Posts Tagged ‘college tutors’
College Students: How to Score a Perfect Recommendation
As you consider the next stage in your career, you may find yourself applying to a program that requires recommendations from a professor at your college. Whether for grad school or a prestigious fellowship, recommendations can make the difference between a thick envelope and a night of tears. But how do you get a great [...]
How to Rock Your Finals
No doubt this is a tough time of the semester, with final exams often counting for 50% or more of a course grade. Whether your finals are five days or two weeks away, don’t despair. It’s never too late to have that aha! moment on a tough concept or to cut through confusion you may [...]
Go to Stanford…High?
Yes, you read that right! Stanford University has opened an online high school, which will graduate a class of 30 seniors at the end of this year. They are among the 275,000 students around the country enrolled in full-time online high schools. Who are the Stanford Online High School students? According to Susan Patrick, [...]
Help Your Tutor Help You
Have you ever been in a heated debate with another student about whether or not a particular teacher was effective in their teaching methods? For some reason you absorb almost nothing your respective teacher says, having to review your notes numerous times before finally understanding the material, while the other student ‘just gets it.’ It [...]
Not Just a Number with Online College Tutoring
The other day we met a student attending college in New England whose school offers tutoring services for some of the most in-demand courses. Unfortunately for him, students at his school also need to wait like Canadian medical patients (i.e. for a long time) to receive any personal help. If a student doesn’t sign up [...]
Get a Jump-Start on Next Semester
By now, you’re probably done with your college tests for the semester, but there’s no harm in getting a head start on your work for next semester. E-mail your new professors and ask to see the syllabi for your classes. You have a whole month off for winter vacation, so why not use it productively? [...]
The Benefits of College Online Tutoring For Your Child
Today’s job market is competitive, and grades matter when it comes to scoring a job. With the blistering pace at which most university courses move, your child can’t afford to be left behind, not feeling confident about participating in class discussions or tackling midterms and finals. College online tutoring is one of the best investments [...]
College Online Tutoring And “Waiting For Superman”
Anyone receiving college online tutoring at an American university will be interested to gauge the arguments in Davis Guggenheim’s 2010 documentary, “Waiting for Superman,” which analyzes some of the failures in the American public school system. Guggenheim, who sends his own children to a private school, examines the dire state of public education in America, [...]
Surviving Finals Week
December has officially begun and that means finals week is rapidly approaching. Before you start packing your bags and getting ready to enjoy a long winter break, you need to prepare for finals. December can be a stressful time as you struggle to finish projects and papers and study for exams. Here are some helpful [...]
Community Colleges Could Benefit from Online College Tutors
Last week marked the 10th year of the Community College Survey of Student Engagement. The survey received responses from over 400,000 students across 47 states to learn about classroom and campus experiences, as well as “deep learning” techniques –meaning if a student is able to apply information learned and develop a more cultured worldview. The [...]
