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Chegg
What is Chegg? and What is so great about it?
My Personal Experience with Chegg Study as a resource:
I first found out about Chegg, when I was frantically racing to finish an assignment for my STAT 211 class taught by Hatfield at Texas A&M. So on my quest to finish those horrible question asking about the Binomial and Poisson distribution, I was Googling question and trying to find similar ones work out online. There were many results that came up, each time, Chegg, was often there with a worked out version of the solution, but you had to be a member and pay, so I said that I wasn’t doing that. I ended up not paying for the subscription, and struggling the rest of the way through the class, eventually had to drop it. I talked with my friend from the class, and they said they could do their homework much faster using Chegg…. Makes you wonder… I eventually retook the class and passed.
I tried Chegg for the first time, under my sister’s account because she told me that she had been using it for quite some time, as it had helped her. I was so glad that she let me borrow her info.
My Personal Experience with Chegg through Tutoring:
My freshman and sophomore year I struggled hard in some classes, no thanks to my over-extended schedule; don’t get me started on the advisors.
I probably spent close to $400 – $500 on tutoring for my first two years of college. Most of the time it was someone that I heard through word of mouth, but there were a couple times that setting up an appointment just wouldn’t work with my schedule, especially as a fish in the Corps. I tried the Chegg tutoring as a good alternative because its web-based meaning I don’t have to leave my home, and I can reach out whenever I want and talk with someone. The rate is $20 and hour, and thats most likely the best rate for 1 on 1 you can find; at least I couldn’t find better rates, especially for a very specific major like Computer Science.
But Do I have to pay for tutoring?
Not really, there are some great places on campus that normally have tutors paid for by the University for you to ask questions to. At A&M, they are called Peer teachers and they were very accessible for me because I lived on campus and could just walk to their location and ask for help. You will have to wait occasionally because they are helping a lot of students but it was definitely worth the wait. Special shout out to Tony, Rosbel, and Kevin; the best computer science tutors during my time at A&M.
Bottom Line:
Chegg Study as a resources is especially great for Math and Science classes because it is a great resource to Google you questions, and find results of other students in the past who actually worked them out, with steps explained. Can’t beat their database.
“Chegg Study is a tool to help students get ahead in their homework. Learn from step-by-step solutions for 2,500+ textbooks in Math, Science, Engineering, Business and more. Also, get answers in a pinch from experts and subject enthusiasts for your courses, 24/7.” – Chegg
Chegg Tutoring is especially great when you need tutoring at irregular times and its hard to make it to campus all the time for supplemental instruction or review sessions.
“Chegg Tutors connects users with the perfect tutor, anytime 24/7 through video, audio or text. Users can get up to 30 minutes of tutor time for Free. After that, rates start at just $0.40/minute.” – Chegg
Do I have to pay for tutoring?
Again I have only had personal experience with Chegg in the areas that I mentioned above. However, they still do have more services that are beneficial.
Text Book Rentals: I don’t have experience with this, however, my research shows their pricing is comparable to Amazon.
Buy Back Text Books: I don’t have experience with this because I normally didn’t buy text books. I bought all the required books my freshman year… and by the end of the year, I realized that I didn’t even open most of the books.