| I tutor at a community college and on my own. I make spit at the school where I work but now I'm cert'd by the state of ct and I've gone through a formal training process.
Outside of the college I charge between 20-35/hour depending on the subject. I based my rates from what people were charging off of craigslist for my given area (most were 35-55/hour) but I too need money and will undercut people.
All of this works well for application to grad school and such as well. Especially working in the math lab at my school as it is considered an EC and shows that I care about my fellow student body. If you have skills it might be hard to get your name out there. But most schools do have labs, get trained, get used to talking in front of groups of people (the lab I run can handle up to ten students so at times it is busy and I'm jumping back and forth from calc to developmental math to linear algebra.)
You gain a lot as a tutor as well, it helps your understanding of the subjects at hand and is not a bad way to earn some cash.
From what I have seen most of my clients don't care about my age. Just that I am professional, prompt and they get something out of the session.
that was a long rambling mess but hope it helps |