Aleks intermediate Algebra

[JohnnyHeck]

Your son should finish both the Saylor Pre-Calc I and II. Then to maximize the credits for his math knowledge at the lowest possible cost: Take a monthly subscription in ALEKS for $20. Make the first course in ALEKS, Intermediate Algebra. Based on your son's math talent and his already completed work by this time in Saylor, your son should score over the 70% threshold for an ACE credit recommendation for Intermediate Algebra. Before going on the next possible course, sign up and pay for the ACE transcript service for $45. Then tell ACE that you have completed the ALEKS Int. Alg. Wait for the ACE confirmation email that it has entered its credit recommendation for this course on it's transcript. Then through the ALEKS master account, you sign your son up for College Algebra. Again your son should score 70%+ here rather easily. Then go back to ACE and request this course completion be documented by them - no charge for adding to your ACE transcript after paying for the initial registration. Wait again for the ACE email approval for College Algebra. Now in ALEKS sign your son up for Pre-Calc. If he scores 70%+ on the Initial Assessment you go to ACE to get this course documented. At this point you can stop your ALEKS subscription unless there is some other course such as Statistics that your son is ready to breeze through. If your son really knows his math and can get through all 3 ALEKS courses in 1 month, your total cost for these 9 credits is $65. If he has to work some of the topics in any of these course because his Initial Assessments were less than 70%, it may take a little longer in ALEKS at $20/mo. to complete all 3 courses. Still a great bargain, but be aware that ACE credit recommendations, while accepted for transfer credit at the schools most often cited here, are not accepted for credit at many others. Of course your son could then bone up a little and take the CLEPs for College Algebra and Pre-Calc. (about $80 for each CLEP + $25 test center fees)which would be accepted at most other schools that did not accept ACE.