<p>I've been a certified peer tutor at my previous college for two years. I can tutor science, writing, and math. I prefer to stick with Biology, Chemistry, and Statistics as I feel as though those are my strongest subjects. I used to critique papers and I would work in the math lab a lot. My concern is how differently Cornell teaches their courses. For example, to be successful in Statistics you need to know how to use the calculator properly and know how to use the formulas. I'm not sure if Cornell does their math problems the "long" way. And so on for the other courses.</p>
<p>Other students could correct me…I believe TAs (not tutors) are hired by professors to help students during office hours. My daughter was a head TA for a finance course. She worked with few TAs to make sure someone was always around during office hours. Courses are taught differently by different professors/college, even if they are similar. As an example, a statistic course is taught differently at CAS vs Hotel, same level, but CAS is more theoretical - more proofs rather than application of formulas. I know D1 has utilized computer lab’s tutors freshman year, and they were hired by the computer department. I wonder if other department would hire generic tutors. D1 was asked to be a TA because of her performance in class, not because she was certified.</p>
<p>Like oldfort mentioned, most classes have TAs. First year bio labs, business classes, and statistics are some of the courses thathave students TAs (these are the classes that I am aware of…there are probably some other classes as well). As a TA, you generally receive credit hours instead of money. To be a TA, you apply towards the end of the semester (some professors email applications), or you are picked by the professor. For orgo and chem, TAs are graduate students. Since having 2-3 TAs is not enough to support a class of 700-800 students, student tutors are hired by the Learning Strategies Center. I believe the spots get filled pretty early. The spots for the upcoming semester are full from what I heard.</p>
<p>You can try to take Bioee 2780, or is it Bioee 1780 now. If you get A or A+ from it. You will have the opportunity to lead a tutoring section during the weekend.</p>