Every single semester dozens of students take advantage of the free tutoring here on campus. Academic Support Coordinator Brooke Sullivan explains how students take advantage of these tutoring services to do better in their classes.
“There are some students that meet with tutors every week to keep on top of the class subject, others use it once in a while as the need arises,” Sullivan said. “Last semester there were 385 appointments with 89 unique students. This means that over 10% of the Crete students used tutoring last semester.”
These tutors help students with a variety of things. For example, some tutors help students understand the material they are learning in class, some help students figure out new studying techniques and some help students find an efficient way to study for homework and tests.
“We all struggle in our classes at some point. How you choose to handle it is up to you,” Sullivan said. “You can stress out, spend more time on trying to understand something and miss out on sleep, and get bad grades; or you can take charge of your learning and get some help from a tutor to save yourself a lot of trouble.”
For some students, they wonder, how can I become a tutor? One of the requirements is that students need to have at least a B or higher in the respective course and they will also need to fill out the Student Leadership Applications.
“Tutoring is for everyone,” said Sullivan. “It isn’t only for people that are struggling with a concept, it can be for someone that wants to build their skills or have a strong foundation in the subject.”
