Fail or Epic Fail?

[burbuja0512]

I am currently signed in with Str8erline for Accounting 1 class. Best advice = Be prepared.

My current experience, is that this accounting class is very difficult, and not as easy as some may have indicated in the past for their experiences here, or - maybe I need some of the vitamins they are taking...

I am lurker, member, lurker, member, with desire to achieve the degree being constant. All assistance appreciated and welcome.

Popcorn = what my brain looks like when associated with accounting, physics, & inspiration.

Thanks for the posts. Yes, SL tests are HARD. I do have good news. I took my mid-term today and scored an A. I studied a ton, but in part, I believe that I am getting more accustomed to their testing format.

What I've noticed so far about some of the questions is that they can be very tricky. With CLEP and DSST, usually I don't over-think the question. They're more straight-forward and usually trying to make sure that you have good general knowledge, rather than trying to ensure that you know and totally understand (forward and backward) every detail.

Here is an example of a CLEP test question versus SL... totally made up, of course.

CLEP: What color is the sky?

a) orange
b) red
c) blue
d) green

The answer here is C, blue. Yes you can sit there and think about how sometimes the sky can be orangish or even reddish, but CLEP won't usually trick you. If I'm ever not sure on a CLEP, I'll pick a common-sense answer over the more complicated one.

Straighterline would do the same question like this:

The sky is blue
True
False

In the SL example question, the obvious "true" answer may or may not be correct. You would have to remember that on page 373, the text specifically says that the sky is not blue, it only appears to be, so therefore the answer is false.


I don't know if this makes any sense, but I hope it helps anyone who happens to read this that hasn't taken a SL test yet. I kind of wonder if they're trying to be really difficult to prove that their classes are worthy of the ACE accreditation they have, or if maybe I'm just really bad at accounting lol. Either way, it's ok.. I literally sweat buckets during these tests, but not everything good has to be easy