Easiest Straighterline

[Collegelady2]

Was wondering what are the easiest straighterline courses.

[Ideas]

That depends on you, but here is a big thread

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...rline.html

[RANSOMSOUL]

At Degreeinfo the response would most likely "The course you know the most about". With this definitely being the lead response there are some other key factors that can make a course easier than others. An approach I took on selecting courses and had solid success with was:

Pick topics you are strong or have a real interest in learning. This always makes even a hard course enjoyable

Click on the syllabus to identify how many exams are in a course. Some feel a course is easier with fewer exams to take.

Add up the points needed to pass. Some feel a course is easier when they have more options to secure points prior to the final exam.

Common responses to what are easier exams are Introduction to Nutrition, Medical Terminology & Introduction to Communication

Common responses to what are harder exams are Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Organizational Behavior, Microbiology & Statistics.

Good luck.

[Collegelady2]

Do people typically prefer Straighterline or study.com?

[Ideas]

Do people typically prefer Straighterline or study.com?

To each their own, but SL seems quicker and Study.com seems like people learn more.

[Collegelady2]

To each their own, but SL seems quicker and Study.com seems like people learn more.

Which one is cheaper?

[Ideas]

Which one is cheaper?

SL is if you do more than about 3 classes a month. Some of their classes are different prices. At Study.com, three classes is $269, and two classes is $199. SL is $99 plus many of the classes are $59 or $69.

[dfrecore]

Which one is cheaper?

It totally depends on how many courses you take in a month there, and which courses.

At Study.com, 2 courses is $199/mo, with each additional course being $70. So if you took 2 courses in a month, it would be $99.50/course. 3 courses per month would be $90/course. 4 courses in a month would be $85/course.

At SL, assuming that you took $59 courses (some are more); 1 course in a month would be $158; 2 would be $109 each; 3 would be $92 each; and 4 would be $84 each.

[dfrecore]

Do people typically prefer Straighterline or study.com?

Completely depends on the person:
SL is dependent on the textbook with a lot of reading involved. Study.com uses videos.
SL has fewer quizzes, Study.com has about a million of them (or so I've heard).
SL allows you to get enough points on the quizzes/exams that you could fail the final and still pass the course if you got a 70% overall; Study.com has a final that is worth ⅔ of the grade in the course, so you have to get a certain % on the final to pass the course (although you can retake the exam after a 3-day waiting period)
Study.com also has some UL courses which mean a paper/project is involved as well as the quizzes/final; SL doesn't have this option.

I think all of 1 might drive me insane (I haven't used either of them). Some people use all 1 provider, some use a mixture. I've heard mostly good about both.

EDIT I forgot to mention a couple more things about costs savings:
SL usually has coupon codes floating around, lowering the price for most people.
SL is a partner college with TESU, and will send transcripts directly to TESU, so no cost for an ACE transcript

Study.com doesn't offer coupons much, but does have a scholarship you might get for 6 free courses; and they also get you awesome deals at TESU:
a waiver on the cornerstone ($300 saved)
a discount on the residency waiver fee ($1800 instead of $2500)
a discount on the capstone course ($1098 instead of $1497 is what I'm seeing right now).

I would suggest a mixture of both.

[Collegelady2]

Completely depends on the person:
SL is dependent on the textbook with a lot of reading involved. Study.com uses videos.
SL has fewer quizzes, Study.com has about a million of them (or so I've heard).
SL allows you to get enough points on the quizzes/exams that you could fail the final and still pass the course if you got a 70% overall; Study.com has a final that is worth ⅔ of the grade in the course, so you have to get a certain % on the final to pass the course (although you can retake the exam after a 3-day waiting period)
Study.com also has some UL courses which mean a paper/project is involved as well as the quizzes/final; SL doesn't have this option.

I think all of 1 might drive me insane (I haven't used either of them). Some people use all 1 provider, some use a mixture. I've heard mostly good about both.

EDIT I forgot to mention a couple more things about costs savings:
SL usually has coupon codes floating around, lowering the price for most people.
SL is a partner college with TESU, and will send transcripts directly to TESU, so no cost for an ACE transcript

Study.com doesn't offer coupons much, but does have a scholarship you might get for 6 free courses; and they also get you awesome deals at TESU:
a waiver on the cornerstone ($300 saved)
a discount on the residency waiver fee ($1800 instead of $2500)
a discount on the capstone course ($1098 instead of $1497 is what I'm seeing right now).

I would suggest a mixture of both.

I actually got the scholarship at study finished the personal finance course just need to take the test and then start the next not sure what to take next. Also am signed up for the June Tecep so that was awesome just got my textbook couple days ago.