<p>This post is just out of curiosity. In your area, say there’s a college freshman who has ~2k hours of teaching experience and has excellent recommendations. He also has the score of 800 in SAT maths and 800 in SAT subject test for SAT maths level 2. A total SAT score greater than 2350.
How much would you be ready to pay him for tutoring your kids (or hypothetical kids if you don’t have any kids or they have already taken the SAT.Assume that you have to hire a tutor)? I know this would vary with location, so please mention your location if possible.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll bite. How much do you think you are worth since this is obviously about you? 2k <em>teaching</em> hours as a college freshman? Yep. :-< </p>
<p>Edit. I see you are not even in college yet…so, how much would I pay a RISING college freshman? Again, what do you think you are worth?</p>
<p>Would this be in India?</p>
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<p>2000 hours / 40 hour work week = 50 weeks</p>
<p>When does this dude have time to go to school?</p>
<p>My son had similar SAT scores and charged $45/hour for tutoring (SAT prep and HS math and science) during his senior year in HS and during the summer in college. Located on the east coast US…he’s a good teacher, btw, so it’s not just about test scores. His business was all word of mouth…satisfied “customers” telling other people about him.</p>
<p>I will be hiring a tutor through our local test prep center in central Texas and will be paying $79 an hour. I would not hire a college student based on his scores, just because someone is good at taking a test does not mean he can teach others to do the same. Our test prep center has been in business for many years and has a proven record of increasing test scores. The $79 fee also includes a suitable meeting location, in our area tutors are not allowed to use the school building and the public library has limited space which is not always available.</p>
<p>Our local test centers are probably better at helping students raise scores to 650 or so than at getting students above 700 or 750, so it is possible that OP might still find a market. Ditto if there are waiting lists for the “best” tutors.</p>
<p>I would seek to find students through word of mouth and also narrow down any potential market.</p>
<p>Will you work with students who have been practicing since middle school and seek to raise their scores from 700 to 750, or from 750 to 800? (A goal for many who seek scholarship money.) Or with students who have always struggled with math and need a solid score in the 600’s to qualify for target schools? With LD students who need to demonstrate ability to handle the easiest math classes at their target schools? With students who need only a few test-taking strategies to attain a perfect or nearly-perfect score (that might have been frazzled kids although they did not seek out tutors) and might find working with a tutor faster and more efficient than studying on their own?</p>
<p>Also, find out if there are any needs that are specific to your area. In our area, there are some tutors who charge high rates to “clean up” after a couple of tenured math teachers who are notoriously poor instructors. Be aware of your competition, whether local test centers, extra tutoring provided by the school, other tutors with varying levels of qualifications, or online resources, and seek to narrow your market according. </p>
<p>The key would seem to be, as Gourmetmom suggests, establishing a pool of satisfied customers and distinguishing yourself from free or low cost alternatives through teaching skill. In our area, there are tutors who “clean up” after a couple of notoriously incompetent tenured math teachers, for example. Reputation has spread by word of mouth. As word spreads from satisfied customers, it should be possible to raise fees.</p>
<p>I’m constantly amazed by the quickness with which people jump on conclusion.
This is not for me. I’ll not be in USA for I’m doing my undergraduate studies in another country. I wonder what made @GA2012mom jump to this erroneous assumption.
@mnm111: nope.
@GMTPlus7: where did I mention that the dude is currently teaching? He HAS 2000 hours under his belt. Maybe he taught during high school. Maybe on a gap year.
Can we please treat this as a hypothetical scenario? I’m just curious. and Thanks to all other posters who have helped so far! It’s great to know all this!</p>
<p>And please read my first post carefully. I said he <em>has</em> 2000 hours of experience. I never said that he’ll be teaching that much while in college. </p>
<p>$20 an hour at the very top - for someone working 40 hours a week 50 hours a year that would be a $40,000 a year gross salary which is to me the top value of a college freshman doing much of anything…personally I’d probably look for someone who would be willing to do it for $15 an hour. </p>
<p>We’ve paid for tutors on occasion with much more than 2000 hours of experience. Typically in our area tutoring runs about $50/hour. That would be for French, English, and SAT Essay Writing help. </p>
<p>You are clearly over emphasizing the 2000 hours of experience. </p>
<p>Frankly, there is no difference to me between 100 hours of experience and 2000 hours of experience to me, both are experienced. Very important factors are the personality of the tutor, the matching with the students schedule, the convenience of the arrangement and the references from people WE know and trust. </p>
<p>We would never pay anything close to that for Skype tutors. </p>
<p>My kids didn’t need tutoring for the math or CR parts of the SAT. </p>
<p>Yes, I fully realized you said he has 2000 hours of experience. But if the dude is a college freshman, he can’t have tutored for more than 2 years. That would be 20 hours per week. Still not realistic. </p>
<p>While I haven’t hired a SAT tutor . We have used a current math teacher at our school to help DS17 before. She has many years of experience as a teacher and she charges $50 an hour.</p>
<p>@GMTplus7: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Can we please treat this as a hypothetical scenario? <a href=“Hypothetical Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster”>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypothetical</a>
And it isn’t entirely imaginative, to say the least. In India, people have 8hrs working days/6 days a week for 11 months. That gives 2112 hours. That’s pretty achievable for someone on a gap year. It’s very much realistic (My mum is a teacher and both grandparents have worked or are working that much amount)
And again, thanks to all others ( @MichiganGeorgia, @ClassicRockerDad, @momofthreeboys, @frazzled2thecore, @3scoutsmom, @Gourmetmom who have answered me!</p>
<p>We hired an awesome tutor for both sons. She was very very experienced and knew exactly how to help them raise their scores. </p>
<p>We paid in the neighborhood of $60-70/hour for a 2 hour session. She came to our house. </p>
<p>I would never pay that much for a college kid. Maybe $15.</p>
<p>BTB, just an FYI - your posts sound very condescending. Maybe such tone is acceptable when communicating with your elders in India, but it could be very off-putting to potential clients here in the US. </p>
<p>He didn’t say he has 2000 hours of tutoring experience. We’re talking about some imaginary person. Maybe this imaginary person graduated high school at 13 with their perfect SATs and instead of going to college started a successful company and is now a millionaire, but they’re tutoring again because they really love tutoring. Oh, and they decided to go to college 'cause why not? </p>
<p>@BunsenBurner: I’m sorry. I’m already having a pretty bad day so I’m just not in the right mood. I apologize.
@Vladenschlutte: I appreciate the sarcasm; however, you ain’t helping anyone. But you might as well comment 'cause why not? Anyway, here’s what I wrote previously:In India, people have 8hrs working days/6 days a week for 11 months. That gives 2112 hours. That’s pretty achievable for someone on a gap year. It’s very much realistic (My mum is a teacher and both grandparents have worked or are working that much amount)</p>
<p>I personally don’t like to deal with hypothetical situations.</p>
<p>What exactly did this person TEACH for 2000 hours…and why. Was he doing SAT prep, or tutoring HS kids in remedial math…or teaching preschoolers in a preschool?</p>
<p>Too many hypotheticals for me to even give an estimate.</p>
<p>We don’t know the going rate for tutors in India. You cannot apply US rates to other countries.</p>