comparison on ways to get 3 algebra credits....uggh!!!!

[cookderosa]

I have done something really stupid. I am finishing my Capstone at COSC and am ready to graduate....except for one crucial piece.

I have put off finishing College Algebra through ALEKS and feel like I'm hitting a brick wall! I zipped through the Beginning Algebra. It went so well that I felt skipping right to College Algebra was doable.

With being downsized at work and the new job hunt, along with carrying a full courseload through COSC/CSU I just procrastinated too long! Should have been doing it all along, I certainly knew better.

At this point it feels like ALEKS may take forever and so I'm considering my other options. I know it's a relative question, but what is the current consensus on straighterline college algebra? Anywhere else I can get the credits? My local CC will require basci/intermediate/CA so it would be a non starter.

Maybe I need to just suck it up, sequester myself somewhere, and slog through ALEKS....I'm not in a happy place right now

Thoughts?

Well, where are you at on College Algebra? I mean if you're at 12% that's a different answer than if you're at 65%. Id say if you are over 50%, use the Mathway website to help you work out the questions that are stumping you. Print out your explanation pages on ALEKS, and have everything with you as you work. My son is at 60% on this same course, I feel your pain.
Now, if you're not even done with 1/3 of it and hitting the wall, you need to rethink it. It's only easy if it's review, to learn it all new (like me!) is a much slower process.
I second Burb's suggestion to try college math. It's general education math with functions and stats. It that sounds doable, you might make greater gains. If you've already taken stats, and since you've already taken beg. algebra, you might ALREADY be ready for this exam.