The Academic Resource Center, located on the first floor of Asbury Hall, provides tutoring services to students who need to catch up with their studies.
The Academic Resource Center houses the Q-, W- and S-Centers to aid in quantitative, writing and speaking skills.
Whether or not a tutor is able to help though is a different story.
Richard Martoglio, Director of the Q-Center, said that this situation is unlikely.
"Our tutors let me know what classes they want to support," said Martoglio, also an assistant professor of chemistry and bio-chemistry. "The courses that we support don't have to be a Q course necessarily. You just have to have a tutor that can support the class."
This information is then posted on the DePauw University website with the hopes that students will look beforehand to see when a tutor is available for the subject that they need help with.
Martoglio emphasized the difference between help and providing the answers.
"Tutors aren't necessarily there to give students the answers," he said. "Instead, the focus is placed on teaching students the concepts in order to provide long term success."
He added: "I think we do a good job at [helping students]."
Some students would agree with Martoglio.
"They don't give you the answers," said sophomore Hope Jordan, who went into the Q-Center last year for help with her economics homework. "They work through it with you and that was what was helpful about it."
Freshman Emily Waitt had a similar experience with the Q-Center.
"I went to the Q-Center to help prepare for my calculus test," Waitt said. "The tutors there are definitely willing to help you with more than just homework."
However, freshman Nathan Fox points out that the center has its limitations.
"It's only really good when the tutor knows what they're talking about; otherwise it's not that great," said Fox. "I really didn't learn anything more than I already knew. They tried using the book to jog their memories but it didn't help."
Part of this issue is due to the fact that the Q-Center encompasses a wider variety of classes than the other two centers. Martoglio lets the individual tutor decide if he or she is equipped to help a student in another subject. He said it would be unfair to limit the tutors to only one subject.
"That seems a little stifling to me to say that [the tutors] can't try," Martoglio said.
"They're able to say I don't know the answer, but I can point you in the right direction, or I can help you find out," he added.
Unlike the W-Center, where an appointment is typically requested, Martoglio said, "We operate as a drop-in service, but that's not to say that appointments can't be made."
Although the exact number of how many students use each center was not available, Martoglio estimates that in the course of a year, there are between five hundred and six hundred documented visits.
"I think it's less than the W-Center, but I'm not sure how it relates to the S-Center," said Martoglio.
Yet, the number of visits on a monthly basis varies on the time of year.
"The S-Center is used more during some times of the term than others depending on the assignments students receive in courses as well as their co-curricular needs," said Susan Wilson, director of the S-Center and a communications professor.
"We don't see ourselves in any kind of competition with each other," said Susan Hahn, Director of the W-Center and an English professor. "Our centers are here to provide support to all students at DePauw, during all four years."