• WyzAnt

WyzAnt

Overview

WyzAnt has a rating of 3.77 stars from 452 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with WyzAnt most frequently mention high school, and many hours. WyzAnt ranks 15th among Tutor sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 8.3%
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  • They also suspend your account if you give out any email or phone number before billing information is set up.
  • Overall, though, Wyzant has a horrible business model.
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Top Positive Review

“Mark is worth his weight in gold. Even though I had connection issues he kept coming back to help me”

Dustin D.
10/17/23

Mark C. Is the best coach for AutoCad around, he was patient and informative of anything I asked regarding to CAD/ AutoCad. In my opinion he is the goto man for tutoring. Hats off to MARK C.! He helped me with every layer question and tool, Mark told me so much that I I will always be so thankful to him. Thank You Mark C. In the beginning I also i had connection issues because I was mining crypto at the time, Mark hung in there for me, he kept reaching out to me. Thank You Mark Dustin D.

Top Critical Review

“Good luck finding a tutor.”

Steve S.
11/3/23

I've been trying to find a Spanish tutor for my daughter. I came across this website and have had no luck. One tutor was supposed to show up last Friday. Never did. She recheduled for today and again did not show up. She made up excuses for not being able to make her appointments. Finally I got one with another lady and she spent the whole hour searching for a Spanish book and did zero tutoring. What a waste of my time and money.

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Thumbnail of user steves193
5 reviews
14 helpful votes
November 3rd, 2023

I've been trying to find a Spanish tutor for my daughter. I came across this website and have had no luck. One tutor was supposed to show up last Friday. Never did. She recheduled for today and again did not show up. She made up excuses for not being able to make her appointments. Finally I got one with another lady and she spent the whole hour searching for a Spanish book and did zero tutoring. What a waste of my time and money.

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Thumbnail of user johnd8798
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 13th, 2023

So long story short, I wanted to be a tutor on their platform so I submitted all of the information they asked for and I finished a few tests they had, and after a few weeks they told me that my bio is not completed enough so I completed that and after about 10 days, they said I don't have a vetting experience, which essentially means I didn't provide them high scores And different tests but the problem here is that I was offering to do math for elementary school, middle school and high school and similar courses. So overall terrible terrible experience and I do not recommend.

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Thumbnail of user alfa.modeler.2052
1 review
4 helpful votes
July 12th, 2023

I recently had the unfortunate experience of dealing with this online tutoring company that left me utterly disappointed and frustrated. It is my duty to warn others about this terrible service, marked by abysmal response time, a complete waste of time, unqualified staff, and a company that seems more interested in spamming customers than providing any actual help.

Thumbnail of user gemtutoring085
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 5th, 2023

I tried receiving help from several PhD experts in data science/R and causal inference. None of them understood basic R syntax, anything in my research even though I shared all the data, code, and write ups they requested. Some charge $200 an hour! The code advice is often wrong, clunky.

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Thumbnail of user carlag298
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 27th, 2023

If I could give a lower rating I would. There is nothing more frustrating than working with a company that does not allow for direct communications. There is no phone number and all communication is via an automated response from a robot. Hey Wyzants, get 'wise' and hire a human. Lord knows you make enough money to do so.

Tip for consumers:
Do not give you money to, or use a site that does not list a phone number or have a customer service system that allows for direct communications.

Thumbnail of user cajuliab
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 7th, 2023

I logged as student account and search for tutor. They have good fit guarantee policy which is totally a false policy they have. I got tutor for the first session as consultation. When i did not find the strategy i am looking for from the teacher teaching mr i ask for good fit guarantee, they closed my account and informed the tutors not to do business with a student. I did not get my money as well since they credited to the account and closed it.Such professionalism in education i have never seen, will never recommend using their tutor services. Better too search school or university or local tutors.

Tip for consumers:
I had my exam coming up this month end and on name of tutors they open a business with good fit guarantee. But you cannot even find tutor as the tutors i looked did not have that experience teaching strategies or boost your score. Also their websites do not even have the leverage finding those tutors of the particular section of the exam you want help until you do not talk to the tutors if they are able to help. JUST MONEY BUSINESS.

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Thumbnail of user ddevine007
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 17th, 2023

Mark C. Is the best coach for AutoCad around, he was patient and informative of anything I asked regarding to CAD/ AutoCad. In my opinion he is the goto man for tutoring. Hats off to MARK C.! He helped me with every layer question and tool, Mark told me so much that I I will always be so thankful to him. Thank You Mark C.
In the beginning I also i had connection issues because I was mining crypto at the time, Mark hung in there for me, he kept reaching out to me. Thank You Mark Dustin D.

Thumbnail of user tristont5
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 6th, 2023

They refused my application as a tutor and told me that I do not meet the vetting requirements. It is very sad to see a company using a non-solid reason as a back door to kick you out of the platform. I submitted my application three times and still get refused for no sensible ground.

