Shmoop ACE Plan Changes?

[Old Guy]

I finished a lot of Shmoop courses in a single day by not reading the material and running though all the exams, then reading the sections I did poorest on and redoing exams until I hit 70%. The courses I was familiar with I passed first time and some I totally bombed. Just like every other school, Shmoop courses were variable in difficulty with some having a 10 - 15 book required reading list. Any reasonably intelligent person could complete a degree from a state school in an 8 month academic year. I took 4 years to get a degree the first time, a lifetime ago, missing most of my classes and doing pretty much nothing else but drinking and fornicating. Schools tend to slow people down by filling their courses with thoroughly ridiculous busy work. A lot of people used Shmoop courses as akin to CLEP exams. They weren't there to learn. They were there to document their knowledge - for 5 bucks a course.