Are there any ACE grad classes?

[tjguitar85]

As for exams going faster... in my opinion it takes at least as long to complete a PA course (papers, projects, presentations) as an OA course (exams) at WGU. While taking an exam usually takes less time than writing a paper, the diversity of study that is required to prepare for an OA (considering you can never be certain what will be covered on the exam) will take longer than the prep needed for the PA (since you are often writing while studying).

In my case, I found that I was able to complete most of my PA-based courses in less time than it took me to complete my OA-based courses (significantly less in a few cases). There were a few exceptions. like the capstone and a couple of others, but this held true for the majority.

I've read that "competent" for a lot of these OAs is in the low to mid 60s, which seems a lot less stressful to prepare for than writing an extensive paper which could come back for revisions, but obviously if you fail the OA, you need to go back and study all over again. I obviously haven't taken one yet, so I don't know how I will do.

I'm not sure what to expect, I found it very easy to pass SDC/OnlineDegree/Davar/Saylor courses in a weekend, I passed the Financial Accounting CLEP after a few days of watching the Modern States Lectures, though I did fail one of the econ CLEPs by a few points.