The Best Student Side Hustle in 2026

Summary by Krater

The speaker explains how students can build a test prep and tutoring business, moving from one-on-one sessions to a semiprivate model with multiple students to scale up revenue.

From the video

Answers: How can students start a test prep and tutoring business to make over $1,000 a day?

• test prep business
• tutoring business model
• semiprivate tutoring
• scaling service business
• pricing strategy

What it concludes

• Semiprivate tutoring allows you to charge two-thirds of the one-on-one rate while teaching eight times as many people, greatly increasing earnings per hour.
• Pre-paying for tutoring packages helps lock in clients and avoids transactional one-off sessions tied closely to time spent.
• Student test scores on exams like SAT and GMAT are directly proportional to the number of practice problems they solve.
• Using a semiprivate model with four teachers working simultaneously can scale earnings up to $4,400 per day.