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Thumbnail of user emilyl868
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 5th, 2023

Both my son and daughter's accounts were abruptly closed within a single day, and the reasons provided seemed quite extreme. My daughter's account was closed due to her sharing it with her brother, prompting us to open a separate account for him. Regrettably, this account was also closed, with the explanation that tutors were not permitted to assist students with their assignments. My son had diligently completed all of his summer assignments but encountered some difficulties that required assistance.

Furthermore, the customer service experience was notably unsatisfactory, characterized by a discourteous representative who abruptly ended our phone call on two occasions.

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Thumbnail of user daoudat2
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 25th, 2023

Why would Wyzant suspend my tutor account after I pass their Maths, Excel, French and Algebra?t
Did nothing wrong, maybe because an African sounding name, I shouldn't apply to tutor at Wyzant?

This needs to be investigated to see if some other people have not been treated same way, we will see if there is a case for a class action lawsuit.
So if you are a tutor or student and was discriminated by Wy\zant, you should jioin to take a group legal case.

Thumbnail of user voll
1 review
3 helpful votes
October 5th, 2012

I tutored for Wyzant for a year. I think the system can work for certain people in certain areas but not for everybody. Wyzant is very much about the bottom line (money) and not its customers. A major problem is those who do not submit payment info. These people want the tutoring but for one reason or another have not/will not load payment info. You can not exchange contact info because Wyzant is afraid they woke make money off you. Not to mention that take a nice chunk out of the price you charge forcing you to charge the client more than you normally would.

Thumbnail of user ljd4
4 reviews
2 helpful votes
September 9th, 2022

Update, I recently had an amazing session with Steve V from Ocala Fl …Is amazing. Very helpful. I believe he teaches statistics! I appreciate the way he teaches. The way he explains things provides the ability to understand it. I really enjoy my session with him will continue to utilize his help for as long as it is required.

Thumbnail of user lfortune04
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 23rd, 2023

Technical issues take weeks to get solved. Support is mostly automated. It is disappointing for tutors and students who rely on the website for income or tutoring help.

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Thumbnail of user trustd
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 6th, 2022

If you register as a tutor on this website, they charge you 25% of your tuition every time. Have you ever been taxed this much even you only earn $35? No you don't. But wyzant absolutely will give you such experience! What's more, the so called algorithm is so stupid that your application might never arrive at the students! But some other tutors can hit the applications every time no matter how well you follow the "guidance" of "successful application"! Don't trust it if you think you are just a common tutor. You will never understand the rules of its game.

Thumbnail of user cassandras11
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 12th, 2016
Verified purchase

Wyzant can give you plenty of options to work with for tutors. Although some of the tutors aren't fully truthful about what they know making to process frustrating.

Also it seems that the site's communication board has good days and bad days.

Thumbnail of user kryzak
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 24th, 2023

I got everything set up, including taking qualification tests for math, languages, and other areas that I can tutor. Submitted a photo back in May 2023 too. When I logged in again in July 2023, I noticed that my photo was still "under review", so I sent the customer service an email to check. Next thing I know, my account gets fully deactivated due to their user agreement 18(a). I followed up and they just gave a vague answer and said that I can reapply in 6 months.

After that much time spent setting my profile up just to get shut down before I even started tutoring, I'm definitely never using them again.

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Thumbnail of user peter.domitrovich
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 5th, 2023

If you ever make a mistake there, they will never forgive you. They will block you out for the rest of your life. They are paranoid, unloving, and only concerned about how much money they can make.

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Thumbnail of user insanevladi758
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 24th, 2023

I was a tutor on the website for a few months. I had a five star average, tutored many students from high school to grad school, from college to professionals, and I was a highly-seeked top tutor in my area of expertise. I was always kind towards my students, and always did my best to be fair towards all of them. I never charged a student unless I was 100% sure that I needed to. One day, I got an email from Wyzant indicating that they are banning my profile within the following month. No reason given at all. They cited paragraph 18g of the Independent Tutor Agreement, which simply says, "Wyzant can ban tutors at any time, for any reason". So, I know that I haven't done anything wrong because otherwise they would cite another paragraph in the agreement.

I was a TOP tutor in mathematics and computer science, which is what basically most students use the website for. I always did my best to avoid academic honesty policy violations, meaning that I always rejected a student's request to do their homework for them. Not only I rejected such requests, but I also reported these students to Wyzant (which is what Wyzant asks you to do). When there are many tutors on the website that will go against the academic honesty policies and simply do students' homework for money, it is interesting that I am the one that is getting banned from the website. Discrimination, opacity, and unfairness lie at the very core of this $#*!ty website.

I tried to reach out to them for 30 days, sending them tens of emails, calling them many many times, just to learn why I was being removed from the website. They didn't respond once. No correspondence, no one explained why I was being banned, and there is no way to reach out to the decision makers - you just talk to the call operators. The only email I got was 30 days later, on the day that my profile was permanently banned.

