StraighterLine Course Advice

[Doctor H]

I've decided to jumpstart my educational endeavors with Straighterline. My goal is to complete 10 courses in 5 months then finish off at WGU's Business Admin Program. I'm starting as a Freshman, though I do have prior college experience but not much. I have also been studying one of the most difficult languages in the world, Arabic, for the past two years through self-study and I've made significant progress, I'm definitely up for the self-study challaenge.

My question, which Straighterline courses are the easiest and quickest to complete? Also, which courses are the most time consuming? If possible which courses have the most reasonable chapter to exam ratio. For example, 2 chapter then one exams.

I will be doing all of the basic Freshman/Sophomore courses that WGU accepts in lieu of a Business Mgt Degree. English I & II, Pre-Algebra & Algebra, Acct I & II, Macro & Micro, Bus. Stats, and Psychology.

Thanks alot or شكرا جزيلا.

[ryoder]

I completed 3 courses in one month Biz Comm, Accounting I&II and then completed A&P I&II in one month later on.
If all you are working on is straighterline and you know the material a bit, you will be able to complete 5 in one or two months.

Once you do that, I would seriously consider your alternatives to WGU. WGU is fine but they don't give you any level of confidence about what you can test out of and any "credits" you accumulate there do not transfer out. If you did these SL classes and then transferred them to TESC or Exelsior or COSC, they would sit on your transcript as completed courses and you can take it from there. You can add CLEP/DSST/Aleks and other sources from any RA college at any time. The options for credit are amazing. They will also transfer in your old credits. TESC is great. They gave me full credit for classes I took in 1994.

Before taking a single straighterline class, go read the syllabus and order the books for them. Make sure the books come in, then read some of the chapters in the books. The classes are basically a series of tests so if you treat SL like a CLEP test and do your studying first, you can complete a class in 2 days of testing.

So in reality you should be able to get books, read them, then sign up and take the tests when you are ready and get 5 classes for $100 + 5*$39. Its a steal.

[cookderosa]

I've decided to jumpstart my educational endeavors with Straighterline. My goal is to complete 10 courses in 5 months then finish off at WGU's Business Admin Program. I'm starting as a Freshman, though I do have prior college experience but not much. I have also been studying one of the most difficult languages in the world, Arabic, for the past two years through self-study and I've made significant progress, I'm definitely up for the self-study challaenge.

My question, which Straighterline courses are the easiest and quickest to complete? Also, which courses are the most time consuming? If possible which courses have the most reasonable chapter to exam ratio. For example, 2 chapter then one exams.

I will be doing all of the basic Freshman/Sophomore courses that WGU accepts in lieu of a Business Mgt Degree. English I & II, Pre-Algebra & Algebra, Acct I & II, Macro & Micro, Bus. Stats, and Psychology.

Thanks alot or شكرا جزيلا.

The courses that do not require written work submitted/graded will be the fastest. There is written work required in all LAB sciences (though not non-labs) and all ENGLISH classes including the developmental. When it comes to the feedback loop, it's not nearly as fast as testing, and it's no where near as cheap.

I'd suggest checking if your college accepts the CLEP exam for English Comp to save yourself a huge headache. If they do, I'd pull that out of your SL list and put in one or two of the other multiple choice classes like Intro Bio (w/o lab) etc.

Also, I believe you can attempt an Arabic exam for credit, hopefully someone here can tell you more about the NYForeign Language exam. Cheap and high yield!

[Doctor H]

I completed 3 courses in one month Biz Comm, Accounting I&II and then completed A&P I&II in one month later on.
If all you are working on is straighterline and you know the material a bit, you will be able to complete 5 in one or two months.

Once you do that, I would seriously consider your alternatives to WGU. WGU is fine but they don't give you any level of confidence about what you can test out of and any "credits" you accumulate there do not transfer out. If you did these SL classes and then transferred them to TESC or Exelsior or COSC, they would sit on your transcript as completed courses and you can take it from there. You can add CLEP/DSST/Aleks and other sources from any RA college at any time. The options for credit are amazing. They will also transfer in your old credits. TESC is great. They gave me full credit for classes I took in 1994.

Before taking a single straighterline class, go read the syllabus and order the books for them. Make sure the books come in, then read some of the chapters in the books. The classes are basically a series of tests so if you treat SL like a CLEP test and do your studying first, you can complete a class in 2 days of testing.

So in reality you should be able to get books, read them, then sign up and take the tests when you are ready and get 5 classes for $100 + 5*$39. Its a steal.

Thanks alot for the advice, however WGU is financially feasible for me at this moment. I do like the programs offered at TESC, but the yearly tuition is way out of budget.

[frankiebleyes]

Has anyone taken the Straighterline Sociology class? If so, can you tell me what it encompasses. Grandson is ready to start classes and doesn't want to test out.

