09-27-2014, 06:43 AM
SL Physics I w/Lab--passed after about 6-7 weeks with 72%
I will say that passing this course was about the single hardest thing I have every done. Yes, ever. I ended up passing, but just barely. The course consists of video lectures, six or seven unproctored tests, maybe ten labs, and a final proctored (ProctorU) exam. The labs require you to do an experiment, complete a worksheet about the experiment (which may or may not be graded), and complete a quiz about the lab. The quiz is the part that I know is graded. All of the lab quizes and the unproctored and proctored tests allow no materials other than one 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of prepared notes. Use this sheet! Cover it with formulas. Use the same sheet for every test and add to it as you go through the lectures. By the time I was done, my sheet looked like the Rosetta Stone it was so crowded and complicated. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this sheet. You literally cannot remember all of the formulas on your own, so you have to write them down as you go through each lecture. Not using a sheet of notes almost cost me a pass, as I started out with horrible scores on the first few tests. It all came down to the final exam, on which I had to score at least an 87 (I think) to get enough points to pass the entire course. After frantically studying for a week I got a 94. One thing that helped with the final exam was going back through every previous test and examining every problem I got wrong. SL reuses a lot of their problems for the final, so it's possible to get some easy points on old questions.
SL Physics II w/Lab--passed after about 5 weeks with 85%
Now this was a lot easier. Unlike Physics I, Physics II actually has a required textbook (can find used for $10) which you can use in all the exams. Open book! The lab portion is very similar, with the same types of experiments. The tests are a little different, with one at the end of each module rather than sprinkled throughout the course as was the case with Physics I. Lectures are also different, because they are interactive, requiring you to do problems in the lecture software while you watch. You can skip the problems, but I would highly recommend doing them, since they will probably show up on the tests.
Oh, and by the way, if anyone wants to do these courses, I have the lab kits and the textbook which I'll sell for quite a bit less than what eScienceLabs gouges, ahem, charges you for. Just PM me.
Remember also that I took the lab (4-credit) versions of both Physics I and II. I don't know what the non-lab courses would be like--probably the same only without the labs and the lab quizzes.
I will say that passing this course was about the single hardest thing I have every done. Yes, ever. I ended up passing, but just barely. The course consists of video lectures, six or seven unproctored tests, maybe ten labs, and a final proctored (ProctorU) exam. The labs require you to do an experiment, complete a worksheet about the experiment (which may or may not be graded), and complete a quiz about the lab. The quiz is the part that I know is graded. All of the lab quizes and the unproctored and proctored tests allow no materials other than one 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of prepared notes. Use this sheet! Cover it with formulas. Use the same sheet for every test and add to it as you go through the lectures. By the time I was done, my sheet looked like the Rosetta Stone it was so crowded and complicated. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this sheet. You literally cannot remember all of the formulas on your own, so you have to write them down as you go through each lecture. Not using a sheet of notes almost cost me a pass, as I started out with horrible scores on the first few tests. It all came down to the final exam, on which I had to score at least an 87 (I think) to get enough points to pass the entire course. After frantically studying for a week I got a 94. One thing that helped with the final exam was going back through every previous test and examining every problem I got wrong. SL reuses a lot of their problems for the final, so it's possible to get some easy points on old questions.
SL Physics II w/Lab--passed after about 5 weeks with 85%
Now this was a lot easier. Unlike Physics I, Physics II actually has a required textbook (can find used for $10) which you can use in all the exams. Open book! The lab portion is very similar, with the same types of experiments. The tests are a little different, with one at the end of each module rather than sprinkled throughout the course as was the case with Physics I. Lectures are also different, because they are interactive, requiring you to do problems in the lecture software while you watch. You can skip the problems, but I would highly recommend doing them, since they will probably show up on the tests.
Oh, and by the way, if anyone wants to do these courses, I have the lab kits and the textbook which I'll sell for quite a bit less than what eScienceLabs gouges, ahem, charges you for. Just PM me.
Remember also that I took the lab (4-credit) versions of both Physics I and II. I don't know what the non-lab courses would be like--probably the same only without the labs and the lab quizzes.
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