58 questions students ask us, answered honestly

At most universities, yes. Language, clarity and formatting editing is permitted as long as the editor does not change your ideas, arguments, data or findings. Many institutions ask you to acknowledge professional editing in the thesis, and some have a written proofreading policy (common in the UK and Australia). Check your handbook or ask your supervisor, and tell us the rules you must follow. On request we provide an editor's statement describing exactly what was changed.

Ask seven things: Who will edit my work and what is their subject background? What exactly is included? Will I see every change as tracked changes? What is the turnaround and is it guaranteed? Who sees my files and when are they deleted? Are revisions included? Will I get a written quote before paying? We answer all seven on this page, and in writing in every quote.

Proofreading is the final pass: spelling, punctuation, typos, formatting slips. Editing goes further: sentence clarity, flow between paragraphs, academic tone, consistency of terminology, and comments where an argument is hard to follow. Most theses and dissertations need editing, not just proofreading, because the text has been written over months and revised many times.

After your supervisor has approved the content of a chapter or of the full draft, and ideally two to four weeks before submission. Editing before the content is settled means paying twice. We also edit chapter by chapter as you finish them, which spreads the cost and the workload.

Yes. Send up to 300 words of your own draft and we return a free sample edit so you can judge the quality before committing. We offer this instead of showing other clients' work, because we never share any client's document as a sample.

Message us on WhatsApp or use the quote form with your word count, deadline, subject, and your university's guidelines if you have them. You receive a written quote with scope, price and delivery date, usually within a few hours, and nothing is due until you approve it.

Yes. Send the handbook, template or style sheet and we work to it exactly: margins, fonts, heading levels, numbering, citation style, declaration pages, and anything specific to your department.

Grammar, punctuation and spelling; sentence structure and clarity; paragraph flow and transitions; academic tone and register; consistency of terminology, tense, spelling convention and abbreviations; checking that headings, figures, tables and citations are referred to consistently; and margin comments where something is unclear, repetitive or unsupported so you can fix it in your own words.

Rewrite your arguments, change your findings, add or remove content, write new sections, invent sources, or alter data. The work stays yours, in your voice. If a passage needs more than language editing, we leave a comment explaining what the reader is missing rather than writing it for you.

Yes. You receive two files: a tracked-changes copy showing every edit and comment, and a clean copy with changes accepted. Nothing is hidden, and you decide which changes to keep.

Typical turnarounds: up to 5,000 words in 24 to 48 hours; 10,000 to 20,000 words in 3 to 4 days; a full 60,000 to 100,000-word thesis in 7 to 10 days. Faster delivery is possible for an urgency fee; tell us your real deadline and we confirm what is achievable before you pay.

Fixed rates: similarity and AI reports from ₹99 per document; similarity and AI-flag revision at ₹0.20 per word revised, or ₹58 per flagged page for DrillBit reports; academic writing support for publication from ₹0.50 per word. Editing and proofreading is quoted per 1,000 words after a free 300-word sample edit, and formatting is quoted by page count. Full details on the pricing page; the written quote is always the final price.

Yes, and also Australian or Canadian conventions. We follow your university's or journal's preference and make the whole document consistent.

Yes. We edit directly in the .tex source or in Overleaf with track changes, without breaking commands, equations or references.

Yes. Many clients send the abstract, introduction and conclusion first because examiners read those most closely, then the remaining chapters as budget allows.

No. A large share of our work is for authors writing in English as a second or third language. We correct and clarify while keeping your sentence rhythm and vocabulary choices, so the thesis still sounds like you and matches how you speak in your viva.

A similarity report highlights passages in your draft that match text in a database of publications, websites and student papers. Similarity is not plagiarism: properly quoted and cited text, reference lists, and common phrases all show up as matches. Whether anything is plagiarism is a judgement your examiner makes by reading the matches in context, which is exactly what we help you do before submission.

There is no universal number. Many universities treat under 10 to 20 percent as unremarkable once quotes and references are excluded, but your department's rule is the one that counts. A low percentage with one long copied paragraph is a bigger problem than a higher percentage made of correctly cited quotes.

We help you reduce it the legitimate way. The report shows which passages match; we rework each one with you so it is quoted, cited, properly paraphrased in your own words, or cut, then re-check the document. This revision service is ₹0.20 per word revised, or ₹58 per flagged page for DrillBit reports, billed only on the flagged text (see pricing). We do not use text spinners, synonym tools or any trick designed to fool the software, because those produce bad writing and examiners recognise them.

It estimates the probability that passages were generated by an AI model. These tools are probabilistic and produce false positives, especially for non-native writers and for formulaic academic prose such as methods sections. Universities are told to treat the score as one piece of evidence, not proof. Our report walks you through which passages were flagged and why, so you can decide what to revise.

Keep your evidence: drafts, version history, notes, data files and supervisor emails all show the work is yours. Then revise the flagged passages so they read less formulaic, with specific detail, varied sentence length and your own reasoning. We coach you through this and can help you prepare a clear authorship statement if your university asks for one.

No, and we advise against any service that offers to. Evasion tools damage the quality of the writing, examiners spot the patterns, and being caught carries far heavier consequences than a high similarity score. What we do instead is give you an honest report and help you fix the underlying issues: citation, paraphrasing and originality of your own argument.

You choose the checker your university or journal uses: a university-grade similarity and AI-writing report (₹250), DrillBit (₹399), iThenticate (₹199), Copyleaks (₹1,799), Grammarly (₹99), QuillBot (₹99) or Paperpal (₹1,600), all per document. Each report comes with a walkthrough of what the matches mean. See the pricing page. Checker names are trademarks of their owners; StudyAssigned is not affiliated with them.

No. We run non-repository checks, so your document is not added to any database and will not match against itself when your university runs its own check. The file is deleted from our systems after delivery.

