Tutor on Wyzant Hack 4.5.2 + Redeem Codes

I’ve tutored HS Comp Sci on Wyzant for a little over 2 years and it has completely changed my ability to earn money outside of being a HS teacher. The hours and pay are completely up to me and Wyzant platform is quite intuitive. They also don’t fret if the student and I decide to have use Zoom instead of Wyzants video platform, although the Wyzant platform has some pros and cons but overall very solid too. The payment system is easy and planning and scheduling is pretty seamless on the website and app. Overall great experience here!!

Many aspects of the WyzAnt app frustrate tutors, although the WyzAnt company itself is fabulous, serving at the forefront of connecting tutors with students online.

Unfortunately, there are many problems. When the address of a tutoring location has been entered for one student, it cannot be copied to a second student. It can only be assigned to one student or assigned to all students, leading to a massive list of shared addresses to cull through when scheduling any session. Even worse, this long list of addresses is completely random, rather than alphabetical or, even better, listed by the frequency with which that student has met at a particular location. Instead, it's total chaos! When corresponding with a student or parent, there is no RETURN key to separate paragraphs, only a SEND button, so the message is all jumbled up instead of organized by neat paragraphs. And I could go on.

Clearly, WyzAnt has not sought advice from top tutors like myself who tutor at 30-40 different locations and have up to 50 students at a time, hence exposing the weaknesses of this app.

Went through the process of becoming a tutor and took and passed their required tests. I did a background check for them and sent them my school transcripts and after their evaluation I was eligible to tutor. Never had a session with a student, answered a student’s homework help question, and they closed my account with no notification. After several emails back and forth (with no explanation) they finally told me that I violated section 18 b of the tutor agreement which, if you read it, is extremely vague. It basically just gave them the freedom to close my account for no good reason, as I mentioned before I hadn’t even gotten to tutor a student; I just answered someone’s homework question like on chegg. So, I’ve taken to leaving a bad review since they’ve decided not to communicate what I’ve done wrong so as to close my account without telling me. If you’re a student looking to tutor, don’t go through them or you might run into the same situation as me! Save yourself the time and find another tutoring program.

Wyzant provides an invaluable service to my tutoring business, and truth be told, without Wyzant I wouldn’t have near the success that I do. For tutors specifically, even with the cut that they take (which has improved vastly this year over last year’s tiered system) the Wyzant service provides a great tool for finding clients.

The app itself is good. Improvements to the usability can certainly be made. For example, and easier way to switch between online and in person jobs would be great. But for what the app intends to provide, I don’t really have any major complaints.

Overall, I’m very happy with the Wyzant app and service. The particularly great lesson I just had compelled me to write this review, so perhaps take my glowing recommendation with a grain of salt, but if you tutor, do yourself a favor and get on Wyzant. You won’t regret it.

The Wyzant site itself has been pretty great in helping me to connect with new students. The whiteboard for online lessons could use some improvements, but that’s a different story.

Though convenient for scheduling and messaging, the app is severely limited in comparison to the website. It lacks things such as viewing/editing tutor profile, requesting a rate change, and viewing payment history. There are some other features missing from the app that are available through the actual site, but I understand an app can’t be expected to do *everything* a website can do, and the three listed are most important to me personally.

That being said, the app certainly has the potential to be great, but it’s not quite there yet.

I like that I can easily schedule, edit, and submit lessons on the app. But it’s weird that there will be a red “1” showing you have something undone (an unsubmitted lesson), then when you click on it it doesn’t take you directly where you need to be. I also don’t see a page to view my full profile with my badge levels and other info. This would be nice to see. Another thing is that I like the ability to change my rate for different students, and on a computer it gives me the option to do that when responding to a new student, but the app does not. I would like to see this app include more of these features to make it parallel to the Web site. I am more often on my phone than my laptop.

Although this app has great potential, there are many aspects that make it time consuming. The student list doesn't coordinate with a tutors current list, making time consuming to search through the list. Also, if you are entering a lesson during the lesson, it frequently times out and you have to re-enter your notes. This issues still haven’t been addressed Finally when using the write board previously when you erased something it was erased from both ends, currently both myself and the student have to erase each board for it to clear, thus time consuming and confusing for the younger students.

I’ve been using this app for a while and it really helps me to get students and get my name out there as a tutor. I would like the exams on the app to be more specific and more of a wider range. For example, it only tests ‘calculus’ skills but could test for Calc 1, Calc 2, Calc 3, differential equations, real analysis, complex analysis. All these subjects fall under the umbrella of calculus but to say you can tutor calculus because you took a Calc exam and got qualified is a pretty big ambiguity if you’re looking for a higher or lower level of the specific overarching subject as the student seeking a tutor. But even still, this is a great app to get your name out there and make some money on the side.

The Wyzant app is easy to use, keeps track of your scheduling, reminds both tutor and student of upcoming lessons and past lessons that still need to be submitted for payment. My one complaint about Wyzant in general is their policy of skimming off a whopping 25% of your hourly fee. This causes you to have to charge more than you’d like and reduces the potential for more students. When a parent told me that Wyzant also tacks on a service charge for each payment, that seemed over the top for me, and has caused me to look for other ways to advertise than through Wyzant.

While I love Wyzant as a tutor this app is terrible. It had several bugs, glitches, and limitations (like not being able to update your profile or read your reviews).

The glitches are a problem because you'll get a notification saying you have a request from a student but it won't update so you can respond. Or you never get a notification about a new student request until hours after the student actually sent the request. They will also allow students to request to work with you at 1am and hold you responsible for not responding quickly.

Additionally, the app closes quickly; you can't save upcoming lessons as drafts; and you cannot delete scheduled lessons that were canceled. It's all very annoying. Lastly, the percentage they take from tutors is ridiculous (especially considering they charge students extra fees outside of your rate) and I'm sure it will only increase with time.

Overall, Wyzant is making too much money to have an app this subpar. This is a great tool if you're a new tutor looking for clients who will actually pay you. Still, I dread using this app.