# Varsity Tutors (فارسيتي تيوتورز)

> Varsity Tutors is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Nerdy](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/nerdy.md)
- Categories: Tutoring, Certification & Testing, Kids & Family Education
- Official site: https://www.varsitytutors.com
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/varsity-tutors

## About

Online tutoring platform connecting students with expert tutors across subjects

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. Community testing in March 2026 found that the website loads and browsing tutors and courses works, but the tutoring service is unusable because its contact form requires a US ZIP code and a US phone number and rejects Syrian numbers, with no sign-up option. No outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-15 — Investigated. Community testing from Syria confirmed that Varsity Tutors' website loads fully and is browsable, but the service is functionally unusable for Syrian users. The homepage and internal pages (e.g., varsitytutors.com/t/maryland) load without issues, and course/tutor browsing works. However, to use tutoring services, users must fill a contact form requiring a US ZIP code and a US phone number. Syrian phone numbers are not accepted — the form truncates input and does not allow a full Syrian number to be entered. There is no sign-up option, only sign-in. Status updated from blocked to restricted. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/znooesrgnbckzytwtdxq2ejb/p78mhexi6ua0ict4iudz9e4u-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/fsnjnjmatg594hhn7ztwoihm/x58ao5hroqzg5elbtsi54hvr-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/j53ytw0acergwfdydeypq21k/cfenkuxo3ww8ujzynjbfb8g9-screen-3.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/h4amwvcyf437ypczk5nfvxhc/j1ado7xepqli4gk4wv9mybj8-screen-4.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/varsity-tutors?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/varsity-tutors/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/varsity-tutors
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/varsity-tutors.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/varsity-tutors.md