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[DeanLewis]

So I've been completing my UL courses for a TESU BALS at SDC, and as of today have completed Psychology 312: History and Systems of Psychology and Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality. Overall I have enjoyed the course format of SDC, and would recommend it to others. What I wasn't prepared for was how tough the graders are for the written submissions. I haven't managed to break out of the 77%-78% range, and while I've passed both of the classes with final grades in the 80s range, I think it's honestly a little ridiculous. 

The final project for the Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality class was a diagnostic treatment plan, based on a prompt consisting of a very short "case study." I should say that I'm a strong writer, and a board-certified psychotherapist, and very familiar with current literature (and even showed how the prompt was relying on DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and not the guidelines from the current DSM-5), and STILL scored a 78%. I have never scored so low on a paper, and finished a writing intensive regionally accredited graduate degree with a 4.0 GPA.

Luckily I only needed to "pass" these courses (70%+) as TESU doesn't transcript lettered grades for them, but I feel like I had to share my experience with others engaging these courses, to note that it's imperative to do your absolute best work when submitting the written assignments (especially if you're not a strong test taker). 

Has anyone else experienced SDC graders to be so tough, or have I just won the jackpot? :-)