DSST: Health and Human Development vs. Straighterline Nutrition 101

[dmvwellness]

Recommendations between DSST Health and Human Development vs. Straighterline Nutrition 101??

Which can be completed in less time?

[OakLakeNC]

I took Nutrition through Straighterline. It is definitely not one of the longer courses. But you still have to complete all the tests and the final exam. If you don't have to study, the DSST would be faster. I have to take some DSST tests, but they are a pain for me. The testing center's hours are inconvenient. Priority is giving to the students of that school, I can potentially get bumped. Some tests are only offered as paper exams. I would prefer SL or Study.com.

[dfrecore]

It also depends on where you're going and what they'll transfer as. For example, at TESU, Nutrition counts as a NatSci course, while Health counts as a Free Elective - so Nutrition is the better choice if you need Gen Eds. Health will be less useful. But your school may be different.

[dmvwellness]

Both Straighterline Nutrition and DSST Human Development will work so just trying to choose the option that will take the least amount of time to complete. I can probably study for DSST in about 5-7 days.

[cookderosa]

Both Straighterline Nutrition and DSST Human Development will work so just trying to choose the option that will take the least amount of time to complete. I can probably study for DSST in about 5-7 days.

SL is going to cost quite a bit more money. Membership $99 + the course $49 + ebook ~$10 = roughly $160
You can take this without going anywhere - and you can do it probably in 3-5 days
The thing about most SL courses, is that you can pass before you get to the closed book final - meaning it is mathematically possible to accrue the 70% without your test (though you still have to take it, there is no pressure). Nutrition isn't the case there. The final is worth 250, so you do have to study some.

DSST is only $80 plus proctoring ~$20 = roughly $100
If you have taken biology, anatomy/physiology, psychology, or similar, you might already have some background in the basics. This was my first exam (though I did the CLEP version) and found that my experience as a woman who had given birth, breastfed, raised kids, etc. was SUPER helpful. I think this is the first test a "mom" returning to college could take easily.

[dmvwellness]

Thanks for the feedback...I answered my own question.

Definitely Straighterline!! I started the course yesterday and will finish this afternoon. So Straighterline total will be around 1 1/2 - 2 days versus studying an entire week, lots of hours per day for the DSST. And I have the final, proctored exam scheduled for Monday. Of the total points available to earn in the course, which is 1,000, I will only need to answer 13 out of 63 problems on the final correctly to earn a passing grade. Totally doable. With multiple choice, I am guaranteed 25% just by guessing so won't need to spend additional time studying for final.

I wouldn't NOT recommend buying the textbook/ebook. Total waste of money! It costed $71 and I didn't even open the book one time. Save the money and don't buy ebook.

Also, if you google coupons for Straighterline, you can get $49-$29 off. So if I wouldn't have bought the silly ebook, I could have completed the course for $99 because I found a coupon for $49.

But, here is the cool thing. Since I'm already paying the $99 subscription, I added another course I needed, US History I, for only $29 with a coupon.

So the total for two courses, taken and passed in two day each:

$99 - 1 month subscription
$0 - Nutrition 101 (coupon code for $49)
$29 - US History (coupon code for $20 off)

TOTAL for two courses: $128

So it makes each course approx. $64 and completed in 4 days. AWESOME!

[cookderosa]

Thanks for the feedback...I answered my own question.

Definitely Straighterline!! I started the course yesterday and will finish this afternoon. So Straighterline total will be around 1 1/2 - 2 days versus studying an entire week, lots of hours per day for the DSST. And I have the final, proctored exam scheduled for Monday. Of the total points available to earn in the course, which is 1,000, I will only need to answer 13 out of 63 problems on the final correctly to earn a passing grade. Totally doable. With multiple choice, I am guaranteed 25% just by guessing so won't need to spend additional time studying for final.

I wouldn't NOT recommend buying the textbook/ebook. Total waste of money! It costed $71 and I didn't even open the book one time. Save the money and don't buy ebook.

Also, if you google coupons for Straighterline, you can get $49-$29 off. So if I wouldn't have bought the silly ebook, I could have completed the course for $99 because I found a coupon for $49.

But, here is the cool thing. Since I'm already paying the $99 subscription, I added another course I needed, US History I, for only $29 with a coupon.

So the total for two courses, taken and passed in two day each:

$99 - 1 month subscription
$0 - Nutrition 101 (coupon code for $49)
$29 - US History (coupon code for $20 off)

TOTAL for two courses: $128

So it makes each course approx. $64 and completed in 4 days. AWESOME!

Congratulations!!

If you want to try a 3rd or 4th before your month runs out, my sons did Religion and Business Ethics in 3 weeks doing about 1 test per day. They had the ebook but you could probably get by without for those two.
They are doing microbiology now - it's much harder (not terrible) to find the right answers, and they have the textbook / ebook.

Edit to add: here are all the SL codes I have written down.


Take $20 off any course (expiration date unknown). Code: EZSAVE

Take $20 off any science course (expiration date unknown). Code: SCIENCE

Take $20 off any humanities course (expiration date unknown). Code: HUMANITIES

Buy 1 course, get second course free. *must have 2 courses in your shopping cart for this to work* (expiration date unknown) Code: BGS310

Take $49 off any course (expiration date unknown) new student only. Code: PSAFCF

Take $49 off your cart total (expiration date unknown) *must have course and membership in cart for this to work* Code: FTEFCF