Looking for input

[SolarKat]

It depends on the individual. I am, personally, much faster at testing. I study for a few hours and take a test soon after. When I took SL courses, I think it took me a few days, cumulatively, to finish my courses. However, I wasn't able to work on the courses on consecutive days, so I ended up taking a month to finish two courses. Study.com courses take way too much time. I can't sit at a computer for 8 hours a day trying to knock out one of their courses quickly.

I agree about the testing - I can't get to our local test centers conveniently with the family schedule, so I go with the things I can do at home. You have a really good point, too, about the Study.com classes - they can take a loooooong time if you watch the videos (I just skim the transcripts), and/or if you read slowly, and/or if the material is completely new to you. I tried to do the sociology, which was new to me...and I wanted to scoop my brain out with a salad fork. It was awful. I gave up after about 4 lessons. Instead, I went with World Religions, which I knew a bit about, and zipped through it. Same for the computer stuff, history/government, etc. Stuff that I'd seen before, I could rip through pretty quickly.