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[Lady Grace of Pemberley]

Thanks for the info, how much is Aleks, and how long did it take you to finish the class? Did you have to do anything special to transfer the credits to your school?

My thoughts on my ALEKS course are near the top of this post: http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...post136709

ALEKS cost $20/per month, and I finished my course in ~a week. Basically, ALEKS assess your initial comprehension of the course's math skills and then guides you through learning the areas you are weaker. It is all online and can be completed at your own pace. In order to complete the course and earn college credit, you must prove you have mastered at least 70% of the course material by taking an assessment and scoring 70% or higher. Some people will are already familiar with the math in a course may score 70% or higher on their initial assessment, in which case they are done with the course and may apply for a transcript from ACE.

The courses are quite learner-friendly. You will work through different sections of the course and fill up your "pie chart," which shows your course progress. In order to complete a section, you will work on a specific type of problem (for example, in the statistics course, probablility), and if you correctly answer two or three consecutive problems, it will be added to your pie chart. Once you answer each question, they will show you the answer and exactly how to work the problem.

Once you have assessed at 70% or higher, you can apply for your college credit to be approved by ACE. First, you must set up an account with ACE ( College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT) ) and submit a transcript request from them. ACE will then confirm with ALEKS that you have completed the necessary amount of material to recieve credit for the course. If you have, then ACE will approve the credit and you will be able to send an ACE transcript to any college that grants credit for ACE credit-recommended courses.

Hope that helps, and please don't hesitate to ask me any more questions!