My review of Study.com "College Accelerator" service -- 6 credits for $199

[TinHead]

Hey everybody,

I just took 2 exams today online from the comfort of my home via Study.com's "College Accelerator" service that I had mentioned in a previous post. Here I want to provide a summary of my experience.

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a website that allows you to take the following exams to obtain ACE approved credit:

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Business

Business 101: Principles of Management
Business 102: Principles of Marketing
Business 107: Organizational Behavior

History

History 101: Western Civilization I
History 103: US History I

Math

Math 101: College Algebra
Math 102: College Mathematics
Math 103: Pre-Calculus
Math 104: Calculus

Science

Biology 101: Intro to Biology
Biology 103: Microbiology
Biology 105: Anatomy and Physiology
Environmental Science 101: Environment and Humanity
Science 101: Intro to Natural Science

Social Science

Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology
Psychology 102: Educational Psychology
Psychology 103: Human Growth and Development
Psychology 104: Social Psychology
Psychology 106: Abnormal Psychology

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Each course is worth 3 credits and you are able to take obtain maximum of 6 credits per month as they only allow you to take 2 credit bearing exams every pay period.

Study.com has 3 levels of service -- $49 for just the videos + transcribed video lessons, $99 for videos + transcribed video lessons + practice quizzes and exams or $199 for College Accelerator which allows everything in the other packages but also allows you to take 2 credit bearing exams.

To pass the course to take the exam you have to get 100% on all quizzes (ie: 104 videos in "Psychology 101" = 104 quizzes to pass). They are 5 questions each (for every lesson) and if you get any incorrect, they will show you which questions you got wrong and what the correct answer is. Essentially like an assisted open book exam. There is also a 30 question chapter quiz for every chapter (that are optional to take) that is a random mixture of the questions from all the previous lessons of the chapter as well as a 50 question "practice" final exam. Just like the 5 question lesson quizzes you are shown all the answers you got incorrect and what the correct answer is.

After you have passed all the quizzes for every lesson you are allowed to take the final proctored exam. You can literally take the exam anytime 24/7 as long as you have a webcam. Your screen and face are recorded so they see what you were doing during the exams and this video is reviewed by a human being at some point within the next 2 weeks. Once your score is calculated and the video reviewed to ensure you didn't cheat, you are emailed your marks.

The exams are 100 questions (multiple choice) and a 70% (or above) is a pass. You have 2 hours to complete them. The questions are very similar to the questions that you had during your lesson quizzes. Only small details are changed. I found them to be even easier that the lesson quizzes.

The proctoring fee is included in the $199.

I am waiting on my exam results (I took Psychology 101 and 102) but I have a good feeling I passed them as I was averaging anywhere from 80% - 96% during the 50 question practice exams I took and re-took close to 10 times. I would advise doing this to really get a feel for the material.

If you have any questions, ask away