Tutoring and Academic Support

Tutoring and Academic Support

In addition to help from professors' and TAs' office hours, free peer tutoring and academic skills coaching is available for all undergraduate students. Tutoring is used by students in all years and at all levels of understanding.

Find a Tutor in a Specific Course

Frank is an amazing tutor. Not only does he help you conceptualize the math that you're dealing with by coming up with real examples but he, a double major in math and psych, boosts your confidence in yourself that you can do it. He does this absolutely selflessly and often came down to the lounge to help out even during his off-hours. Though tutors are not required to, he always had time for a quick question during the day and was never cross or unhelpful.
~ Math Student

Peer tutors in a variety of courses are available during drop-in hours and by appointment. Peer tutoring in these courses focuses on helping students develop the problem-solving and analytical skills needed to understand, synthesize, or apply complex material.

• View snapshot of current drop-in hours.
• Submit a request to join a peer study group.
• Make a tutoring appointment.
• Read more about getting tutoring.

Get Help with an Oral Presentation

Each year Doree Allen from the Center for Teaching and Learning works with my students to give them the confidence and training necessary to present their thoughts to others. The integration of this oral presentation into their quest for explaining the origins of life has been a highlight of the course, one that has prepared my students with special strength that will serve them long after the material in this course has been mostly forgotten.
~ Richard Zare, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Natural Science

The Oral Communication Program offers courses, workshops and appointments for Stanford students who want to improve their oral communication skills. Our Oral Communication Tutors (OCTs) provide consultations at our Speaking Center in Meyer Library, Suite 123.

• Make an Oral Communication Tutor (OCT) appointment.
• Read about how to get help with an oral presentation.
• Take an Oral Communication course.

Get Help with Academic Skills

I’ve applied a lot of the suggestions you gave me last Friday in my work/studies this week, and I gotta say, things are going great. After talking to you on Friday I went home and planned out all the work, applications, and errands I had to get done for this whole week, and when I would do them, and it's been just about the most efficient week of my life.
~ Computer Science Student

Meet with a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Academic Coach for a one-on-one session to learn new tools and strategies.

Summary of Academic Resources

Check out this handy snapshot of academic support and resources