2026-27 Peer Writing Tutor Application
Applications will be open until Friday, January 30th at 2:00pm CDT.
Submission Requirements
(1) Your application packet, which must contain:
- A personal statement. Please let us know about your teaching experience, editing experience, writing experience, approach to writing, and anything else you think relevant.
- A sample of your writing (4-7 pages) with cover sheet. If you are submitting an excerpted sample from a longer paper, please include your introduction and a coherent section. Please make sure to attach the cover sheet, which asks you to reflect on and evaluate your own work. To preserve the anonymity of this portion of your application, please remove your name from the writing sample and the cover sheet.
- Comments for the sample student paper. We are not asking for copyediting. We ask that you offer feedback that stands on its own (as opposed to deferring your remarks to a hypothetical meeting by saying “let’s talk about this”). We’re more interested in what you would do to support this student’s growth as a writer. To preserve the anonymity of this portion of your application, please remove your name from any bubble or end comments you provide on the sample paper.
(2) An unofficial copy of your transcript.
(3) A letter of recommendation from someone about your teaching or your potential as a teacher.
- The letter must come from an instructor at the University of Chicago. The instructor could be a faculty member, Core instructor, Writing Specialist, and/or Writing Advisor who is familiar with your work and communication in the classroom.
- Recommenders should email letters to writing-program@uchicago.edu by Friday, January 30th at 2:00pm.
Please note that only current second- and third-year undergraduate students are eligible to apply for the Peer Writing Tutor position. First-year students are not eligible to apply, even if you have already completed HUMA and SOSC Cores in your first year.
Interested in learning more about the Peer Writing Tutor position?
We invite you to drop by our Peer Writing Tutor Q&A Session on one of the following days:
Autumn Quarter (Week 7)
Thursday, November 13th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Friday, November 14th from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Winter Quarter
Thursday, January 15th from 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Friday, January 16th from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Wednesday, January 21st from 5:00pm – 5:30pm
All Q&A sessions will take place in Stuart 330, located between Cubicles 17 and 18 of the reading room on the 3rd floor of Harper Memorial Library, East Tower.