I occasionally vote for people I think have done a very good job on their reviews. However, I have noticed that there are some advanced reviewers that routinely vote for anyone regardless of the quality of their reviews. Until advanced reviewers take the voting seriously, no one will be denied which makes the whole process meaningless. less

I think the decision would be totally up to you. Personally, I would continue to work with them if they still needed the assistance. Although it's a lot of work, I do enjoy helping others. To me, the $25 is more of a bonus than a payment because I feel like it generally takes more work than the GC compensates. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to get it, but I also feel like I cold earn $25 in a lot easier ways. So I guess my answer would be, do it if you enjoy helping others, don't do it if your primary motivation is the GC. less

Why yes I have lol. For the volume of students that I have had, it sounds like I have not seen it as much as some of you who have reviewed less.

October especially was a bad month which is when I believe the system was changed somehow intentionally or non-intentionally to not allow GCs for students who went up for voting in the middle of a class. I got super frustrated with it because of all the work I put into being a mentor. So this month I started explaining the program to my students and asking them to not short cut. I explain the hard work we do as mentors and that if they put in the work too it will reap rewards. So far every single one has respected that. I think it has been about 6? Not all of them are done with class as of yet though.

I have even had other students from other mentors ask me how they get to advanced while they were in someones class as if they had no clue that they would become advanced from graduating. So be sure to explain that, because it apparently is not getting communicated as someone mentioned they didn't remember seeing that in the guidelines. None of the mentors here had students who came and asked me btw lol. But maybe that would help...explain that right off the bat in the first message you send them, like I have been doing recently. less

Yeah, I think there's a lack of clarity on the program. I have students who have no idea what an upgrade request is, or what an advanced reviewer is. I kinda just wish that students weren't allowed to submit one while they were in class because it's really pointless. less

Mentors need to also be aware and take a proactive approach to the problem. When I accept a student, I send a message that includes a bunch of information and mentions that they will become an Advanced Reviewer upon graduation and to please not apply for the community vote as it would deny me the gift card. less