Going Back to School -> How much $$$ for calculus tutor?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
bob4432

bob4432

Lifer
Sep 6, 2003
11,727
46
91
i need to take calculus, never did in the past. never finished my degree :( need to go back and salvage what credits i can. i will need to take calculus and i haven't done math for school in a long time (5+ years), so one semester i will probably just take calculus and get a tutor instead of working up to it, i will just jump in. how much do tutors usually cost?
 
D

dionx

Diamond Member
Mar 11, 2001
3,500
1
81
can be upto $30/hr. i'd say the average is $20/hr. a cheap one would be $10-$15/hr
 
H

Heisenberg

Lifer
Dec 21, 2001
10,621
1
0
Yeah, $20/hour is probably pretty typical. I used to charge $10-15, but it was a pretty small school. A lot of places do offer tutoring/help sessions for free, so check that out.
 
bob4432

bob4432

Lifer
Sep 6, 2003
11,727
46
91
after looking over things, how much hard is MAT 270 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I vs MAT 260 TECHNICAL CALCULUS I? i will just obsess with the this one class for a semester and 270 looks more versatile than 260....
 
G

Goosemaster

Lifer
Apr 10, 2001
48,775
3
81
Originally posted by: bob4432
after looking over things, how much hard is MAT 270 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I vs MAT 260 TECHNICAL CALCULUS I? i will just obsess with the this one class for a semester and 270 looks more versatile than 260....
Click to expand...

270 will prolly be a little more theoretical and technical will focus more on the practical such as cables between towers, optimization of space etc...

Calc with AG will proabably be more challenging in terms of simply mathematically symbolic problems wil lthe technical class will probably focus on word problems.

jsut a guess.
 
S

Semidevil

Diamond Member
Apr 26, 2002
3,017
0
76
Originally posted by: bob4432
after looking over things, how much hard is MAT 270 CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I vs MAT 260 TECHNICAL CALCULUS I? i will just obsess with the this one class for a semester and 270 looks more versatile than 260....
Click to expand...

I"m just guessing here, but maybe Technical calculus is business calculus, so lots more application to business, and story problems.

I took calculus w/ analytic geometry is what I took, and it was calculus designed for engineers, so less business-story type problems...rather, you just do a bunch problems, like find derivative of this, of that.....
 
D

dmcowen674

No Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
54,889
47
91
www.alienbabeltech.com
Originally posted by: bob4432
i need to take calculus, never did in the past. never finished my degree :( need to go back and salvage what credits i can. i will need to take calculus and i haven't done math for school in a long time (5+ years), so one semester i will probably just take calculus and get a tutor instead of working up to it, i will just jump in. how much do tutors usually cost?
Click to expand...

Best of luck.

Calc was the reason I didn't finish College 20+ yrs ago too.

 
Triumph

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
15,031
14
81
I got paid $8/hour to tutor engineering classes in our tutoring center. As long as you beat that, you should be able to find a tutor.
 
B

badmouse

Platinum Member
Dec 3, 2003
2,862
2
0
Where are you? I know a really good calc tutor. Most schools have tutors available, or at least have a list somewhere of who helps.
 
bob4432

bob4432

Lifer
Sep 6, 2003
11,727
46
91
i am in AZ.

maybe i will take the equivalent at the community college level (mat220) and pay less for the class and hopefully for the full time tutor i am about to employ....
 
bob4432

bob4432

Lifer
Sep 6, 2003
11,727
46
91
Originally posted by: DaWhim
do you really need a tutor for calculus? calc 1 right?
Click to expand...

yep, it has been years and i really don't like math. if i do mat270 then that would take care of the math i need for many different programs of study, i just want to do this one time, a semester of pure hell...

 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom