During the school year, lessons are due every 10 to 14 days. Your tutor is typically a professional writer trained in teaching writing who holds an advanced degree in writing or literature and has published nationally and regionally. Many have taught gifted students in CTY's summer programs. All tutors know what it's like to be excited about writing at an early age, and they know how to guide and nurture young, gifted writers. Obeying the conventions of Standard Written English shows you to be a careful, learned author, but writing is much more than mere adherence to convention.
Tutors discuss grammar only when it affects meaning.
These are not remedial courses. Students whose grammatical and mechanical skills are not at grade level should not apply. See our eligibility page . Tutors never grade individual exercises and final writing assignments. Instead, your tutor writes comments that you use to build a final writing assignment.