Passing Straighterline Accounting I and II

[deucess]

IrishJohn, Do you still have it available? I would like to buy it. Thanks, Deucess

[IrishJohn]

IrishJohn, Do you still have it available? I would like to buy it. Thanks, Deucess

Sorry, but I already promised to sell the Managerial Acct. book to someone else. I might be done with Business Communication (MY LAST STRAIGHTERLINE COURSE! WHOO-HOO!!!!) soon if you're interested in that one.

[deucess]

definitely. Hit me up. Thanks.

[SocialMtgExpert]

Message sent to IrishJohn regarding book.

[student7]

Hello, I am currently taking ACCT 1 with STRAIGHTERLINE. I have been reading the chapters and as well doing the exercises but I really want to make sure that I pass the exams with an "A". Do you have any advice or study strategy. I appreciate all your help, God bless you!

[student7]

Geezer, this is great material. I just started Acct I and will be taking Acct II immediately afterwards. I have also read other posts about this straighterline set of courses elsewhere on instacert, and similar advise is given, with some other great websites such as principlesofaccounting.com, and accountingcoach.com.

Here is my question:
I have heard conflicting information on this, so I'm curious whether the graded quizes and/or exams are timed or not? If so, this could greatly change my overall strategy.

Also, I am looking to ace this course, not just pass. Again the advise you give along with others is great. You seem to have a lot of experience with straighterline, and in my situation, I have both very little time (i need to get this course done quickly) but I have all the time in the world (I am unemployed an am working this degree program to get me back into the job market). So I can spend 12-15 hours a day on this if need be (though I don't want to burnout) as I have nothing better to do. While i can pour the raw time into studying, this website/forum and group of people are all about working smarter and harder, not just harder. Any additional advise to ace the course?

Hello, I am currently taking ACCT 1 with STRAIGHTERLINE. I have been reading the chapters and as well doing the exercises but I really want to make sure that I pass the exams with an "A". Do you have any advice or study strategy. I appreciate all your help, God bless you!

[livinginlilliput]

No advice from me, sorry. I was taking it to transfer to TESC (which doesn't count the grades for those) so I didn't care. I finished the Managerial Accounting/Cost Accounting in a couple of days with a 71 or 72 and was happy.

One thing that was hard for me was that the timed tests didn't allow a lot of time for looking up answers. So one really has to kind of know what they are doing before taking the test (and not just blow it off completely because it is open book).

Good luck!

[bluk30]

To anyone fretting over these, don't. They are E A S Y. All the mathematics are basic addition/subtraction/division and looking up
the terms is a snap. If you made it through 6th grade math and can use a glossary and an index, you're set.

Don't let the business-ese "newspeak" frighten you.

Pay attention to the terms that "jump out" for each question. If it's asking you about whether "direct costs" are something or other,
then go in the index and look up "direct costs". Skim the paragraphs and 9 times out of 10 you'll find a sentence that matches an
answer. I would estimate that 80% of the questions are not asking you to compute anything or make any entries, they are simply
asking you to define a term or match a process with it's characteristics. Very easy.

I did not watch the lesson presentations or use any flashcards, etc. All of the exam questions come straight out of the book, so these
are superfluous at best. I personally think the narrator's voice is annoying and the course would probably GIVE me ADD if I tried to
follow along with all the needless crap they included.

I used the old edition 18th edition of the book (7 bucks shipped on Amazon), and it worked just fine. Only minimal differences as far as
I could tell.

Accounting 1 took me three days to complete, Accounting 2 took one full day of taking a test, relaxing for an hour, another test, etc.
The tests took me about an hour and a half each. I scored above 70% by the final exam for both courses, so I just clicked through the
final exams picking randomly. The end results were grades of 85 and a 77 respectively.

I actually did pick up quite a bit just by skimming, but honestly there's nothing in this course you couldn't learn by reading "Accounting
Demystified" or through a few weeks of on the job training. Accounting is just a business major's way of acting like they do "hard" math.
It's a needlessly overcomplicated way of saying "put this number here and add these together".

Don't feel bad about 6 cheap and easy credits, just dive in and kick butt.

[keymommy2000]

Jobee, I just emailed it to you.

I'd like a copy also please send to my email... quierracrawford@gmail.com

[keymommy2000]

would someone be willing to email me the quiz guides that rickyjo put together for both accounting classes? If you have the micro/macroeconomics, i would love those too!

Email address is in my profile.

can someone email me the information also please QUIERRACRAWFORD@GMAIL.COM