Sophia Yearly Membership Bogo? Anyone want to split the cost?

[BitWiseGuy]

I chatted with Sophia rep today to be sure I understood the subscription offer.  It's $149 if you have an account and were taking classes with before July 31st.  The $149 covers a year of classes and you get one subscription to "gift".  That gift subscription is valid for 6 months, not one year.  Most people here can knock out all the classes in 6 months of less so the 6 month restriction isn't a big deal.

I just called and verified that I have access for a full year after signing up using a gift/promo code a few days ago.

You're right though, it shouldn't take more than a few months to finish the courses. I have already finished three courses and I'm planning to finish the rest over the next month or two.

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Side note: This is for $149/year and you get 2 courses per month.  I don't think this is the deal where you can do two courses at a time and continue to do two more courses per month.  Has someone who has purchased confirmed it's in fact just two courses per month as I think someone mentioned it was different?  They only have about 24 courses, that's enough for the entire year and a total of 72 credits...

It says nothing about per month. The email I got says the following:

This new subscription is available to everyone for $79/month. But, as a thank-you, we want to extend an exciting offer:

• You can enjoy an annual subscription for only $149, a savings of over $790 off our monthly subscription price.
  
• With a Sophia membership, you get access to Sophia's entire catalog of ACE CREDIT-recommended courses—you can complete as many as you want in your subscription period, taking up to two at a time.
  
• This exclusive annual membership offer is only available through August 31.
  

You are only limited to enrolling in two courses at any given time. You can enroll in another course as soon as you complete a course. I signed up a few days ago and completed three courses in less than 24 hours. It allowed me to sign up for two more right after that, and I'm halfway through my fourth course now.

I don't mind the limit, as I just focus on one course at a time and then move on to the next course when I'm done.

They also have an option to drop a selected course, but I haven't used it. It appears that you can add/drop courses whenever you want to free up one of the two enrollment slots.

I used a promo code for an annual membership, but even their regular monthly plan of $79/mo is by far the best value available in terms of $ per credit. If you do at least three courses per month, they're even cheaper than Saylor.org where you have to pay the $25 ProctorU fee per exam. Also, the Sophia.org tests are open book and don't require an obtrusive video proctor monitoring you.