I hate you ALEKS!!!

[littleloulou28]

ok thanks, I will wait till they are both on my ACE transcript.

[doghouse42]

Calculus, you will blow through them. You will need to confer with your academic advisor on the exact placement of these courses in your degree program. Beginning algebra compares to CLEP General Math 102 and for most would be a remedial course. (TESC accepts it as a gen ed.) Intermediate is MAT-115 at TESC and does meet the degree requirement for Liberal Studies.

With your background I would blow through beginning and intermediate to refresh, and then hit the college algebra and/or precalculus. The first two you should have knocked out within hours. Intermediate builds on beginning. College Algebra is where the action begins. If you don’t get through college algebra on the first assessment they start giving you more advanced stuff (more in tune with precalc). But as you already have the necessary foundation you should be fine.

Go for it, you could get a decent amount of college credit for $20 (monthly subscription fee) and the cost of an ace account which includes the first transcript for $40.

Somehow in the 6 years since high school I seem to have forgotten almost all of it...

[vsantos316]

Is there anyone with EC and ALEKS experience listing what they will and will not accept?
I currently have completed Beg. and Intermediate Algebra. I'm working on College Algebra. I hope they don't duplicate credits.

[Tasman]

EC will accept these dependent on which degree you opt for.
You can't have more than 9 math credits for EC through aleks.

They do not duplicate for liberal arts degree.

EC Business degree will only accept one statistics course through aleks...not all 3 statistics courses.

[TMW2010]

EC Business degree will only accept one statistics course through aleks...not all 3 statistics courses.

EC accepts 1 Stats course for any of their degrees at this time, and it accepts at lower level for the business degree.

EC accepts 3 courses below the level of calculus, maximum. Stats is considered as being below the level of calculus.

If you're planning on taking the College Math CLEP for 6 credits, that means EC will only accept 2 courses from ALEKs.

For the best availble credit distribution for LA students (or one of the Majors availble under LA) at this time through EC, you end up with 12 Credits, 3 of which are upper level, consisting of:

• One of the random algebra/precalc courses
  
• One of the 3 statistics courses.
  
• The College Math CLEP
  

Its more expensive than ALEKs alone, but it gets you 12 credits where you'd just get 9 through ALEKs. It comes down to which is your higher priority, 3 credits or the cost of the CLEP.

[wb.john]

I am hating ALEKS right now.

I do not recommend trying to use it on a Linux based operating system.

[bricabrac]

I am hating ALEKS right now.

I do not recommend trying to use it on a Linux based operating system.

Eek! Call and talk to customer service they may be able to have tech support help you out...maybe they have a compatibility patch or similar? The tech support people are very good, I even got an experienced cust svc rep once that was able to help me out with a program glitch.

Doesn't hurt to ask.

[wb.john]

Eek! Call and talk to customer service they may be able to have tech support help you out...maybe they have a compatibility patch or similar? The tech support people are very good, I even got an experienced cust svc rep once that was able to help me out with a program glitch.

Doesn't hurt to ask.

Heh, I got it figured out now.

My first solution was using internet explorer under wine, which worked during the initial assessment but broke down after that.
Then I tried installing the plugin following the directions on their website. Which kind of worked, but very poorly.
I finally went all out and installed Windows XP inside of Virtual Box.

Now moving along just fine - 13 topics necessary to reach 70%. Should be able to complete before my trial ends on April 24th, making this worth the trouble!

[bricabrac]

Heh, I got it figured out now.

My first solution was using internet explorer under wine, which worked during the initial assessment but broke down after that.
Then I tried installing the plugin following the directions on their website. Which kind of worked, but very poorly.
I finally went all out and installed Windows XP inside of Virtual Box.

Now moving along just fine - 13 topics necessary to reach 70%. Should be able to complete before my trial ends on April 24th, making this worth the trouble!

Good job!!

If by trial you mean the "free trial" check with cust svc...i think some here even mentioned you will not get credit for the assessment under the free trial period. Please verify so you do not waste the time and not able to collect the rewards. On second thought, does not hurt to "learn" the problems under the trial period...then pay, complete the assessment and possibly a few more for the $20 month fee.

Also, hope you know you must complete 70% or better on an assessment (not build up to 70%).

[wb.john]

Good job!!

If by trial you mean the "free trial" check with cust svc...i think some here even mentioned you will not get credit for the assessment under the free trial period. Please verify so you do not waste the time and not able to collect the rewards. On second thought, does not hurt to "learn" the problems under the trial period...then pay, complete the assessment and possibly a few more for the $20 month fee.

Also, hope you know you must complete 70% or better on an assessment (not build up to 70%).

I already did College Algebra in the free trial period and it's listed on my Acenet account as approved. I hope that it goes the same way with the Statistics course. I guess it wouldn't be so bad to pay $20 if needed though.