Mentor with Sterling
Sterling mentors are top students and recent graduates of the best universities, handpicked by the Sterling team. You work one to one with a student applying to American universities, on video, in the hours you open each week.
Sessions
Sessions run for 20 or 50 minutes in Sterling’s own video room. Students bring their college lists, essays, activities and interview practice, and you help them see what the work needs. The student writes every word.
You open your hours each week and families book into them. When a family agrees to recording, notes are drafted after each session for you to check.
Pay
You are paid a set amount for every session you teach, by its length. That amount rises with your rank, and your rank rises with the sessions you have taught.
Once enough families have rated your sessions, a high average rating adds a bonus to each one. Teach steadily week after week and a streak bonus comes on top. When a mentor or a family you bring in goes on to qualify, we add a referral bonus.
Discounts and need-based aid never change your pay. Every rate is written into the contractor agreement you sign before your first session.
Pay clears a week after each session, a little later for a new family’s first payment. Once your balance passes the payout minimum, you can send it to your bank through Wise.
Mentors are independent contractors, paid per session, not employees.
Eligibility
- You study at, or recently graduated from, a highly selective US university.
- You are 18 or over.
- You are allowed to take on paid contract work where you live. If you are in the United States on a student visa, ask your international student office before you apply: we cannot advise on it.
- If you read applications, interview or give tours for a university admissions office, check that office’s rules on outside counselling before you apply.
Applying
Create a mentor account, then tell us about your studies and why you want to mentor. Add your CV and transcript, and a short video if you like.
A person reads every application, and we usually reply within 5 working days.
Once you are accepted, you sign the contractor agreement and fill in a W-9 or W-8BEN, then open your hours. Families choose their own mentor, so bookings build over time and the first weeks can be quiet.