Saylor---Easy???

[rachel83az]

Not that long ago, Saylor exams were $25 each and were through ProctorU. The lack of alignment between course and exam, combined with ProctorU, meant that students often reported taking the exam 3 times (the maximum allowed) and still not getting credit. Since most of the courses were also available on Study.com and those could generally be passed the first time for $70/$100 each, it often didn't make sense to try to "save money" by taking Saylor courses.

Now, Saylor has a different proctor and each exam costs $5. If you take an exam multiple times and still don't pass, you've only "wasted" $15. Let's say that you have 4 exams that you want to take on Saylor now. And let's further assume that, for whatever reason, you're only able to pass one of the exams after exhausting all of your attempts (unlikely, but it could happen). You've effectively paid $60 for 3 credits (one course). As disappointing as it might be to have only passed 1/4th of your desired courses, that's still saving compared to taking that class at Study.com. Not a huge savings, but a savings nonetheless.

We don't have a lot of data right now, but the pass rate does seem to be better these days than it used to be. I think it was MrPanda who has taken, and passed, several Saylor without any reports of issues.