As we move further into the semester, you may not know where to go and seek help if you need it. Here’s a list of free resources you can use to succeed this semester.
Academic Success and Achievement Program
The Academic Success and Achievement Program (ASAP) offers free peer-tutoring support as well as one-to-one sessions to students living on campus and first-year commuting students. ASAP provides tutoring on a weekly basis throughout the semester.
All tutoring sessions will be hosted on Zoom. You can sign up for sessions by downloading the Penji app.
Student Academic Success Center
The Student Academic Success Center (SASC) is a multicultural academic learning community, serving low-income and first-generation college students. SASC offers:
- Academic skills development
- Math and writing courses
- Supplementary instruction
- Graduate research opportunities
Peer-to-peer academic tutors through the Learning Mentors Program are available to students participating in SASC learning communities.
The Writing Center
Do you sometimes suffer from writer’s block? Do you know how to cite your sources? No matter your academic field or writing level, the Writing Center can help you:
- Discover effective writing techniques.
- Eliminate writer’s block and procrastination.
- Strengthen revision and self-editing skills.
- Learn proper citation to avoid unintentional plagiarism.
Use the Writing Center at any point in your writing process, from figuring out how to start through your final draft. You can also opt for a Zoom session with a writing consultant to receive verbal or written feedback on your work.
- Academic calendar: Learn about add/drop deadlines, waitlist deadlines and more.
- Academic Success Resource Library: This library gives you specific tools and tips to help you consider new approaches to studying, task management and more.
- Get remote learning guidance, including resources, guidance for watching online lectures, tutorials for taking quizzes and exams and more.
- CU Boulder Tutoring Resources: Take advantage of CU Boulder's wide variety of tutoring resources.
University Libraries
University Libraries at CU Boulder offer a massive collection of academic resources, with remote access to many collections. University Libraries remote services include:
- Ask for Librarian services, which are available virtually during service hours. You can chat, text, email and schedule a virtual consultation.
- Remote research assistance including research strategies pages, subject guides and the new COVID-19 Research Resources Guide.
- Interlibrary Loan to request available electronic books and articles.
Stay up to date on University Libraries services, as well as their official open hours for the spring semester.
Mathematics Academic Resource Center
The Mathematics Academic Resource Center (MARC) is a free service provided by the Department of Mathematics. MARC tutors are able to assist in all lower-division mathematics courses, as well as many upper-division courses.
Review the spring semester tutoring schedule. To access a tutor, log in to Zoom with your IdentiKey. Once you select an available tutor, you will be taken to their Zoom meeting waiting room and they should be with you shortly. If you are not taken to a waiting room, try a different tutor.
CU Boulder Tutoring Resources website
No matter what you are studying or the college you are in, you can find additional tutoring services that can help you. Visit the CU Boulder tutoring resources website to learn about other options. Be aware some services are specific to certain classes, departments or groups of students.
Office hours
Faculty members make time during the week to be available for students outside of the classroom. Office hours allow you to meet one-on-one with your professor to ask questions or express concerns. Review your syllabus to find information about your professor’s office hours or check with your instructors about virtual meeting options.
In case you missed it, here are some tips on maximizing your professor’s office hours.
