Underwood International College

UIC Writing Center

Tutor Recruitment Announcement

 The UIC Writing Center is currently hiring tutors for the Spring 2025 semester.

We invite upper-classmen from all divisions and majors to apply!

 Tutors are UIC upper-classmen who display exceptional writing skills and are passionate about helping other students with their writing. Students wishing to work as tutors at the Writing Center may apply to become a peer tutor or be nominated as a peer tutor by a UIC instructor. All candidates must submit an application (see below) and sit through an interview with Professor Edward Choi, the Director of the Writing Center. 

 REQUIREMENTS

Tutors are required to: (a) work during the entire semester; (b) hold tutoring sessions for a given number of hours per week (usually 3-4 hours); (c) attend a pre-semester training workshop; (d) hold regular meetings with the Director to report and address students’ progress and needs; and (e) provide services and manage resources. Tutors will be awarded a UIC scholarship for the semester.

  APPLICATION

To apply, send (a) a letter of application (about your writing/ tutoring experiences, approach to writing, and/or anything else you think is relevant in 300 words); (b) a current CV (with your date of birth, student ID number, major, and GPA); and (c) an academic writing sample (edited to no more than 1,300 words) from a UIC course (preferably a UIC Seminar) to edward.choi@yonsei.ac.kr. Please title your email as “2025-1 Tutor Application” and save your attachments as “Name-Letter,” “Name-CV,” and “Name-Sample.”

 The application deadline is January 3, 2025. Students will be notified thereafter and those accepted will be invited for an online interview on January 10, 2025 (subject to change based on availability of candidates) (Zoom link and passcode to be provided in the invitation email). Please note that the pre-semester tutor workshop will be held during the last week of February, 2025 (TBD). For more information, visit us at uic.yonsei.ac.kr/writingcenter.