StraighterLine courses not transferred into my degree plan.

[Lemurian_Spirit]

Thanks for the input. However, I am currently working on my second Straighterline course for free electives (that I plan to finish tomorrow). That would mean I'd only have to take 11 FEMAs. However, I don't want to make that call until after I talk to a TESC adviser. Of course, since Monday is a holiday and they are closed that will have to wait until Tuesday. In the meantime I plan to knock out one more Straighterline course. I'm on a roll and although free FEMAs sound pretty good, it sounds like they would require more time because the exam timeframe is so short. I seem to be getting through the same amount of credits with Straighterline in roughly the same timeframe, and because I am familiar with the process it's quicker. If I start the FEMAs I'll have to figure out the process again--which will slow me down somewhat. I won't rule them out, but will wait until I speak with TESC on Tuesday to make that call.

Also, after all that I went over my course choices again. My goal is to get through these last remaining courses as quickly as possible, and some of the courses on my list required extra ungraded work, so I have revised my list again and US History I is now in--although from what I can gather Introduction to Nutrition sounds like an easier course, the book for that costs more than twice the book for the US History I course. I think I will just do as well as humanly possible on the quizzes to ensure I at least pass US History I. The rest of my courses should be open book from what I can tell now.

However, now I have heard a lot of things about how difficult the US History I Straighterline course is, and since the final is now closed book that changes things. I am now going back either to the Introduction to Nutrition (even though this one also has a closed book final, it sounds like it is generally an easier course), or possibly Criminal Justice since it is also supposed to be an easier course, has an open book final, and the book is cheaper. However, Introduction to Nutrition would be more in line with my personal goals. I will still consider the FEMAs but am leaning toward Straighterline because a) I know how it works, b) there is no learning curve like there will be if I try anything else different, and c) I just want to get through this as quickly as possible, but am enjoying the Straighterline courses (which I truly doubt would be the case with the FEMAs).

Also, did I mention that I have just received a refund for money I put towards a tutor? I was going to CLEP/DSST out of some exams that I ended up taking Straighterline courses for, and my tutor went AWOL for the last remaining exams (which is just as well because I really didn't need the tutoring I thought I would). Between getting the money back for the tutoring I didn't use and the study materials that I can return for the exams I didn't take, even if I take all of my remaining electives through Straighterline I still wouldn't be spending as much as I would have on the tutoring and extra study materials (even including the return shipping on all of them). Many thanks to everyone here for helping me sort this out. If you are interested please post and I will let you know what I finally decide after speaking with TESC on Tuesday.

I guess another reason I am considering Straighterline is because I had originally planned to take the Introductory Sociology CLEP, but there were a few days remaining on my first month's Straighterline membership, so I decided to take the Straighterline Sociology course. However, in that time someone on this forum posted that the Straighterline Sociology course wasn't accepted at TESC (where I just finally enrolled). As a result I put those plans on hold until I got confirmation from the registrar in writing that the course would be accepted. In the meantime my monthly term expired and in order to take that course I had to pay for another month (because by then if I decided to go the CLEP route I would be taking my Capstone course in March instead of next month). If I only took one Straighterline course it would be a very expensive one with the monthly fee, so that was another factor in my decision to take more Straighterline courses. At any rate, that is just more information about the situation in case it helps you understand my thought process better. Many thanks again for all the help.