Study.com vs Straightliner

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The cost breakdown is pretty much almost the same on all these methods, unless you're cranking out 6+ SL courses in a month.

CLEP $33.3 CR/hr

study.com 1Month - $200 6CR / (all fees and proctor included)
3 Month - $600 18cr
$33/credit hr
1 Year - $990 discounted / 72 CR / $13.75 CR/hr

Straightliner - 1 Month $100+50+50 (2 subjects) 6 CR /
2 Month $200+$50x6 =$500 (6 subjects in 2 months) 18CR
$27.8/credit hr

I know people can finish 8 SL courses in a month, but I calculated a reasonable timeline which was 6 courses in 2 months, while calculating the max allowed (6 CR per month) for study.com

Study.com is pretty much on par (cost wise) with CLEPs @ $33 per Credit hour, while SL is slightly cheaper doing 3 courses in a month and on point with study.com if doing 2 courses. If you really want to compare, study also has a discount code for 1 year where the price drops to $990, which is $13.75 CR/HR, if you do complete 72 credits (which is pretty unlikely unless you are starting at 0 credits).


So the real question is; which program is more easier to do? SL or study.com


I know the level of difficulty is subjective and depends on your level of experience and background knowledge, etc... but for the sake of listing difficulties and choosing which course to go, lets make a list.


I will sort them by the following;
Number of people that found the course; Easy | Avg | Difficult <Course Name>

Example: 4 people found the course; Eastern Philosophy easy, 1 person found the course average, no one found the course difficult would be listed as; 4 1 0 Eastern Philosophy

Information provided by the search function and other threads.


StraightLiner

Easy

2 0 0 Criminal justice
5 0 0 Intro to Religions
3 0 0 Introduction to Business
1 0 0 Intro to Nutrition [Closed Book]
4 0 0 Intro to Religion
4 0 0 Anthropology
6 0 0 Medical Terminology
1 0 0 Intro to communication
2 0 0 Sociology
2 0 0 Business Ethics
2 0 0 Psychology


Average / Time consuming

2 1 0 Business Communication [Closed Book] (easy, no book needed, but writing portion of Business Communication to be fairly time consuming).
1 1 0 US Hist 1 [Closed Book]
0 1 0 Western Civ I
0 1 0 Anatomy 1
0 1 0 Anatomy II
1 1 0 Principles of management (very in depth)
1 2 0 English I (time consuming, easier to CLEP)
0 1 0 English II (time consuming, easier to CLEP)
0 1 0 Microeconomics (time consuming)
0 1 0 Macroeconomics (time consuming)
0 1 2 Business Law

Difficult

0 0 1 Western Civ. II
1 0 2 Organizational Behavior
0 0 2 Business Statistics
0 0 1 Physics I
0 0 1 Calculus II


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Study.com

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