What's your honest opinion on tuition? (1 Viewer)

[Study to success]

What sort of tutoring is worth it? Is it necessary in order to get a high atar

 

[sly_lyepat]

if tuition wont help nothing will... its not necessary but majority of high achieving students do tutoring, a lot of people tutor for multiple subjects as well, but many people havent done any tutoring and had high atars such as @carrotsss. defo worth it but its not really necessary, in my school about half of the kids doing 3u next year are doing tutoring including me

 

[Study to success]

If I'm aiming for a 90 plus atar should I do it next year or should I just wait till yr 12

 

[sly_lyepat]

If I'm aiming for a 90 plus atar should I do it next year or should I just wait till yr 12

what subjects?

 

[Study to success]

Math adv, eng adv and maybe bio if I keep it. But mainly eng

 

[sly_lyepat]

math adv and bio imo tutoring is not necessary, but if you struggle with eng adv i would see how the start of year 11 goes and if you need to then go for it, someone who is doing or completed hsc can help better then me sorry

 

[jonolad69]

If I'm aiming for a 90 plus atar should I do it next year or should I just wait till yr 12

i would only get one for bio, eng and math adv

 

[spiderfan44]

if you can afford it, yea it always helps. tutoring isnt necessary for a 90 though id say as long as you put in work

 

[fesi2w3]

Tutoring is pretty helpful especially if your teachers aren't great/you lack discipline! I only recommend doing tutoring for subjects you believe you're weak at and can't adequately improve on your own at (I say give it some time in yr11 to test the waters for all the subjects and see how you do before you go into any tutoring, there's really no rush). It can be a lot of money, and only really counts if you're willing to actually pay attention and put in the effort. I think self-study is a lot better, but it's definitely helpful!

For an ATAR of 90 it's not exactly necessary, you can definitely achieve that without tutor with some discipline!

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

What sort of tutoring is worth it? Is it necessary in order to get a high atar

i wouldn't say its necessary to get a high atar, but it is generally advantageous in any case. even in the best case scenario, a teacher at school has to divide their attention between 30 or so students and simply can't dedicate the same resources and attention an individual tutor can bring. it can also offset the disadvantage brought about by having teachers that perhaps don't have the best of communicative skills.

ultimately, i think tutoring is a privilege that comes with a lot of benefits, and if you can afford it and care more about the academic output than the extraneous time it might expend, it would pay dividends. the reality is that a lot of people simply cannot afford tutoring, and if you are in a position to do so and willing to dedicate the time, i don't see why not.