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Graduate student establishes online tutoring service
UProdigy aims to serve students with low prices and high quality
By: Melissa Appel
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: News
UProdigy is an online tutoring service that offers tutors in math, some sciences, business, economics and essay writing. Students can log onto the site at any time and communicate with any of the 120 tutors by instant message or Skype ViOIP (voice chatting).
The tutors on the site have either a masters or doctorate in their respective areas, and many have teaching experience.
"All of our tutors are vigorously accepted. We subject them to three different interviews and a whole battery of online tests," Hussain said.
Hussain said he is looking for interns and college students are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants can find more information on the website.
UProdigy was launched Feb. 18 and has seen a quick growth of users. Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tested the service and found it to be very beneficial. On Feb. 11, MIT announced uProdigy as the winner of its prestigious business competition, the MIT $100K ESC.
In order to increase interest in the service, uProdigy offers one free hour of tutoring to all new users until the end of the semester. Any tutoring after the initial trial is $15 per hour.
"My main goal in offering this help was to solve the pain that I felt in undergrad," Hussain said. With the future prospects of uProdigy success, students may be assured that help will always be available for their toughest classes at the university level.
The tutors on the site have either a masters or doctorate in their respective areas, and many have teaching experience.
"All of our tutors are vigorously accepted. We subject them to three different interviews and a whole battery of online tests," Hussain said.
Hussain said he is looking for interns and college students are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants can find more information on the website.
UProdigy was launched Feb. 18 and has seen a quick growth of users. Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tested the service and found it to be very beneficial. On Feb. 11, MIT announced uProdigy as the winner of its prestigious business competition, the MIT $100K ESC.
In order to increase interest in the service, uProdigy offers one free hour of tutoring to all new users until the end of the semester. Any tutoring after the initial trial is $15 per hour.
"My main goal in offering this help was to solve the pain that I felt in undergrad," Hussain said. With the future prospects of uProdigy success, students may be assured that help will always be available for their toughest classes at the university level.
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