Grading jobs

<p>Curious whether Vanderbilt professors ever hire upperclassmen to grade tests, homework, etc. When I was in college at another university, this was a good source of a little extra spending money. I used to do grading for math professors.</p>

<p>Very rarely, sometimes there will be undergraduates working as chemistry or biological teaching assistants. </p>

<p>Not sure about individual professors hiring upperclassmen. A lot of humanities professors (sociology, history, MHS) seem to have graduate students doing work for them and not undergraduate. Perhaps if you had a professional relationship with a professor - you could ask? </p>

<p>S worked for the math department (he was a double major in economics and mathematics) for 2 or 3 years during his undergrad years there. He made $200 a month for grading and running tutorial sections each week for Math 140 sections. I think it was a nice gig for him.</p>

<p>Many professors hire undergraduates to grade papers and/or run office hours. Depends on the course and department for sure-- never seen an undergrad TA an engineering course. I have seen/had several undergraduate TAs in many other disciplines. They are almost always past students who performed well in the class and developed a good relationship with the professor. </p>

<p>I stand corrected by those more knowledgable than me on this subject. Looks like there’s plenty of work. : )</p>

<p>None of D’s profs ever hired undergrads - they all seemed to have grad assistants. However, she did make a lot of money one summer assisting a sociology prof with his research.</p>

<p>Thanks for the info, everyone!</p>

<p>S2 has worked for 2 different Math professors this past year (Sophomore) grading homework. </p>

<p>great hearing about all your smart kids tutoring Vandy students. :)</p>