There are appropriate (and inappropriate) times during the school year or college admission process to hire a tutor. Make sure you know the ins and outs of when and how to hire a tutor so that you can save time, money and frustration.

In this episode from the archives, Gretchen and Megan discuss mistakes such as:

* Hiring a tutor without clearly defined expectations and goals.* Hiring a tutor out of desperation.* Waiting until it is too late to hire a tutor.* Becoming dependent on the tutor.* Ignoring issues of quality.

Tune in to hear more about these mistakes, and suggestions for what to do instead.