<p>Some of you guys seem like you know the SAT inside out. I was wondering have you ever thought of tutoring private sessions or tutoring for a company? This question is kind of aimed towards people who are younger like Seniors or Juniors, or freshman in college. Do you think if you did, would u make a lot of money? I am thinking of learning the SAT inside out, so i can start tutorials at my high school next year after i graduate. Except i wouldn't charge rediculous fees like 45$ an hour or something. I would start relatively cheap, and use prime examples of how i can help them. An example would be me, I hope to go from a 1430 on the New SAT to somewhere around 2100 on the second try. I know i haven't got a sigificantly higher score yet, thats why i am studying my ass off. I was thinking of having two types of courses, one called crash course, and another one that is "a year course". So i could help people maximize their results. Do you think that would be a good idea, or just a waste of time? Considering i have all the free time in the world next year, b/c i am not going to a university right away and staying local.</p>
<p>I tutor for SAT math at a local SAT prep class. However, I don't host it. I am paid $10 an hr and I tutor about 10 hrs a week (On top of having a regular job).</p>
<p>Starting your own program may be a bit difficult, but finding one to help with shouldn't be that hard.</p>
<p>thanx was it hard to get a job with the locals, and did u have to take any preliminary tests to join, and how old are you?</p>
<p>I think I'd be willing to pay a reasonable rate for some one-on-one tutoring. But you'd have to get a REALLY high score for credibility.</p>
<p>Yeah... why would someone pay money for a tutor who missed a bunch of questions?</p>
<p>It was easy for me to get the job because I have 800's on the Sat I math, Ic, and IIc. For the 2nd question, I am 17 turning 18 in late Feb.</p>
<p>Also it isn't one-on-one, it is small group sessions of 3-6 students.</p>
<p>hey. in my town, a private tutor gets $150/hr. i know, it sounds ridiculous, but its true. however, they aren't just kids...they're people who have worked grading SAT's and writing SAT questions for approx 20 years.</p>
<p>so, as a younger person, i think $45/hr would probably be reasonable, if you knew what you were talking about.</p>
<p>How would u design a crash course or a year course if you were tuturing, assuming that a crash course is a month, and a year course was its name. Like when would u review math with the learner, and when would u review vocab, and stufflike that?</p>
<p>^ I think you'd have to have the student take some kind of pretest, so you could see what they needed work on the most.</p>
<p>I don't think you are qualified to be tutoring people for the SATs unless your scores are... well.. a lot higher than what they are</p>
<p>^ I agree. If you can't get a great score yourself then you shouldn't be tutoring other people. Most people probably wouldn't want to be getting tutored by somebody who didn't do well on the SAT themselves.</p>
<p>But, you know, it really matters on where you live and what kind of students go to your school. I, for example, go to a small school with an enrollment of 80 in each grade. Almost no one takes the SAT, but many people do take the ACT. The senior with the highest ACT score received a 31 composite, not very high at all. So in a school like mine, you could be qualified to tutor some lower-scoring people, i.e. just about everyone. In some schools a 2100 is exceptional; in others, it's almost normal. So it's really all relative.</p>
<p>But with a score like that, I don't think that you could charge 45$ an hour anywhere.</p>
<p>What do you get when you take practice tests now? Because a 1430 is nowhere near a 2100. If you are getting 1430, I believe that you aren't even getting half of the questions right? I just don't see how your tutoring of them would help them anymore than them just picking up a college board book and taking practice tests...</p>
<p>Personally I wouldn't want to take a course that is completly run by a student. I would want someone who is older and has been teaching SAT/ACT classes for many years to be my tutor.</p>
<p>Now I find a student assistant perfectly acceptable. However, I would want the student to have a very high score, I.E. 700+, for whatever section of the test they are assisting with. </p>
<p>Gista, I suggest that if you really want to help with SAT/ACT that you find a local prep course and talk to whoever runs it. Inform them that you wish to help tutor in your spare time. But at this point I would say starting your own prep course is out of the question.</p>
<p>Are you talking about a 1430 on the old SAT?</p>
<p>^ "An example would be me, I hope to go from a 1430 on the New SAT to somewhere around 2100 on the second try."</p>
<p>Starting your own tutoring service is a lot more difficult than you might think. All of my tutors are required to score at least a 2300 on a New SAT diagnostic.</p>