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title: What We Look For | Tutors | MyGuru
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# What We Look For

Because our excellent **team of tutors** is what differentiates us from the competition, the process we follow for continually attracting, interviewing, and onboarding tutors is critical to our success. 

We don’t maintain rigid rules for recruiting tutors; we wouldn’t want an excellent tutor to fail our interview process because he or she had a test score that’s 1 point below a specific threshold.  Instead, we want to build a [team](https://www.myguruedge.com/team/tutors/tutor-team/) that we are proud to feature on our web-site and which is clearly among the most talented and effective in the industry. If you need to search for a specific area, check out our [Locations](https://www.myguruedge.com/locations/) page.

## That said, a typical MyGuru tutor will have:

- Attended a top U.S. university – generally in the top 100 as measured by *U.S. News and World report* (or a comparable international academic institution)
- Completed both a bachelor’s degree and an advanced academic degree (i.e., Masters of Science of Arts, or PhD) or professional degree or certification (i.e., MBA, JD, MD, CPA, CFA).
- Achieved standardized tests scores in the 90th percentile at a minimum
- Been tutoring or teaching for at least three years
- Been personally interviewed by one of MyGuru’s founders
- A general passion for teaching and tutoring
- A commitment to providing high quality, yet affordable tutoring and test prep

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*Founded in 2009 by several graduate school students at Northwestern University, MyGuru designs customized study plans to help students build foundational academic skills, learn critical test-taking strategies, and have the confidence to perform well on standardized tests. We are rated in the top 1% of all businesses on [Yelp](https://www.yelp.com/biz/myguru-chicago), [Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=tutoring%2060654&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS914US914&ei=lX-EYsq2BsCpptQP9t6y8AQ&ved=2ahUKEwies9OmpOj3AhX5jIkEHSnJBi8QvS56BAgIEH8&uact=5&oq=tutoring+60654&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsAM6BggAEBYQHjoFCAAQhgM6BAgAEEM6BQguEJECOgoIABCxAxCDARBDOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoFCAAQgAQ6CAguELEDEIMBOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoICAAQsQMQkQI6DgguELEDEMcBENEDEJECOggILhCABBCxAzoLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToFCAAQkQI6CAgAEIAEELEDOgsIABCABBCxAxDJAzoFCAAQkgM6CAgAEA8QFhAeOgIIJkoECEEYAEoECEYYAFDjBViAMmD9MmgDcAF4AoABd4gB3RSSAQUxNC4xM5gBAKABAbABAMgBCMABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:14&tbm=lcl&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=449139369823818462&lqi=Cg50dXRvcmluZyA2MDY1NEilluiA5oCAgAhaFhAAGAAYASIOdHV0b3JpbmcgNjA2NTSSARB0dXRvcmluZ19zZXJ2aWNlmgEjQ2haRFNVaE5NRzluUzBWSlEwRm5TVU52ZWpsdE5XTjNFQUWqARAQASoMIgh0dXRvcmluZygA&sa=X&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:449139369823818462,l,Cg50dXRvcmluZyA2MDY1NEilluiA5oCAgAhaFhAAGAAYASIOdHV0b3JpbmcgNjA2NTSSARB0dXRvcmluZ19zZXJ2aWNlmgEjQ2haRFNVaE5NRzluUzBWSlEwRm5TVU52ZWpsdE5XTjNFQUWqARAQASoMIgh0dXRvcmluZygA;mv:[[41.9238487,-87.6259345],[41.878456299999996,-87.6805818]];tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u17!2m2!17m1!1e2!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3!2m4!1e17!4m2!17m1!1e2!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:14), & the [Better Business Bureau](https://www.bbb.org/us/il/park-ridge/profile/tutoring/myguru-llc-0654-88432714/customer-reviews).* 

 

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