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SOAR tutoring services help students fly through classes

Written by The Shorthorn editorial board

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:07 PM

As the new semester starts, many students may feel overwhelmed, but the university offers help to those who need it.

SOAR Learning Services, which stands for Students Obtaining Academic Readiness, is an on-campus learning assistance service designed to help people succeed in their collegiate aspirations.

Many students take advantage of the cost-share and supplemental instruction tutoring programs, said Robin Melton, SOAR Supplemental Instruction director, in a previous Shorthorn article. Students pay $6.50 per hour and the Student Service Fee Advisory Committee allocates money for the rest.

Students can get tutoring in more than 50 classes through supplemental instruction, the program recently brought back accounting and added Spanish. Supplemental instruction sessions can help students better understand traditionally difficult coursework through weekly review sessions.

SOAR Student Support Services offers free tutoring for first-generation students, low income or disabled students through a federally funded TRIO program. It’s best to sign up early in the semester since the program works with up to 340 students a year.

Some of the tutoring is one-on-one, but most of the sessions are with two to three students. Students can receive tutoring for up to two classes per semester and four hours a week.

SOAR Learning Services also hosts the McNair Scholars Program to help undergraduate students who belong to a group that is underrepresented in graduate education get ready for doctoral study and for the graduate school application process. The program selects a minimum of 30 students every year from programs that offer a doctorate.

Every student is charged miscellaneous fees along with tuition. The fees pay for part of the cost-share program. Every student should take advantage of the program since they already pay for part of it.

College is expensive and there is really no such thing as a blow-off class. Use every penny you have spent. Take advantage of SOAR programs.

-The Shorthorn editorial board consists of editor-in-cheif Mark Bauer, opinion editor Ali Amir Mustansir, news editor Dustin Dangli, design editor Marissa Hall and Scene editor Jason Boyd

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