01-31-2015, 01:07 PM
I'm chiming in a bit late but I did do a "semester" at Patten from May-August 2014. I signed up for the program because I learn really fast, I had experience with the classes that I would have to take, et al. $1500 for as many classes as you can complete also did not hurt.Overall I hated it for a variety of reasons.
While you can "test out" of a course, you still have to do the final project for that particular course. That shouldn't have been difficult but I had a professor who was VERY slow to respond to emails and questions that I had about the project. The syllabus/ guide that they had posted was very vague and you are only allowed 2 submittals which will be averaged. It also took about a week for each paper to be graded and returned. In total, in about 4 months, I only managed to complete 1.5 classes (was waiting on a assignment grade for the second class). All in all, I really wish I had just used that money to CLEP or SL.
While you can "test out" of a course, you still have to do the final project for that particular course. That shouldn't have been difficult but I had a professor who was VERY slow to respond to emails and questions that I had about the project. The syllabus/ guide that they had posted was very vague and you are only allowed 2 submittals which will be averaged. It also took about a week for each paper to be graded and returned. In total, in about 4 months, I only managed to complete 1.5 classes (was waiting on a assignment grade for the second class). All in all, I really wish I had just used that money to CLEP or SL.
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