Just finished Straighterlines United States History

[Ace_King]

Very good course. I was anticipating this course for a few months, they released it about two or three days ago. Finished in two days. It's 6 exams with a mid-term and final. Exams have about 40 questions a piece in them and midterm and final 80. I suggest you get the book, however some of these questions we're a breeze if you know your History well. If you have any questions on any Straighterline course you can ask me I took majority of them.

[drewthedude]

Sweet! How many credits was the course worth?

[dcan]

1. ACE reviewed I assume?

2. I see lots of people say completed in 2 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, etc. What I don't often see is how many actual hours of work put in? 2 days 10 hours per day is different from 2 days 2 hours per day.

Thanks.

[Ace_King]

Yes the course is three credits. ACE reviewed I believed ACE hasn't updated it yet but Straighterline confirmed to me that it should be updated very soon on ACE's website.

Well I work 40 hours a week. In those two days I completed the course I would have to say I spent about 5-6 hours a day.

[Ace_King]

But I believe the average time is about a month per course, I'm crazy I try to get it done the first couple of days. Don't attempt that haha.

[80's girl]

Hi Ace King-

New to the site--Just got the book for SL US History. Does the course cover the whole book?

[dcan]

But I believe the average time is about a month per course, I'm crazy I try to get it done the first couple of days. Don't attempt that haha.

Actually I'm about to try a similar thing with a class through TESC. I need to take a 3 month class and study for 2-3 CLEPs in the same time, so I plan to spend the first few weeks basically doing all of my coursework as much as possible so I can then switch over to studying for the CLEPs. Have a midterm but other than that it's all essays. To that end I picked up a REA quick review book and will also read the textbook's online companion site before I even get the textbook so I have a head start on the concepts. I want to grind out the essay drafts as quickly as possible then shift focus rather than trying to do it all concurrently. We'll see how it goes.

Good info on the Straighterline course workload. Don't see that often. Thanks.

[student5]

Very good course. I was anticipating this course for a few months, they released it about two or three days ago. Finished in two days. It's 6 exams with a mid-term and final. Exams have about 40 questions a piece in them and midterm and final 80. I suggest you get the book, however some of these questions we're a breeze if you know your History well. If you have any questions on any Straighterline course you can ask me I took majority of them.

I will be starting the American History course with Straighterline, are their any studying techniques or advice that you have? I really want to obtain an excellent grade. I appreciate your help and understanding. Thank you and God bless you.

[rebel100]

I will be starting the American History course with Straighterline, are their any studying techniques or advice that you have? I really want to obtain an excellent grade. I appreciate your help and understanding. Thank you and God bless you.

most common tip on these is....buy the book. Typically the questions come directly from the text (though I haven't taken this one).

[ryoder]

Never do a straighterline course without the book. Always read the book first before taking the tests. Remember that your job as a student is to learn, not to just pass classes as fast as possible. That being said, I finished accounting I in about a week with 30 hours of work after having read a basic accounting book cover to cover two weeks before.