Northeastern Peer Tutors on the Knack Platform
Northeastern Peer Tutoring on the Knack tutoring platform is an additional free resource enabling our undergraduate students from across the Northeastern global network to learn from one another. This academic year 2025, we are refocusing our peer tutoring program to support all eligible 1st year undergraduate students as well as students enrolled in high demand courses across the Northeastern global network.
The courses below will be supported on Knack for Summer 1 .
- ACCT 1201/ ACCT 1209 Financial Accounting & Reporting
- BIOL 1111 General Biology 1
- CS 1800 Discrete Structures
- CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
- ECON 1115 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics
- ECON 1116 Fundamentals of Microeconomics
- FINA 2201/FINA2209 Financial Management
- MATH 1231 Calculus for Business and Economics
- MGSC 2301 Business Statistics
- MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing
- PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology
Northeastern Peer Tutors on Knack are fellow students who have previously aced the courses for which they offer assistance, and sessions can take place in person or online depending on your location. To view available tutors, visit northeastern.joinknack.com and sign in with your @northeastern.edu email address.
For questions/issues accessing or using Northeastern Peer Tutoring on the Knack platform, please reach out to Knack support via email at support@joinknack.com or via live chat at joinknack.com. For all other questions related to this service you can reach out to Northeastern Peer Tutoring at peertutoring@northeastern.edu.
How it Works
- Sign up for Knack with your Northeastern email address at northeastern.joinknack.com
- Submit a tutoring request for any supported course(s) you are currently enrolled and need tutoring assistance, and include comments about what you would like to cover in your session (NOTE: Please make sure you enter the exact course code found on “My Schedule” on the Student Hub in order to find the correct course)
- Select your tutor and schedule a session
- Meet with your tutor in person or online on the Knack platform
Eligible students will have the opportunity to:
- Schedule peer-to-peer tutoring sessions on the Knack platform either as an one-on-one or small group in-person or online, for up to 90 minutes per course per week (Sunday-Saturday)
- Use up to 30 hours maximum of free peer tutoring during each academic semester, and up to 15 hours of peer tutoring during each summer session
Questions?
Please reach out to Knack’s Student Success Team via the platform’s live chat, or email support@joinknack.com directly for all technical and platform related questions. All other inquiries can be directed to peertutoring@northeastern.edu.