03-30-2014, 05:41 AM
Business Ethics was my first Straighterline course and I ended up ordering the book before I realized I could access the .PDF for free. As a result, I was surprised, but the proctor allowed me to use both on my final. I was glad I got the book because it contained the glossary and the .PDF didn't. I haven't looked at the Word file posted earlier in this thread, but if it resembles the .PDF it is missing the glossary, and there were enough definitions type questions that I found the glossary helpful for looking up term definitions quickly.
I also definitely had a lot of repeats on quizzes. After each quiz I selected each question and correct answer and pasted that into Word (I did this for each Straighterline course I took). When all the quizzes/midterms/etc. were done, I got each question and correct answer down to no more than two lines of text each (only one line for most). Then I changed the font size to squeeze all of the quizzes and midterms onto two pages. My inkjet printer prints duplex, so I was able to print all of that onto one double-sided physical page, which I used as my page of notes. This was the maximum amount of pages allowed for notes at the time of my Straighterline course finals. Between that and the searchable .PDFs/etextbooks my Straighterline experience was quite pleasant, and much quicker than studying for CLEP/DSSTs, but that's just my experience.
Once I got going I found I could complete two-three Straighterline courses a week, while I generally spent at least a week or two studying for the CLEPs, and longer for the 6-credit CLEPs (in my case between one and three months per 6-credit CLEP). I don't mean to discourage you from taking CLEPs, just to give you more information that it took me a while to discover. I hope this helps.
I also definitely had a lot of repeats on quizzes. After each quiz I selected each question and correct answer and pasted that into Word (I did this for each Straighterline course I took). When all the quizzes/midterms/etc. were done, I got each question and correct answer down to no more than two lines of text each (only one line for most). Then I changed the font size to squeeze all of the quizzes and midterms onto two pages. My inkjet printer prints duplex, so I was able to print all of that onto one double-sided physical page, which I used as my page of notes. This was the maximum amount of pages allowed for notes at the time of my Straighterline course finals. Between that and the searchable .PDFs/etextbooks my Straighterline experience was quite pleasant, and much quicker than studying for CLEP/DSSTs, but that's just my experience.
Once I got going I found I could complete two-three Straighterline courses a week, while I generally spent at least a week or two studying for the CLEPs, and longer for the 6-credit CLEPs (in my case between one and three months per 6-credit CLEP). I don't mean to discourage you from taking CLEPs, just to give you more information that it took me a while to discover. I hope this helps.