Would tutoring help for stats PhD program applications?

[Cecilia]

After undergrad, I want to get into a good PhD stats program. I'm trying to figure out whether I should tutor at my university or not. I felt flattered that the director of the student learning center at my university asked me to tutor Probability there in the summer and fall, and I would love to, but then I realized that I may need to use that time to find research experience since I have no research experience at all. I would need to take a class that gives more difficult probability problems to solve, which could be fun, but I may need to prioritize my time to other things that I need for getting into stats PhD programs....

Would tutoring at my university tutoring center add to my application to stats PhD programs at all? I do have math tutoring experience at a community college from a few years ago so maybe tutoring at UC Berkeley wouldn't add much to my application?

If someone could help me make a decision, I would appreciate it! Thanks so much for reading this!

[OH YEAH]

If stats is anything like CS or Math, no. Do research.

[rattlesnake]

I think you should go for teaching also on the contrary you should provide statistics help online to all the students this will surely help you to improve your performance, as the problems would be varied from basics to tough ones.

[dendrogirl]

I am in stats. I recommend finding a good research project rather than tutoring. Hopefully, you will get a much better letter of recommendation from a professor with whom you do research. The trick is finding a project you can work on. Good luck.