Usually within 24 hours, often faster for documents under 10,000 words.

Structured one-to-one guidance at the stage you are in: refining the research question, mapping the literature, choosing a design and methods that answer the question, planning data collection, selecting and interpreting statistical tests, and writing up results and discussion in your own words. You do the research; a specialist helps you do it well and defend it.

Yes. We help you shortlist topics that are feasible, original enough and aligned with your supervisor's area, and show you how to identify a research gap in the literature. The final choice is yours.

Yes. We review structure, alignment between objectives, questions and methodology, and the quality of the literature review, with detailed comments so you can strengthen it before it goes to your committee.

Help in SPSS, R, Python and Excel with descriptive statistics, reliability (Cronbach's alpha), correlation, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square, regression, factor analysis, mediation and moderation, and non-parametric alternatives, plus sample-size planning and choosing the right test for your data.

We work alongside you so that you understand every step and can defend it. We help you set up the data, choose and run the tests, interpret the output and write up the results in your own words. The analysis in your thesis has to be something you can explain to an examiner, so teaching it is the point.

Yes: item wording, scale selection, validity and reliability planning, pilot testing, and power-based sample size calculation so your study is defensible before you collect a single response.

Yes. Coaching in thematic analysis, coding frameworks, interview and focus-group design, and software such as NVivo, plus how to present qualitative findings rigorously.

Yes. A mock viva with a subject specialist who asks the questions examiners actually ask, followed by feedback on your answers and on the weak points in the thesis you should prepare for.

Margins, fonts and spacing to your guidelines; heading hierarchy and numbering; automatic table of contents, list of figures and list of tables; page numbering by section; figure and table captions; citation and reference style; declaration, acknowledgement and appendix pages; and export to a clean PDF that passes your submission portal's checks.

APA 7, MLA 9, Harvard (including university-specific variants), IEEE, Chicago (notes and author-date), Vancouver, OSCOLA, and any in-house style your department or journal provides.

Yes. We make every citation and reference entry consistent with your style, and we cross-check that every in-text citation has a reference entry and vice versa. We do not add sources you have not read; if something is missing we flag it for you.

Yes: Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LaTeX and Overleaf. In Word we build the document with proper styles so the table of contents and cross-references update automatically.

Usually 2 to 4 days for a full thesis, faster for shorter documents. Last-minute formatting checks before submission can often be done the same day.

Yes. We shortlist journals by scope match, indexing (Scopus, Web of Science, UGC-CARE, PubMed, DOAJ), article processing charges, typical review time, and acceptance realism for your study, and we flag anything that looks predatory.

No, and no honest service can; the decision belongs to the journal's reviewers and editor. What we guarantee is that your manuscript goes out well written, correctly formatted, well targeted and with a professional cover letter, which is what moves a paper from desk rejection to review.

Yes. We help you write a cover letter that explains the contribution clearly, and after review we help you structure a point-by-point response that addresses every comment professionally, with the revisions marked in the manuscript.

Yes: word limits, abstract structure, headings, reference style, figure and table requirements, declarations and supplementary files.

Warning signs: guaranteed acceptance, review in days, unsolicited emails, fees not stated upfront, a fake or borrowed impact factor, and a scope that covers everything. Check the journal in Scopus, Web of Science or DOAJ directly rather than trusting its website, and ask us if you are unsure.

Yes, for research outputs that you author and take responsibility for: journal manuscripts and conference papers developed from your completed study, review articles, research and grant proposals, research summaries, and statements of purpose or academic CVs written from your own notes. Priced from ₹0.50 per word (see pricing). We do not write coursework, assignments, dissertations or theses to be submitted for assessment as your own work.

Online, usually 60 minutes, on Google Meet or Zoom, with screen sharing so we can work through your document, data or concept together. You can book a single session or a block, and sessions can be recorded for you on request.

A team of more than 100 subject specialists with postgraduate and doctoral qualifications who have studied, taught or published in their fields, covering engineering, management, medicine and nursing, law, commerce and finance, humanities, sciences, computer science, psychology, education and more. Your project is matched to someone from your discipline, not a generalist.

Yes. Day-to-day questions go through WhatsApp or email and are answered quickly; longer discussions are scheduled as calls.

Only the team members working on your project, each bound by a written confidentiality agreement. We never disclose that you are a client and never contact your institution.

After you confirm you have received the final delivery, your documents and all working copies are permanently deleted from our drives, email and chat threads, normally within 7 days. We keep only invoicing records. Written confirmation of deletion is available on request.

No, never. Showing you another client's thesis would mean we might one day show yours. We offer a free sample edit of your own text instead.

Yes. Send your NDA or ask for ours before sharing any file.

UPI and bank transfer in India; debit and credit cards and PayPal internationally. Larger projects are split into milestone payments agreed in the quote.

Revisions within the agreed scope are unlimited until you are satisfied, including changes requested by your supervisor or reviewers, for 30 days after delivery (90 days for thesis and dissertation projects). New scope is quoted separately.

Full refund if you cancel before work starts; a proportional refund for work not yet done if you cancel after; a full refund for anything we cannot deliver. Details are in our terms of service.

Yes, every day. We are used to UK, US, Canadian, Australian and European university guidelines, different submission portals and different time zones, and WhatsApp support runs around the clock.

Yes. Many UK and Australian universities publish a proofreading policy that limits what an editor may do. Send it to us and we work strictly within it, and we provide a signed editor's statement for your acknowledgements or declaration if required.

By card or PayPal, quoted in INR, USD, GBP, EUR or AUD as you prefer. The quote states the exact amount before you pay.

No. Deadlines are agreed in your local time zone and we schedule the work accordingly. Messages are answered at any hour.