<p>i’m in 8th grade n i tutor a 4th grade girl in math. i get paid about 7 dollars an hour, and do it twice a week, once for an hour and once for an hour and a half. </p>
<p>i know that tutoring ppl is good when you turn in secondary school& college admissions, but is it better to do it as a volunteer, or does it not matter?</p>
<p>of course i’d rather get paid, but if volunteering is significantly better than getting paid, i’ll just do it for free.</p>
<p>it’s not for school or anything, so i guess that’s something.</p>
<p>first off just put you were a tutor dont say paid or unpaid and paid is always better b/c your getting paid… duh… second if your in 8th grade you should take a “break” from cc and come back in say… 4 years… thats good advice believe me. And dont look forward to college you havent even started high school … “live every second of every minute of every day” just chill out and have some fun</p>
<p>I used to tutor but gave up when I realized the kid I was tutoring was suffering because of ADD and not because he didn’t understand the material. Actually, he gave up, but my experience didn’t make me want to tutor anymore. Some of my friends have asked me to tutor them for money but I don’t want to because (a) I don’t have time and (b) I think it is unethical to help out my friends for money</p>
<p>I think it’s better to get paid to tutor because then you actually do it for a reason not just for hours. Not just for money but to see them get good grades. Colleges probably won’t be able to tell the difference if you got paid or not. I wouldn’t even mention the money. It’s a big thing to tutor in high school, it cool and stuff, but colleges won’t really care. </p>
<p>It doesn’t matter to colleges whether you did it for money or not. What matters to them is that you’re doing some activity in addition to studying. I hope that you’re tutoring because you need the money or enjoy tutoring, not to earn brownie points for college.</p>
<p>terrybhs06, i know what you mean :] i’m at cc because i need advices in going to a private boarding highschool, so yeah i’m not worrying about college yet</p>
<p>northstarmom: you are right; i’m not tutoring for points…not even for highschool. i was just wondering if it helped. i do it because i love teaching! and also my tutoring helps my mom, too, so i guess everybody wins :]</p>
<p>tutor to raise money for charity. better yet, start up a tutoring service with all your smart friends and get your high school counselors and principles to endorse it.</p>
<p>When it comes to colleges, it always helps when students are doing an activity – for pay or for free – that they love. Tutoring also is helping you since you love teaching, and it’s giving you experience that would help you figure out if you want to be a teacher or enter a profession in which you help people. When you apply for college scholarships, if you have continued tutoring in h.s., that experience could help you qualify for scholarships for prospective teachers or for people interested in community service or helping professions.</p>
<p>Stop thinking about whether what you’re doing now will help you get into college. Think about whether what you’re doing now is of any benefit to you or to society. Truth is, that actions that you take that help develop yourself or that help society are the types of things that eventually will impress colleges. Follow your own star, and as long as that star isn’t something like being a mass murderer, colleges will be very happy.</p>
<p>by the way, i’m in JUNIOR HIGH…not high school…i was wondering if it would help me get into a boarding high school…well, either ways, thank you everyone :)</p>
i’m not worrying about college yet</p>