Peer tutoring
Free drop-in and by-appointment tutoring covers the courses students most often need help in: math through calculus and statistics, chemistry, physics, biology, computing and programming, accounting and economics, and a range of introductory courses. Tutors are students who did well in the course and are trained to help you work the problem rather than hand you the answer. Come with specific questions, your notes, and an attempted problem — a focused 30 minutes beats a vague hour. Going early in the term, before you are behind, is when tutoring does the most good and the schedule is most open.
Supplemental Instruction
For certain historically difficult courses, an SI leader who has taken the class runs regular group study sessions tied to that specific section — re-working lecture material, practicing problems, and comparing approaches with classmates. Students who attend SI regularly tend to earn noticeably higher grades in those courses. It is not remedial and not a lecture; it is structured group practice, and it is free.
The writing center
Bring any writing at any stage — a paper you have not started and cannot decode the prompt for, a rough draft, a nearly-final draft, a lab report, a personal statement, a résumé, a thesis chapter. Consultants work with you on the thing you are stuck on (structure, argument, evidence, clarity, citation) rather than proofreading for you; you leave with a plan and the skill, not just a cleaner draft. Multilingual writers and graduate writers are a large part of who they see. In-person and online appointments both exist.
Academic coaching
One-on-one sessions to build the systems around the coursework: planning a week, reading and note-taking that stick, preparing for exams, managing a heavy load, beating procrastination and perfectionism, and rebuilding after a rough semester or academic probation. A coach can also do the math on exactly what grades you need and help you decide whether to drop, retake, or push through a course. This is where to start when the problem is not one class but how the whole term is going.
Questions?
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