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Straighterline negative reivews?
#1
What's with all the negative reviews? Do a google search for straighterline reviews and you'll see what I mean. Was the service worse before? Are people angry that you actually have to study and work hard? A lot of people are complaining about being scammed out of money, what do they mean? I will be starting straighterline soon so I'd like to hear some feedback Smile
Started Sept. 2016 -Thomas Edison State Univeristy - BSBA - Marketing 120/120 DONE
ACE/ALT 41 CR
TECEP: 15 CR
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra l College Algebra l Statistics l
The Institutes: Ethics
Saylor: Principles of Marketing
Straighterline: American Government l Intro to Religion l Principles of Management l English Comp II l
Study.com : Business 308 l History 108 l Principles of Finance l Digital Marketing
CSU CBE: Market Research l
TECEP: Strategic Management l  Public relations l Advertising l Sales Mgmt l Marketing Comm
Community College B&M Courses (2013-2015) 64 CR General Ed. and Business
Short-term Objective: TESU BSBA in Marketing by Sept. 2017 (DONE!) Graduating in June
Long-term Objective: Career in marketing then eventually MBA or MSC in Marketing later on  
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#2
There will always be people that complain about stuff.

I think if you take a look at this forum, you will be able to read plenty of positive feedback on SL. There's a current thread right now about it.
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#3
TESUAbroad Wrote:What's with all the negative reviews? Do a google search for straighterline reviews and you'll see what I mean. Was the service worse before? Are people angry that you actually have to study and work hard? A lot of people are complaining about being scammed out of money, what do they mean? I will be starting straighterline soon so I'd like to hear some feedback Smile

Believe it or not, it's just that one crazy mentally unstable person who got caught cheating that's writing negative reviews over and over. I'm on mobile, so I can't post more on this, maybe someone else can.
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#4
I didn't experience any problems when I took my two courses.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
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#5
I've taken a few.

I didn't find it to be a cakewalk, and I've no clue how some people are completing them as quickly as they are. But I prefer them greatly to butt-in-seat courses, and to the courses that require you to log in every day and participate in discussions and things, and for all the quirks and issues I personally ran into, I have no problems recommending SL.

I will say, in the interest of fairness, if you don't previously have a high level of understanding of the topic, and cannot commit to buckling down and learning the material, SL may not be the best route for you.
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Three Rivers CC 2017
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Older Experience with: PLA / Portfolios, RPNow, Proctor U, ACE, NCCRS, DAVAR Academy (formerly Tor), Straighterline, TESU, Ed4Credit, Study.com, The Institutes, Kaplan, ALEKS, FEMA IS, NFA IS, brick & mortar community colleges, LOTS of vocational schools...


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#6
I've taken 4 classes so far, and will probably take 2-4 more before it's all said and done. I really LOVE SL. It's been a great experience with me. Smile
Community College: College Success Skills | Gen. Psychology | Span 1 | Eng. 101 | Accounting 1 | Accounting 2 | Comp Skills

Study.com Scholarship: Per. Finance | Prin. of Marketing | Digi. Mark. & Advertising | HR Manage. | Prin. of Finance

The Institutes: Ethics

Sophia: Proj. Management

Straighterline:​ Survey of World History | Principles of Management | MacroEco. | MicroEco. | American Gov | US History 1 | US History 2 | Western Civ 1 | Western Civ 2 | Business Law | Intro to Religion | Cultural Anthropology | Intro to Environ. Science | Intro to Soc

ALEKS: Inter. Algebra | College Algebra | Intro to Stats

TEEX: Cyber 101 | Cyber 201 | Cyber 301

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#7
Zero need to fear about being scammed Toastmaster. Those taking that position are the same people who sign up for a gym membership in December and cry foul come March when they have only attended a handful of times and haven't lost any weight. Straighterline is what you make of it. Cost value is incredible when one has prior knowledge in a subject and/or has the discipline to self learn through the provided information. All of the business and math classes because of my background were not difficult to complete. Religion & History are not my strong subjects but the modules provided more than enough information to allow me to stay engaged and feel comfortable during the exams.

Here's an example of how Straighterline can get away from you when selecting courses either not your strength or of real interest to you. My daughter added the once 'FREE' Information Technology course and never got past the second module because she could not connect with the information. Without my supervision, she might have kept renewing the monthly membership until completing it. That could feel like a bait & switch scam to someone not managing their account properly. When one takes ownership, it's pretty clear that life isn't scamming you.
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#8
4 classes from SL. No problems with the courses. Very reasonable cost and less time vs. my local community college for the same courses. The two calc courses were good as a review from 20+ years. The only thing I don't like is that IMHO (some disagree with me on this) these credits aren't as portable as CLEP and DSST. I can live with that.
TESU BA CS and Math (graduated December 2016)
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#9
Thanks for all the honest and critical feedback everyone. Maybe we should give some positive reviews on those sites to balance out the disgruntled students Smile. I know I will leave a review after I have taken SL and it will be an honest review of their service(good or bad).
Started Sept. 2016 -Thomas Edison State Univeristy - BSBA - Marketing 120/120 DONE
ACE/ALT 41 CR
TECEP: 15 CR
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra l College Algebra l Statistics l
The Institutes: Ethics
Saylor: Principles of Marketing
Straighterline: American Government l Intro to Religion l Principles of Management l English Comp II l
Study.com : Business 308 l History 108 l Principles of Finance l Digital Marketing
CSU CBE: Market Research l
TECEP: Strategic Management l  Public relations l Advertising l Sales Mgmt l Marketing Comm
Community College B&M Courses (2013-2015) 64 CR General Ed. and Business
Short-term Objective: TESU BSBA in Marketing by Sept. 2017 (DONE!) Graduating in June
Long-term Objective: Career in marketing then eventually MBA or MSC in Marketing later on  
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#10
RANSOMSOUL Wrote:Zero need to fear about being scammed Toastmaster. Those taking that position are the same people who sign up for a gym membership in December and cry foul come March when they have only attended a handful of times and haven't lost any weight. Straighterline is what you make of it. Cost value is incredible when one has prior knowledge in a subject and/or has the discipline to self learn through the provided information. All of the business and math classes because of my background were not difficult to complete. Religion & History are not my strong subjects but the modules provided more than enough information to allow me to stay engaged and feel comfortable during the exams.

Here's an example of how Straighterline can get away from you when selecting courses either not your strength or of real interest to you. My daughter added the once 'FREE' Information Technology course and never got past the second module because she could not connect with the information. Without my supervision, she might have kept renewing the monthly membership until completing it. That could feel like a bait & switch scam to someone not managing their account properly. When one takes ownership, it's pretty clear that life isn't scamming you.

High_Order1 Wrote:I've taken a few.

I didn't find it to be a cakewalk, and I've no clue how some people are completing them as quickly as they are. But I prefer them greatly to butt-in-seat courses, and to the courses that require you to log in every day and participate in discussions and things, and for all the quirks and issues I personally ran into, I have no problems recommending SL.

I will say, in the interest of fairness, if you don't previously have a high level of understanding of the topic, and cannot commit to buckling down and learning the material, SL may not be the best route for you.

Exactly this. If you are an adult learner who needs a basic overview or recap, SL works great. I already knew or had some basic knowledge or idea of much of the info from the courses I took successfully. When I tried Stats on the other hand? I didn't get far before I knew I couldn't learn it through SL. So I contacted them, explained the situation, and canceled my subscription.
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CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
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