Tips for Straighterline

[bjcheung77]

Hi, thank you for replying!

I am starting with nothing. I have done the sophia 'developing effective teams' and that is it so far. I did make a spreadsheet of the degree requirements (which show humanities, written english, all the different types of credits needed) to try to map what i need for general education first. I think what I am tripping up on is, there are different course providers that offer pretty much the same general education classes. So I would love to know which ones are the fastest to get through (or whether CLEP is easier for certain courses).

I think what is worrying me about Straighterline is that there is that $100 monthly fee, and it seems to take me SO long to get through them that I worry I may end up making everything just way too expensive by paying for months and months of fees. Studying for free and then paying for the course at the end might be better for me at this point! I do like that straighterline keeps my progress. So if I want to take a break I can cancel and then renew membership later.

thank you for mentioning the 90 credits, that is good info!

The link in your signature about the spreadsheet, when you visit it and click to download the excel file, the link is broken... is there a good link somewhere? thanks!

Oh, the wiki link is broken, the one in my signature directly downloads that file... it's also in the my profile/about me, just copy the hyperlink and paste it into the browser for the BSBA/BALS templates.
Straighterline is the fastest option, but if you want the cheapest that would be the Free Cleps from ModernStates, then Saylor at $25 (they are hard except for Environmental Ethics and Corp Communications)
For Math, take as much as you can from ALEKS. It's all in the spreadsheet for SL/Straighterline/Study.com and ALEKS. You can replace these with the free CLEPS (especially the English Comp parts).
If you are going for the BALS or BSBA, you may want to take all the free credits you can from the FREE courses links for "free elective credits".