On the student side, they take your payment information, and hold onto it. You can't message a tutor unless you have your payment information on your account added. Even if you remove it, they will have it on their record, and will charge you a bunch of different things, one of them being "cancellation fees", which will cost you hundreds of dollars, and you can't reverse/appeal them.

Wyzant is a $#*!ty website for both tutors and students. They don't treat you well. You can't reach out to anyone in the company for help. They will say they will get back to you, but they never do. And if you are a tutor, you will suddenly get banned from the website all of a sudden for no reason even if you haven't done anything wrong.

$#*!, Wyzant.

Thumbnail of user kerryb388
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 17th, 2023

Do not appreciate Wyzant. They take a large percentage of the tutor's pay. Regarding their teachers, mainly of them cannot teach a professional lesson. The company Takelessons has much more professional teachers. Go to Takelessons to find your teacher!

Thumbnail of user suen18
1 review
8 helpful votes
October 29th, 2015

I worked with a tutor who was wonderful and I worked with another who was not so wonderful. I only worked with the bad tutor for about 20 minutes online. Although I had explicitly stated what I needed (our correspondence is in writing), he accused me of not being upfront with him and being too low-level to help (he did not charge me, as far as I know). I called and spoke to a friendly representative who sent me a list of tutors and stated she would note the bad tutor to her supervisor. I am a "nontraditional" (aka old) student who has been out of school for a long time, so maybe I am a slower learner, but I have been working really hard to be successful (I've gotten A's on my tests). I felt insulted and humiliated by the bad tutor's comments/attitude. As I stated, the first tutor was really great (it's been a while, but I think he was from WyzAnt), so I don't think the bad tutor is representative of their tutors. Even though I had a bad experience, I would still recommend the site because there are kind people who are patient and understanding out there. Don't give up, even if you're old and slow!

Thumbnail of user amandam1044
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
September 12th, 2020

I sent multiple messages to different tutors. One set up a time then blew me off, another deleted all my work and rewrote it leaving tons of mistakes, the rest put my messages in a loop so they could increase their their hourly rate. Meaning I cannot contact them because my previous message was sent at old pay rate. This site is a joke!

Thumbnail of user phillip.d.bagley
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 15th, 2022

My first experience with WyzAnrt was generally good. My tutor from that session was busy so I reached out to a new tutor. I asked that the person "walk through" each operation on a take home excel test and see if i was doing them right. The site accused me of asking the tutor to take my test for me. I explained that I was never told that review the test content was against policy and that my intent was not to have the tutor take ity for me. I received no warning or second chance. WyzAnt would not reconsider.

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Thumbnail of user rhondar16
1 review
22 helpful votes
April 16th, 2016

I've been a tutor for several years, for both companies and independently. Wyzant has been a great tool for me to find clients, which I get to screen and make sure we are a good fit. At first, the site takes a high percent of your earnings, but it doesn't take long to get the better rate if you're working steadily as a tutor. I even was able to add in my existing clients and still get 95% of my rate. Totally worth it to let my clients do auto pay with credit cards instead of me taking time every month creating invoices and constantly asking them when they'll have my check ready. Plus, Wyzant can provide background checks, which adds legitimacy and trust with new clients. They even provide tax forms for you. The online scheduler is great and easy to use. This site has tripled my tutoring income. I rated the site a 4 instead of 5 for the high percent they take at the beginning stages, but I have had only positive experiences with the site for the past 2 years.

Thumbnail of user erinm787
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 8th, 2021

The tutor we had scheduled for my son never showed uo. We waited 40 min. I emailed him and he replied with, "sorry- I was running errands". Not a good enough excuse. I won't use them again.

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Thumbnail of user lanw20
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 7th, 2022

I posted a thread on wyzant's forum yesterday but it was deleted by wyzant. I complained about the so-called support team's bad work in my thread. During the last year, my applications were ignored by the application system for countless times but the team never admitted it even I showed proof of that through my student accounts. I required answer of how they came to know my account worked well since they emphasized to me that they couldn't see into students' emails, and why they never responded to the screenshots of my applications that were ignored and those of other tutors which were always sent to my student accounts. Obviously they knew there's unfairness and mistakes in the whole application system and there work. That's why they insisted that my account works normally; that's why they refused to answer my emails to provide any assist; and that's why they deleted my thread I posted on August 6. DON'T believe wyzant which only cares about getting money from students and keeps cheating tutors! This is the WORST website I have ever known!

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Founded in 2005, and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, WyzAnt is the world’s leading tutoring network, helping more students, in more places than anyone else.

We believe that private tutoring is the most powerful way to unlock “I get it” moments—when eyes light up, possibilities unfold, and confidence is born.

With expert tutors across hundreds of subjects like math, test prep, foreign languages, and more, we make private tutoring accessible and affordable, in person and online.

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