<p>I had to laugh at the "remedial’ component of WA input. My D used the Writing Center for most of her papers last year as a freshman and found the input very helpful, especially in structuring for optimal clarity and emphasis. She is an excellent writer (objective assessment: SAT writing 780; writing sample 12 [perfect score]). Even students who think they’ve written a perfect paper could benefit from passing their work by the WAs, I think.</p>