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The week of March 17 - March 21
Acct 209
Part 1 of 2
Tuc Mar 19
9pm-I2am
Part 2 of 2
Wed Mar 20
9ptn-12am
Acct 230
Part 1 of 3
Tuc Mar 19
7pm-9pm
Part 2 of 3
Wed Mar 20
7pm-9pm
Part 3 of 3
Thu Mar 21
7pin-9pm
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Econ 203,
Mgmt
209/211,309/f
363, Phys !
202
Ctiem 107
Mawk
Test Review
Sun Mar 17
6pm-9pm
Chem 107
Mawk
Part 1
.Mon Mar 18
6pni-9pm
Part II
Tuc Mar 19
6pm-9pm
Part Hi
Wed Mar 20
6pm-9pm
Econ 202
Allen
Part 1 of 3
Tuc Mar 19
5pm-7pn»
Part 2 of 3
Wed Mar 21
5pm-7pm
Part 3 of 3
Thu Mar 22
5pm-7pm
Math 131
Part 1
Mon Mar 18
fipm-8pm
Part 11
Tuc Mar 19
6pm-9pm
Math 142
Part 1
Sun Mar 17
4pm-7pm
Part H
Mon Mar 18
lOpm-lam
Part HI
T uc Mar 19
10pm-lam
Old Tests
Wed Mar 20
10pm-lam
Math 151
Part l
Sun Mar 17
10pm-lam
Part II
Mon Mar 18
8pin-t0pm
Part HI
T uc Mar 19
8pm-10pm
Old Tests
Wed Mar 20
8pm-10pni
Math 152
Part I
Sun Mar 17
7 pm-10pm
Part II
Mon Mar 18
6pm»8pm
Part HI
T uc Mar 19
6pm-8pm
Old Tests
Wed Mar 20
6pm-8pm
Math 251
Part 1
Mon Mar 18
8pm-12am
Part 11
Tuc Mar 19
9pm-l2am
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Monday, March 18, 2002
Making the Gradi
Students turn to tutoring
services to better grades
By Katy Walden
THE BATTALION
Seeing a recurring tutoring service fee on a credit card statement
can make a parent wonder if their child is going to class. But after
midterm grades have been sent home and there is a smile on their
face, parents may wonder why they did not have the service when
they were in college.
Tutoring sessions, which students pay to attend, seem to be
attracting higher numbers and higher grades. With strong study
skills required for many classes at Texas A&M. the book and lec
ture notes may be not enough for students to pass.
“There are different ways of expressing the same problem and
same idea as professors,” said the A+ Tutoring owner, who wants to
be know as “Alf ’ by
his students. “If you
can break it down to
explain why things
happen, students can
understand it better.”
Alf, who has been
tutoring since his
freshman year of
high school, said he
has always been able
to relate to students
and help them grasp
concepts. As owner
of A+ Tutoring, and
formerly the sole
tutor before hiring
others last year, Alf
said he has worked
hard to make a dif
ference in students’
understanding.
“This business
was first started on the idea of exam review ” Alf said. “When stu
dents started, you’d just get the answer to the test. I decided to make
a change. The difference now is, you get the concepts and not the
answers.”
Many students are hesitant to pay for outside tutoring services,
but others believe that outside lectures are necessary to get through
difficult courses.
Lee Phillips, a sophomore biomedical engineering major, said he
would not have passed without Alf.
“In Physics 208 I had this really strange professor, who would
give weird questions on the test that I wouldn’t have been familiar
with at all without his help from the sessions,” Phillips said.
Since last summer, when Phillips first attended A+ Tutoring, he
has become a season pass holder and taken Physics 208, Chemistry
102 and Chemistry 227.
"The w eek before the test I go from anywhere betue
six. two hour sessions, and then read the chapters in J
Phillips said. “It isn’t cramming at all, it is getting simp
rial and understanding concepts.”
Some students think outside tutoring services areawa
answers to a test. Expecting to be given the key toapen :
grade in one packet of test questions is a fallacy m.
services strongly disagree with.
Luke Bradicich, a tutor at 4.0 and Go, said somepr
tutors only give answers for tests.
Bradicich said there are generally two types of stude
for tutoring at a review session before a test: those whocrr
and those w ho have studied the material and want tom-
cepts better.
Tiffany Clifton, a freshman petroleum engineeringmas
did not study for a Math 141 test after the tutoring sessier
Go and did poorly on the test.
A number of students who attend these sessions nv
happy w ith the material from the extra lectures.
Michael Priesler, a freshman mechanical engineering
the benefits from paying additional money for help outwc.
of a bad r
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w hat is or,
that you. ;
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said. “You
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“When l sit down I’m calm, and I’m ready to stair
Priesler said.
Priesler said after going to tutoring he has a goodfe
walking into the test, because he knows he has cover;
material.
“You feel like you have an idea for what’s on the to
walking in blind.” Preisler said.
The tutor’s ability to understand professors and kr
relate to students comes from personal experience of sr
same seats and learning the material.
“The main thing is, all of our tutors are not new a
they’ve either taught or tutored students before.'' Bradicic
they have years of experience, and they are Aggies hIx 1 ''
Aggie way," Bradicich said.
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