The MSRC accepts applications year-round, but we typically interview only twice per year, in mid-January and mid-August. For application instructions, please see below. Qualified applicants will be contacted via email to schedule a diagnostic exam and interview.
A peer tutor is a tutor who is also an undergraduate student. Most of our peer tutors are John Jay students, but we also hire qualified peer tutors from other local colleges. For a full job description, minimum qualifications, and other general information about becoming a peer tutor, please click here to download our peer tutor brochure. Applicants for the position of peer tutor must submit a completed application form, at least one faculty recommendation, a resume, and copies of all undergraduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are fine).
Step One: Application Form
You can apply online by clicking here
Step Two: Faculty Recommendation Form
Send this link to the instructor who will provide your faculty recommendation:
Step Three: Resume & Transcripts
Resumes should include any relevant experience and coursework.
Transcripts do not have to be official. Unofficial copies are fine. For John Jay or other CUNY schools, you can print your unofficial transcript directly from CUNYfirst.
Resumes and transcripts may be delivered in person or scanned and emailed as PDF attachments. Please clearly indentify yourself and the the document in the file names. For example: jsmith-resume.pdf, jsmith-transcript.pdf.
Application materials can be submitted in person, via mail, or via email as file attachments. Peer tutor applications and faculty recommendations may also be submitted online using the links above.
To submit materials via email: msrc@jjay.cuny.edu
To deliver materials in person: Please bring them to the MSRC, room 1.94 NB
Are you eligible to receive Work-Study through your Financial Aid? Then you can apply to be a Receptionist at the Math & Science Resource Center! We currently have limited positions available for remote office assistants. You must apply online from the Federal Work-Study website. Front Desk Staff are hired for the fall and spring semesters. In order to be eligible for an interview, you must submit your resume to Neil Caesar (ncaesar@jjay.cuny.edu).
Last updated 11/12/2020