What I Charge:
In-person tutoring: $60.00/hr. If I have to expend resources to meet with you in person, the additional money covers the time spent commuting for our session. In-person sessions have a 2-hour minimum.
Online tutoring: $35.00/hr. Most of my tutoring is done online, and since I don't expend time driving to meet you, you save money.
Group: $25.00/person per hour. 90 minute minimum. 3-5 persons with a 5 person maximum. It is very, very rare for me to work with groups, and when I do it is almost always for school groups. I will only tutor groups in person, and only where practicable.
Online tutoring: $35.00/hr. Most of my tutoring is done online, and since I don't expend time driving to meet you, you save money.
Group: $25.00/person per hour. 90 minute minimum. 3-5 persons with a 5 person maximum. It is very, very rare for me to work with groups, and when I do it is almost always for school groups. I will only tutor groups in person, and only where practicable.
Because everyone asks me anyway:
If I'm so good at tutoring, and if my outcomes for students (and my own personal score) are so good, why do I charge well below market rate for this awesome service? Because I don't need the money. I have a full-time job. I like it quite a bit, and it pays me well enough. I am not interested in a tutoring business. I am not interested in exploiting students who need a good LSAT score to get scholarship money. And I don't take many students anyway. I can't. Besides, I'm a philosophy professor. If I were in it for the money, I'd be doing something else. I love teaching students. I love helping students get great scores. It's a source of pride and satisfaction. I'm also wildly unhappy with the one-sided nature of tutoring services. From the perspective of social justice, I think it's unfair that students who have means can acquire the very best tutors to prepare them, while students of fewer means have no such opportunities. I am an excellent tutor, and I think anyone who can pay for a prep course should be able to hire an excellent private tutor for the same cost or less. So why do I charge at all? Because my time is exceedingly valuable to me. My profession and my research are valuable to me. Time with my wife and my pets matters. When I take away from that time to help you, at least some recompense is in order.
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One-on-one tutoring sessions: I tend to work mostly online using a video chat app and an online whiteboard to communicate real-time with students. It is essentially a teleconference, and it is pretty much identical (and personally I think more effective) than face-to-face meetings irl. I only tutor one-on-one, with a 1-hour minimum. I am willing to consider in-person groups, but it changes the dynamic of what I do.
That's it. That's all you pay for. I do not charge for pre-test assessment, work that I do on your behalf outside of our session, materials I send to you to complete, homework, or external review. You only pay for our one-on-one tutoring session. Period. |
PT Assessment and Initial Consultation: Many students don't want to take a prep course (good call!), but aren't sure how to begin on their own. They're unsure about tutoring, but without spending money they don't know how to identify where to study, what to work on, or where they need help. So, I offer free assessment of your Pre-Test. I'll tell you what logic skills and concepts you need to work on, where you need to improve for logic games, the types of questions you get wrong on Logical Reasoning, and offer pointers for Reading Comprehension. Yes, free. No, there's no obligation. No, there are no strings, and no catch. Whether you wish to continue with me or not, I offer this service. Why? Because I'm not in this for the money, and the assessment alone, if you do nothing else, will probably improve your score. Consultation and Advice: Whether we work together or not, I'm happy to offer advice about tutoring, LSAT, home-prep, or anything else. My email is on the contact page. Ask away! Curious which resources are good and which aren't? Need a good logic and reasoning primer? Go for it. All out-of-session work: I don't charge for any work that I do for you outside of our sessions. Ever. The Blog: I plan to put quite a bit of information on the blog. Tips, advice, even some logic games solutions. Enjoy! It's for fun and makes me happy. If you learn something from it, great. I haven't posted much in awhile. But I'll get to it eventually. Policies and Restrictions:
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