In their second article about GradeGuru, The Daily Pennsylvanian provides an in-depth look at note sharing through GradeGuru, including interviews with students, professors and Emily Sawtell, GradeGuru founder. This perspective piece does a great job of addressing plagiarism and ethical concerns, and differentiates GradeGuru’s stand on note sharing from our competitors.

After learning about GradeGuru on The Daily Pennsylvanian, the editors of U.Penn’s popular gossip and entertainment blog, underthebutton.com, decide to take a test run of GradeGuru to see what all the fuss was about. Underthebutton provides a great student perspective of GradeGuru…

“When we opened the DP yesterday and read about the opportunity to get paid for note-taking, we were thrilled. After all, once we’re done with a final, we dump all of the semester’s information out of our brains to make room for the next set of classes. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were rewarded long after our blue-books were handed in (you can say what you want about learning being its own reward; we’d rather have cold, hard cash)? Besides, since my degree will likely only prepare me for a career as a secretary, this would be great to list as relevant work experience.

But more than that, I was also excited that GradeGuru.com would help me with my econ problem. Okay, full disclosure: I have many econ problems, but the one that I’m most concerned about is my inability to concentrate at 10 a.m. during a class I abhor so wholeheartedly. My notes mostly consist of random graphs and doodles, plus some indecipherable words and equations. Clearly the best method to a good GPA.”

LINK: http://underthebutton.com/2008/11/we-test-drive-gradegurucom/