Appointments are scheduled for 30 minutes for two reasons.  As mentioned above, we are primarily concerned with helping the writer: with teaching you skills you can apply independently to this paper and others.  We limit the amount of time a session lasts so that students will be able to discuss their ideas, learn and practice new skills, and make a plan for revision—and so that they will be responsible for implementing those ideas, skills, and plans on their own.

We also limit appointments due to high demand, to make sure all students have a chance to visit us.