FIU GATO --- Links to Success: This is an online source that offers various links to assist you in your life at college -- including tips on how to succeed during those tough times. GATO provides effective study skills advice, directs you to where you can go to get help, as well as offers online tutorials in certain areas. Visit their site for more information ---> click here.

Student Learning Center: The University Learning Center coordinators present weekly workshops on topics related to study, reading, writing, and research skills.

Students are welcome to attend any of the workshops as scheduled.  Printed schedules are available in PC 247 (UP) and ACI 160 (BB).  Electronic schedules are available online.  Schedules are also distributed via e-mail when requested.  The center also provides graduate students with useful tutoring sessions.  Tutoring sessions last 30 to 60 minutes.  Students are encouraged to review and discuss writing assignments with a tutor who listens, and at appropriate points, gives feedback.  Tutors provide examples of writing assignments--from abstracts and summaries to research papers--and share heuristic strategies for developing skills in the following tasks:

• choosing and narrowing topics;

• developing topics, note-taking, and pre-writing;

• analyzing hypotheses, previous claims and arguments, and arguing new claims;

• proofreading, editing, and comprehensive revising;

• and preparing manuscripts for a grade and/or publication.

Tutoring sessions may develop into long-term skill improvement programs in such things as:

• using grammar/composition handbooks and style manuals;

• developing isolated skills with print handouts; and

• finding and using electronic guides to composition, usage and grammar.

You might want to take advantage of the amazing new services that have been offered such as Online Tutoring, Students Forums, Research Forums.  To get there or to get started with your new tutor, please see the University Student Learning Center.

Most of the recent advances in learning systems are located on CD-ROM and on the World Wide Web and require technical skills or expert coaching.  Writing Services supervises students as they pursue individual programs of development in grammar, language, composition, and editing.  Audio and video materials, computer based guides, and printed handouts and worksheets are available.

Support Services Program: The program's experience has been that the smarter students make the most use of its tutorial services. They spend at least two to three hours per week in tutoring sessions with its always readily available, friendly and knowledgeable tutors.
It is not quite clear if the students who utilize these services are inherently smarter, therefore they automatically know and appreciate the value of the SSSP Tutorial Service, or if they are smarter than the average students simply because they so wisely make the best use of the tutorial service. 

In either case, it is an undeniable fact that the tutorial service is second to none, and that with the consistent use of these services, student can improve their performance in their respective courses, or be in a better position to maintain their good grade standing.

To take advantage of these services, program participants should either call (305)348-6425 or (305)919-5817 to set up an appointment, or visit the offices at GC 265 (University Park ) or WUC 253 (Biscayne Bay), where they can make arrangements to see a tutor.  Students may also visit the Support Services Program page.

Multicultural Programs & Services: Assistance for Academic Achievement (AAA), is a free tutorial service available to all FIU students.  Tutorial assistance is offered with homework assignments, ongoing class work, mid-terms and final exams.  

Tutoring is provided in the following areas:  math, statistics, science, language arts and other subject areas based on demand and tutor availability.  Tutoring is available five days a week in GC 331A at the University Park Campus and in WUC 253 on the Biscayne Bay Campus.

If you are interested in requesting tutoring please see the MPAS web site.

Upward Bound: Upward Bound is a supplemental instructional program in the areas of advanced math, general math, science, English, reading, writing, and social sciences.  Saturday sessions include life-skills workshops that explore and reinforce the correct choices that lead to college.   

Through its counseling component, Upward Bound assists students with goal setting, decision-making, career planning, academic testing, college applications, scholarship information, and financial aid opportunities so that student's desire to attend college becomes a reality.  Students are assigned tutoring sites according to their school or home address. The tutoring site may be at your school or at another school nearby.  Tutoring sessions are held for two hours, twice per week at each site.  Students work independently for the first hour (while the tutor walks from student to student, to answer any questions) and the tutor will assign an activity for the second hour.

For more information, please visit Upward Bound website.

Departments & Colleges: Students may want to check with their departments for any other tutoring opportunities.