpful. Working with her really helped me on my paper.
• Yes, she gave me view on my writing and allowed me to look at it with a new perspective.
• Definitely, because she helped gave me an insight into my essay and its flows.
• I would. He is helpful but also fun to work with.
• Maybe, for a different essay I would, but for this one, I like to gain input from several different sources.
• Yes, understands problems and can help me think of ways to fixing those problems.
• Yes, she gave productive, useful advice. I'd like to if my schedule permits.
• Yes, she had good ideas on how to make my paper stronger. I'm stressed about fixing my paper + using many of the suggestions, but it's my fault, not her's, that I procrastinated.
• Yes, because I feel more strongly about my essay after my visit.
• Yes, he helped me to establish my outline which was very useful at this point.
• Yes! She knows a lot about the subject area and can help you write a focused essay.
• Yes. [The consultant] helps me see my mistakes and doesn't make me feel stupid about making them.
• Yes, she was very positive both in her compliments and her criticism. She was interested (or effectively feigned so) in my paper and helped me to just get my thoughts out without being self-conscious.
• Sure, insightful.
• Yes, I will be a fool not to.
• Yes, she had great input. I feel more confident heading back to write.
• Definitely; she made me feel comfortable discussing my writing. Thanks!
• Yes, I would. She made me feel comfortable and confident in my writing.
• No. I would want somebody who would go faster and get the work done.
• Yes, because she was very helpful.
• Yes, she gave me new perspective.
• Yes,. She helped me notice the problems with my paper and helped me correct them without making me feel bad about my writing.
• Yes, she was a great listener and had good suggestions.
• I would, but I also like multiple perspectives. She was helpful.
• Yes, she guided me more than telling me what to do.
• Yes, because she seem to have good knowledge of structure and fluidity of a good essay. Yes, he was straightforward.
• Yes, she obviously was paying close attention to my argument as well as grammar.
• In a heartbeat
• Ya sure, because she was helpful without being condescending or harsh.
  
• Yes, she is an English major too, and she is able to help in my work.
• Yes, she really helped me tighten my paper.
• Yes, because he was really good at explaining things.
• Yes, very nice, cares for my paper
• Yes, she was very engaged and responsive
• Yes, she was patient, listened to my ideas.
• Yes, she understood what I was looking for and provided specific advice.
• Definitely. Caring, efficient, and kind.
• Yes Yes Yes, she zoomed right in on unclear jumps in my logic and I thought we worked fruitfully to general ideas for ways to improve clarity .
• No. This is due Tuesday.
• Yes, she was very patient and helpful.
• Of course; he's very friendly and really knows his WA stuff.
• Yes, she was a huge help in helping me to identify weak spots in my paper and what's more, was super-helpful in helping me work through ideas for improvement, Thanks!
• Yes, he was very helpful and willing to help my writing
• Hmm… I have to think about it because although she is great, my major is science, which is different from her major.
• duh, yeah
  
• Yes, she was helpful (esp. w/thesis)
• Most definitely - I really appreciated her attention and thorough nature, even with an appointment right behind me. Thanks so much!
• Yes, both times I've been here I have had lots of useful help that has definitely saved my papers.
• I don’t mind to come back to the same consultant. However, I think that it is more helpful to have different consultant because various people pay attention to different mistakes and have their own methods.
• Sure. He was knowledgeable and I think has good grasp on writing.
• Maybe. It was my first time… I didn't know what to expect.
• Sure, polite enough and pretty skilled.
• Yes, one of my main problems is that I often do not even know which parts of my essay need to be fixed, and she helped me with this greatly.
• Yes, she was nice about everything but still made me figure the stuff out.
• Yes, she definitely helped me understand how to better word my intro and thesis.
• Yes, because she's understanding, asks questions even when not critiquing - to help me know what I'm asking about.
• Yes. Encouraging while having a lot of feedback.
• Yes, he was patient.
• Probably not. I'd like to see if other consultants have differing methods
  
• 100% yes, definitely. She was great and really helped me clear things up. I would return as she was helpful.
• Yes, very kind, nice to have another "set of eyes" on my paper
• Yes. I felt comfortable here, and I felt I was actually improving my paper.
• Yes, she responded very well to my writing needs.
• Yes, she did a great job of pushing back against/challenging my arguments - a great way to further my paper.
• Yes, he was attentive, focused, and very helpful without being overbearing.
• Yes, she was really good at helping me work with what I am actually getting at in my paper and really kind.
• Yes, I liked her approach and think she has a good eye for some of my weaknesses.
• Yes, she really helped me flesh out my argument and clear up any questions I had.
• No. It's due tomorrow, no time!
• Yes. I really liked how she worked with me to solve problems in the paper.
• Definetly. She helped give me a good perspective on my paper.
• Yes, She directed me towards new ideas present in my essay that I haven't seen before.
• Yes, she made me feel really comfortable and relaxed - not nervous about my paper.
• Yes, she was very welcoming and easy to work with.
• Yes, she asked me a lot of questions about my paper. This made me think a lot about if parts went well together.
• Yes because she was clear and about what she thought and was very honest.
• Most definitely - she sat through ten pages of empirical evidence and gave some brilliant comments. Was patient and encouraging.
• I would return to the same consultant to discuss my writing because I feel she will give me good feedback.
• Definitely, one because he knows what I'm writing about and two because he was just helpful enough without telling me what to do. Y
• Yes. I felt that she listened and was able to communicate her ideas well.
• Yes. She had good mix of specific ideas and general advice.
• Yes, he is a SOAN major and had better sense of how these papers had to be written.
• I would definitely come back to the same consultant since she was very good at identifying my weakness and strengths.
• Yes, [the consultant] seems confident about his advice and is kind and helpful. I feel that he can be trusted.
• Absolutely. She is wonderful and really helped me stop pulling my hair out over my comps.
• Yes. Just the act of reading aloud my writing to someone else is helpful