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I'm looking at the microbiology course on study.com & thinking it might take me longer than a month to complete it. So, what if I pay for the premium edition ($59.99 for videos & quizzes) and then switch to the college accelerator ($199.99) when I finally get through the course & feel ready for the final? Have any of you guys gone that route? I'd hate to pay $199.99/month for a course that just drags on and on, and I'm curious to know how you guys handle situations like this.
Thanks for the input!
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Yes, people have done the cheaper option at first. I bet that all the quizzes have to be done while you have College Accelerator.
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Ideas Wrote:Yes, people have done the cheaper option at first. I bet that all the quizzes have to be done while you have College Accelerator.
If I had to re-take the quizzes once I switched over to the College Accelerator, I suppose it would be good practice for the final. So, I wouldn't mind that too terribly.
By the way.... Would the least expensive option ($39.99/ month basic subscription) still qualify me for the savings perks at TESU?
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Silly_Me Wrote:If I had to re-take the quizzes once I switched over to the College Accelerator, I suppose it would be good practice for the final. So, I wouldn't mind that too terribly.
By the way.... Would the least expensive option ($39.99/ month basic subscription) still qualify me for the savings perks at TESU?
No, unfortunately. That's not an option, the only one is the College Accelerator as per this post.
http://www.degreeforum.net/saylor-org-st...post239337
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bjcheung77 Wrote:No, unfortunately. That's not an option, the only one is the College Accelerator as per this post.
http://www.degreeforum.net/saylor-org-st...post239337
Got it. That makes sense!
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Silly_Me Wrote:I'm looking at the microbiology course on study.com & thinking it might take me longer than a month to complete it. So, what if I pay for the premium edition ($59.99 for videos & quizzes) and then switch to the college accelerator ($199.99) when I finally get through the course & feel ready for the final? Have any of you guys gone that route? I'd hate to pay $199.99/month for a course that just drags on and on, and I'm curious to know how you guys handle situations like this.
Thanks for the input!
I am not sure of your learning/available time but there is no way a course at study.com "should" take more then a few weeks. I could see a month maybe for that awful Globalization and International Business course but Microbiology doesn't seem bad. There isn't any projects or essays. Its just the lessons and the final. Now I can see if you don't have the time to give it a few hours a day then you may have to take the course much differently then lets say I would for instance. In that case you might want to double check with Study.com if you have to do the quizzes while on the College Plan or not. I honestly think you are wasting money doing that route. What you SHOULD do is find two courses that you could likely hammer out very quickly like the very short Vietnam War course and maybe an English Comp or something if you need those. You should plan to finish those two in the first two weeks of your membership. Once those are completed start working on Microbiology. If you are ready before the end of your sub pay the $70 and take the exam. If not pay the next 200$ and you get Microbiology and another course out of it after. If you haven't taken them you might see the courses as very time consuming. This isn't really the case. Most "lessons" are 7-9min videos but you can read the lesson a lot quicker. If you do watch all the videos you will hear stuff over and over again and it will be impossible to get those questions wrong on the test.
Good Luck to you!
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To expand on one part of Synicaal's post, Study.com courses don't go into much depth, and many people are sure they are not real college-level learning. From other threads, it seems like you actually care about learning the material. If that's true, you may want to take Microbiology elsewhere.
Straighterline is partly liked for being easy to speed through, but even they have harder material than Study.com, apparently. (I have not yet been a Straighterline member, but Study.com is quite simplified.)
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You can absolutely take the quizzes with the $59 plan and they will still be in your account when you upgrade.
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Just take the Straighterline course. It's cheaper and will be much faster. If you want to learn microbiology in depth, you can always read the textbook cover to cover when you have time. There are also MOOCs and video courses you can go through for free.
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rowan555 Wrote:You can absolutely take the quizzes with the $59 plan and they will still be in your account when you upgrade.
That's great!
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