View STEP-BY-STEP instructions on how to request a tutor.
The Shocker Learning Center offers FREE individual one-on-one tutoring for:
- currently enrolled WSU undergraduate students
- undergraduate general education courses that are NOT already supported by existing university resources
About our Peer Tutors
Tutoring is provided by CRLA certified peer tutors who assist students in:
- strengthening their understanding of class materials
- understanding the textbook
- organizing assignments
- improving general learning and study skills
Be a peer tutor
Interested in helping your WSU classmates and community be more academically successful? Apply to become a peer tutor!
Existing Resources
If there is an existing campus resource for the course(s) you are seeking tutoring in or if your course offers Supplemental Instruction, you WILL be directed to the existing resource(s) first.
View existing academic success support resourcesGuidelines
The best way to guarantee you get the help you need is to reach out early. In order for tutoring to be successful for you, review our tutoring guidelines.
Following these guidelines will help you use your time wisely when seeking help and enable an interaction that focuses on you mastering the concepts and skills needed to excel in the course.
Dos and Don'ts
Do
- Seek help early in the semester and at the first signs that a class or concept may be difficult.
- Come to any tutoring session prepared.
- Attend all classes and keep up to date on assignments.
- Read assigned texts.
- Attempt assigned problems and assignments before any tutoring session.
- Use other resources such as the instructor's office hours and TA office hours.
- Bring all course materials to any tutoring session.
- Textbook(s), syllabus, notes, handouts, previous tests and/or test results, and a calculator, if needed.
- Work toward mastering concepts and skills rather than focusing on obtaining the answers to specific questions.
- Maintain a good attitude about the subject and the potential to succeed.
- A positive attitude, combined with willingness to seek appropriate help and exercising solid work habits, will do much to determine success in a course.
Don't
- Wait until the day before an assignment is due or when you're already severely struggling in the course to seek help.
- Don't get frustrated! Virtually every student will be challenged at some point with course work.
When meeting with a tutor, please keep in mind:
Tutors can
- Review notes
- Clarify concepts
- Answer questions
- Explain / demonstrate problems
- Interpret tests
- Provide study skills help
- Give suggestions for test and note taking
Tutors cannot
- Do students' homework
- Introduce new concepts
- Help students' with take home tests