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All applicants must fill out the .

In addition to applicant-profile questions and spaces to upload your resume, application essay, and writing sample files (see below), the application form includes a set of “short answer” questions listed below for your reference.

Application form “Short Answer” questions

• Provide a list of on-campus and off-campus jobs you plan to have next academic year (if any). Include the number of hours you plan to work at each
• Provide a list of all extracurricular activities and other regular commitments (including time commitments and your specific role in each).
• Writing Sample Reflection: In a single paragraph, please describe the context in which you produced your writing sample (for instance, the course and prompt) and why you selected it to represent your strengths as a writer.

We recommend using a text document to prepare your application answers and transferring them to the form. Please press the submit button at the bottom of the application form page to complete your application. Applicants will receive a confirmation email when their application has been received.

As an applicant, you must submit a current resume. We ask you to tailor your resume to this particular application by including the following sections of particular interest:

• Tutoring, Teaching, or Other Relevant Activities
• Writing-Intensive Coursework and Other Relevant Writing Experiences
  • Consider including writing-intensive courses as well as interdisciplinary, professional, and non-academic writing experiences.

As you prepare your resume, we recommend consulting the Career Center’s Resumes and CVs materials, including their Resume Checklist as well as their wide variety of Undergraduate Student Examples. You can also visit the Career Center’s drop-in hours for resume review.

Personal Statement Prompt: As an applicant, we ask you to craft a personal statement in which you introduce yourself to us. The personal statement should draw on your experiences and background to offer a clear and compelling picture of your interest in and motivation to become an Undergraduate Writing Consultant. It should also serves as a portrait of how your experiences, skills, and characteristics will contribute to your success as a writing consultant and as a member of the Writing Studio team.

Topics a personal statement might address include (but are not limited to) the following:

• ways in which your experience and background would contribute to successful consulting
• stories of writing successes, but also stories explaining how you have faced meaningful writing challenges or which point to your ongoing efforts and awareness of room for continued growth as a writer
• experiences that highlight your ability to work effectively with others and their writing
• descriptions of relevant writing or work experiences and what you learned from them that you would bring to the Writing Studio as a consultant and team member
• relevant personal and/or career goals and how they relate to your interest in the Undergraduate Writing Consultant position.

The recommended length is 500-800 words.

An applicant must include a sample of polished academic writing. The sample should be chosen to showcase your strongest analytical or argumentative writing and should have been produced for a Vanderbilt course (any discipline).

• The recommended length is 5-15 pages, but you may submit a longer or shorter piece if you feel it best represents your strengths as a writer.
• Writing Sample Reflection: Please note that a short answer question on the online application form will ask you to contextualize your choice of writing sample. This reflection is your chance to help readers of your writing sample understand the class and prompt for which it was produced as well as to highlight what you see as your chosen writing sample’s strengths.

*While we value creative writing, samples of fiction or poetry are discouraged because in the vast majority of our one-on-one Writing Studio sessions, our consultants offer feedback on traditional analytical and argumentative writing assignments.

• An instructor nomination is not required to apply:
  • Students can and do successful apply each year without being first nominated by an instructor.
  • Applicants with and without nominations have the same chance of being invited to our interview stage and of being offered the position.
• While nominations were required prior to spring 2019, now instructor nominations primarily serve as a way for potential applicants to learn about the opportunity to work at the Writing Studio and for faculty to recognize and honor students they believe have the potential to make excellent Undergraduate Writing Consultants.

• Get to know the Writing Studio by getting feedback on your application: Applicants are encouraged to schedule a Writing Studio appointment to get feedback on their application essay and choice of writing sample. Scheduling a writing consultation is also a fantastic opportunity for applicants to familiarize themselves with the Writing Studio and how our consultants approach the task of supporting their fellow students in reaching their writing goals.
• Read over the FAQ about the Undergraduate Writing Consultant Position and Application (Requires VUnetID and password login)
• Apply again! We strongly encourage repeat applications from students who have applied in previous years. We just as strongly encourage repeat applicants to compose a new application essay and update their selection of writing sample. Show us your growth.

Any technical questions or concerns about the application or the web form should be directed to the Writing Studio’s office administrator at writing.studio@vanderbilt.edu or 615-343-2225.

Further Questions? For more information, email John Bradley, Director.

Students who complete the application requirements by the given deadline may be invited to attend an interview in late February or early March 2026.