Get critiqued online |
Sarah Mcquarrie |
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Students can get online and have their papers critiqued in the comfort of their own homes. The Web site www.critiqueme.com allows students to submit their papers and have them looked over by graduate students from the top 25 English departments in the country. Students can have their papers simply looked over and checked for minor punctuation and organization mistakes to analyzed for writing flaws. Submitters can choose from three levels in which to have papers critiqued: Tinker, Tuner and Major Revamper. The staff does not rewrite the paper but makes corrections and comments in red font. The Web site also allows submitters to resend their papers after the suggested revisions have been made. The graduate students will not only correct essays and theme papers, but will also correct works of fiction and poetry, works in foreign languages, and admission essays or resumes. A submitter uploads papers to the Web site's server. Within 24 hours, the paper can be picked up at the site. A submitter is sent an e-mail notification once a submission has been critiqued. A submitter can also have a paper critiqued within three hours of the file's upload. The graduate students will also provide hypothetical grades. Two grades are assigned. One is an "as-is" grade and the other is a grade if the submitter corrects the paper with the graduate student's comments. "I submitted a paper and it is well worth the money to send it a paper," freshman Leslie Black said. "The staff was very helpful and seemed like they really cared that I got a good grade." Critiqueme.com costs about $1 to $4. | |