<p>Okay, if any of you have done this and can give experience/advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible to be an SAT tutor while still in high school (will anyone really take it seriously?, etc) or should I wait until I have more of an educational background as a college student? How would you go about becoming an SAT tutor (preferably for a reputable company but independent tutoring stories good too)? How much would you charge/hr? Any advice appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>Um, my brother scored a 1560/1600 and was asked to interview at Princeton Review when he was in college---I think they specifically told him that they wanted college kids and older. That said, they make pretty good money, but jobs go quick and you have to really be on top of a company.</p>
<p>Maybe you could put up some posters around your school to advertise your services. I would put your email on the posters-not your phone number, though. I'm sure if you charge a reasonable rate, (sorry, I don't have any idea of exactly how much you should charge) students will be interested. If your school does a morning news show, ask if you could do a quick snippet to explain to the student body that you are willing to tutor other students. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks Anon<em>Person</em>1 and Kelsey606. </p>
<p>Anyone else have any advice?</p>
<p>Bumping a long-forgotten thread..</p>
<p>You could post ads in your local newspaper and give lessons in your house, or where ever you want</p>
<p>Yes, it's possible... I know of this guy who got into Oxford with a perfect SAT and tutored people the summer before college for $30 an hour. Not really "college experienced" but he was still done with high school.
Often Princeton Review and Kaplan hire tutors but usually they are college students, and the pay apparently is pretty good and they will train you.</p>
<p>I'm not sure how well they train you because my instructor was a piece of *****. He pretty much read out of their SAT book and didn't even know some of the vocab words he was suppose to teach us. If I needed to read along, I could have easily gotten a cassette for a cheaper price.</p>
<p>Well, I got a good score but I don't know if that gives me enough "experience" to be a tutor for the SAT (though I do tutor kids for other subjects). Are there any companies that hire high school kids or would it be best if I go solo? And if it were to be just me, then what would be the best way to find clients (keeping in mind the safety of the OP)?</p>
<p>for a legit tutoring company that I can speak about from firsthand experience, check out Parliament Tutors (646) 546 4594.</p>
<p>When i used em, they asked me a whole bunch of questions to make sure that me and my tutor shared some common background. its working out really well!</p>
<p>Ask about thier package deals, which makes the lessons affordable,</p>
<p>but for the sake of this argument, If im paying someone a lot of money for this kind of, you better not be in high school or a freshman in college</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t know of any parent who would pay for a kid in high school to tutor their own kid in high school…</p>
<p>when i worked for kaplan i was younger than most of the kids i tutored.</p>
<p>they paid kaplan $125/hr to get tutored by me (and I was getting $17/hr to tutor them). fantastic right? no wonder i only got two tutoring students in an entire year. i’ve gotten more than that on craigslist already. if you got the credentials, tutor independently.</p>
<p>I tutor independently and make about $12 an hour. It’s not a fortune, but I enjoy the work and not many places are hiring during the recession, so I’m happy with it. I used word of mouth; some people are very against having a high school student tutor their high school student, but the fact of the matter is that an 800 is an 800 no matter whose it is. I think parents like that I’m not charging extremely high amounts like many big companies are. Furthermore educated parents will know these companies don’t have the highest success rates. Many of my friends took SAT classes or had older, private tutors, but their scores went down on one or all the sections. Big classes waste too much time and don’t tailor to the specific needs of individual kids, so they can be a great waste of money. I self-studied for the entire SAT and use a lot of the same strategies with the people I work with. I don’t think Kaplan certification would make me a better tutor; I’d just get paid more.</p>
<p>hey guys, you’re posting in a necro’d thread.</p>
<p>If you have test scores and stuff to point to and you have plenty of free time, craigslist makes it easy to get a few customers as an independent tutor.</p>