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| Tutoring is one of the more rewarding ways of making money in college |
If you are a person who is academically gifted, a great way for you to make money is to become a tutor. There are four basic ways to become a tutor, and this guide should help you decide which method is right for you.
Tutor for your School
Many departments at universities (especially math) will actually pay tutors to help students within the department, and at some schools there is simply a tutoring department that covers all subjects. As a tutor, you would be assigned certain hours on certain days to meet in a room and help whoever walks in with homework or study questions. You could even get lucky and be assigned to privately tutor one of those brilliant collegiate athletes. The main benefit to this method is that you will never have to drive to work.
Tutor for an Agency
There are many tutoring agencies (like Sylvan Learning) that you could tutor for in your spare time. All you would have to do is call their office and say you would like to apply to become one of their tutors. The nice thing about working for one of these agencies is that they find clients for you, and you could end up tutoring basic algebra to a kid in middle school.
Tutor Independently
This is the potentially most rewarding way to tutor. You will have to advertise your services online and throughout your school with flyers, but you can charge whatever you would like. It is not uncommon for a tutor to make $30-$40 for a lesson, especially if finals or an AP Test is approaching. However, this method is more difficult than the others because you must find your clients on your own, and if your student does not attend your university, you will probably have to drive off campus and tutor at their house.
Tutor Online
Yes, you also have the option to tutor online through web services like Tutor.com. The unique benefit to tutoring online is that it is all done through your computer, so you never even have to leave your room. The negative to this option is that the pay is relatively low and there can be a long training period in which you learn the company’s software before you even start working for a paycheck.
Tutors provide a valuable service to their students and becoming a tutor can prove to be a lucrative way to make money in college. You do not have to be a straight-A student to be a successful tutor, just a clear communicator. But if you don’t think tutoring is for you, there are plenty of other ways for you to make money in college.
