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Sophia Review: Finished 6 Courses in 1 Week
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(02-06-2024, 04:52 PM)Ares Wrote: What I did is no different than someone testing out of the classes. These were not easy questions anyone could just guess unless you already knew the material which I did in most of these cases. The only course where the answers were obvious most of the time was College Readiness and that is only if you have previously attended college and understand how to write and cite papers. I also watched any videos at max 2x speed, again not recommended for most people.

What @Old Guy clearly meant was not what you did, but instead he talks about the way you present your experience (by pointing out the time it took you for the courses and the score %). 
It is understandable that the level of excitement is quite high when you end up doing several classes this quick. However, the people responsible for allowing us to have those courses count as real college credits may read it quite differently.  And no, Sophia is not a testing out platform. It is, in fact, a platform for online COURSES, as we can read on the main page of the website. A course and a test-out program like CLEP by definition are the exact opposite of each other (one is earning credits by taking a course, and the other one is being able to earn credits by AVOIDING taking a course) so this may affect the interpretation by agencies like ACE for how credits should be awarded. 

Quote:I have taken plenty of college courses and the material learned in the Sophia courses is complete for the subject matter. If I did not know these subjects I would have learned plenty by going through all the material. I know a lot about IT and Nutrition and both of these courses offered good information that was relevant if you know nothing about either topic. Anyone taking those Sophia courses would come out with the same knowledge as anyone taking the same course at a regular university. I actually think you would learn more with Sophia in these case because they cut out all the filler information.

The best way to describe Sophia courses is a more modern, digital cliff notes version of a college course. You learn the same amount of information but in less time which is how learning should be, not drawn out for no reason other than that is how it has always been done.
In reality, this is demonstrably false. Theoretically, as we are not FORCED to speedrun, we are allowed to do one Sophia course for months if we will. You may then suggest that the material is on par with a college course (which is still grossly false - there are, for example, so few exercises in the College Algebra course, so good luck actually LEARNING the material (and by "learning" I mean in a way that will stick for longer than few weeks, days even)). However, like I mentioned, in reality, few of us sign up for a Sophia course in order to do it for a few months, just a single one.  And then we have the fairly obvious fallacy of hasty generalization - you suggest that your experience will be shared by "anyone". No.
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