[hkhart]

Has anyone taken the Straighterline Sociology class? If so, can you tell me what it encompasses. Grandson is ready to start classes and doesn't want to test out.

According to SL website, Sociology is coming soon.

[burbuja0512]

I've decided to jumpstart my educational endeavors with Straighterline. My goal is to complete 10 courses in 5 months then finish off at WGU's Business Admin Program. I'm starting as a Freshman, though I do have prior college experience but not much. I have also been studying one of the most difficult languages in the world, Arabic, for the past two years through self-study and I've made significant progress, I'm definitely up for the self-study challaenge.

My question, which Straighterline courses are the easiest and quickest to complete? Also, which courses are the most time consuming? If possible which courses have the most reasonable chapter to exam ratio. For example, 2 chapter then one exams.

I will be doing all of the basic Freshman/Sophomore courses that WGU accepts in lieu of a Business Mgt Degree. English I & II, Pre-Algebra & Algebra, Acct I & II, Macro & Micro, Bus. Stats, and Psychology.

Thanks alot or شكرا جزيلا.

I think that how well you do with Straighterline depends on your aptitude for certain subjects and I don't know that there is one "easy" SL course. I did well in their Macroecon class because I enjoy the subject and I had already studied quite a bit of macro for the CLEP test that I just barely failed. Accounting I and II were miserable for me, though I don't think that they are difficult for most people... I just hate accounting and as you know, with a self-paced course, it requires more discipline than a traditional class. I hated the subject so much, I really did the bare minimum to get by.

[Doctor H]

I completed 3 courses in one month Biz Comm, Accounting I&II and then completed A&P I&II in one month later on.
If all you are working on is straighterline and you know the material a bit, you will be able to complete 5 in one or two months.

Once you do that, I would seriously consider your alternatives to WGU. WGU is fine but they don't give you any level of confidence about what you can test out of and any "credits" you accumulate there do not transfer out. If you did these SL classes and then transferred them to TESC or Exelsior or COSC, they would sit on your transcript as completed courses and you can take it from there. You can add CLEP/DSST/Aleks and other sources from any RA college at any time. The options for credit are amazing. They will also transfer in your old credits. TESC is great. They gave me full credit for classes I took in 1994.

Before taking a single straighterline class, go read the syllabus and order the books for them. Make sure the books come in, then read some of the chapters in the books. The classes are basically a series of tests so if you treat SL like a CLEP test and do your studying first, you can complete a class in 2 days of testing.

So in reality you should be able to get books, read them, then sign up and take the tests when you are ready and get 5 classes for $100 + 5*$39. Its a steal.

:iagree:
Upon further research and number crunching, I'm leaning more towards TESC. Thanks again for the advice. I like the fact that TESC offers an Associates Degree. My ultimate goals exceeds a 2 years degree, however I'd would like a 2 year degree when I earn 60 credits and WGU doesn't offer that. Also, the wide array of programs is great. So, thanks again. :hurray:

I'd like to know how many Straighterline credits are transferrable to TESC. Also, can you recommend any other Straighterline type courses that I can take to earn credits. :confused:

[cookderosa]

:iagree:
Upon further research and number crunching, I'm leaning more towards TESC. Thanks again for the advice. I like the fact that TESC offers an Associates Degree. My ultimate goals exceeds a 2 years degree, however I'd would like a 2 year degree when I earn 60 credits and WGU doesn't offer that. Also, the wide array of programs is great. So, thanks again. :hurray:

I'd like to know how many Straighterline credits are transferrable to TESC. Also, can you recommend any other Straighterline type courses that I can take to earn credits. :confused:

They all transfer, HOWEVER, they have to fit perfectly into the distribution of the degree you pick. For instance, you could have 30 credits in math- and they are all "transferrable" but they won't all count because you can't use 30 credits of math in an associate degree.

Pull up the associate degree you are looking at, and then use the SL classes to fill in the blanks. If you need help with that, just ask

[Beppy04]

:iagree:
Upon further research and number crunching, I'm leaning more towards TESC. Thanks again for the advice. I like the fact that TESC offers an Associates Degree. My ultimate goals exceeds a 2 years degree, however I'd would like a 2 year degree when I earn 60 credits and WGU doesn't offer that. Also, the wide array of programs is great. So, thanks again. :hurray:

I'd like to know how many Straighterline credits are transferable to TESC. Also, can you recommend any other Straighterline type courses that I can take to earn credits. :confused:

I don't know if this will help or not, but here's a link that show how your SL credits will transfer to TESC: Transfer College Credits To Thomas Edison State College (TESC) - StraighterLine

Though TESC does have the most generous credit transfer policy of any college I have seen, they do require that you take one class through them so that you will have a TESC GPA on your transcript (You could possibly transfer everything, but three credits for your BS/BA degree).

Hope this helps!

~Betty C.