Posts Tagged ‘college tutors’
College Tutors on the Rise
Even as families cut costs to save money, parents are refusing to skimp on professional tutors, especially college tutors. Parents’ investment in tutoring for their children actually grew five percent last year. In fact, most of these students are above average, but not yet reaching their full potential. Of course, parents want to see those [...]
Tips from College Tutors: Taking the Test
We’ve already given you some tips on how to prepare and study for the test, but what about some advice while you’re taking the exam? College tutors has you covered with some useful tips. First and foremost, stay relaxed. If a wave of panic sets in, take a few moments for some deep breathing. When [...]
3 Success Tips From Engineering Tutors
According to a study done by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, nearly a third of college freshmen plan to major in science and engineering. It’s an ambitious and extremely rewarding field to go into, but also highly competitive and academically rigorous. If you’re a new engineering student, read on for a few tips [...]
Tips From College Tutors: Combating Procrastination
One of the most vital skills a student must learn, if they haven’t already, is how to fight the temptation of procrastination. For the less disciplined student it’s entirely too easy to put something off until later, especially if it’s something seemingly small like reading a few chapters or rewriting notes. These acts might seem [...]
Tips From College Tutors: Stress Management
As we mentioned last week, midterms are on their way. Chances are, you’re probably feeling a little overwhelmed. It’s understandable, considering the semester just started two months ago, and you have 4-5 course midterms to review in a matter of weeks. Hopefully, you’ve already gotten a jump on your exam reviews, but if you haven’t, [...]
Tips From College Tutors: How to Study For Midterms
Wow, it’s already October, which means sweater weather, apple cider and Halloween. That’s right, you’ve survived half of a college semester; give yourself a pat on the back! But the hard work has only started—it’s also midterm season. Many students find that midterms sneak up on them, and are left struggling to review multiple course [...]
College Tutors and the Top 25 Recruiter Schools
One of the most successful people I’ve ever met, a neurosurgeon studying brain cancer at UCSF, once told me, it’s not where you go to school, it’s who you go to school with. With that in mind here are the top 10 colleges whose graduates were top-ranked ranked by recruiters. For the full top 25, [...]
New Techniques to Try With Your College Tutors
A recent article in the New York Times describes the way studying works – for a third grader learning his times tables, to a college math tutor helping a student understand differential calculus. New techniques, such as switching the room in which one studies, as well as the concepts one learns, can help retention. Rather [...]
Interest Rates and an Economics Tutor
There is a lot of speculation among professional economists regarding whether the federal government should further increase spending to stimulate the economy. Right of center economists predict that purchasers of Treasury bonds will demand higher interest rates as the government assumes more debt that it will struggle to repay. Federal budgetary woes may grow into [...]
P vs. NP and the Power of College Online Tutoring
Last week a new proof was posted on one of the world’s grandest mathematical problems. Vinay Deolalikar proposed a solution to the “P vs. NP” situation – where P represents a set of problems that can be easily solved, and Not P is a set of problems that are hard to solve, but easy to [...]
