Shmoop General Questions

[kevinmane]

Looking at going back to school for another BA, but it's been a while.

For my first degree back in the day, I used to just do Straighterline and CLEP tests.

Now I'm seeing a lot of Shmoop posts.

Can someone tell me about Shmoop?

Are the tests proctored? What's the difficulty level? Are books provided? What are the TESU equivalents for courses? Any upper level available via Shmoop?

Any and all info about Shmoop would be greatly appreciated!

[Old Guy]

Tests are not proctored. Difficulty varies from extremely easy to brutally tough. All are lower level at TESU except for 5 literature courses and Geometry (I think)

[Ideas]

Books are not provided. They have their own course material. For at least some of the classes, you really have to read their own material because the questions are about their own lessons.

You can search the forum for equivalents. For example this has some of the newer courses https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthr...?tid=27761

[cookderosa]

Books are not provided. They have their own course material. For at least some of the classes, you really have to read their own material because the questions are about their own lessons.

You can search the forum for equivalents. For example this has some of the newer courses https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthr...?tid=27761

Shmoop is discounted through Homeschool Buyer's Coop - you have to create an account, but it's free to do. https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/sh...urce=10490

[Murdockb]

Books are not provided. They have their own course material. For at least some of the classes, you really have to read their own material because the questions are about their own lessons.

You can search the forum for equivalents. For example this has some of the newer courses https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthr...?tid=27761

Shmoop is discounted through Homeschool Buyer's Coop - you have to create an account, but it's free to do.  https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/sh...urce=10490

Jennifer, is this a Shmoop membership where you earn college credit? I'm not seeing it on the link. 

Jenny

[cookderosa]

Books are not provided. They have their own course material. For at least some of the classes, you really have to read their own material because the questions are about their own lessons.

You can search the forum for equivalents. For example this has some of the newer courses https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/showthr...?tid=27761

Shmoop is discounted through Homeschool Buyer's Coop - you have to create an account, but it's free to do.  https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/sh...urce=10490

Jennifer, is this a Shmoop membership where you earn college credit? I'm not seeing it on the link. 

Jenny

hmmmm you know what?? maybe not? I'm not sure. I was really excited when I saw them listed, but maybe its not the college credit option?

[dfrecore]

Shmoop just has college credit via their regular membership of ~ $87/mo. https://www.shmoop.com/college-credit/

[rlw74]

In general, for me, it's a love/hate thing with Shmoop. I love the price, unproctored exams, take as many courses as you want for one price.... I absolutely hate almost everything else. I've heard it's gotten better but a year ago there were a lot of broken links, misspellings in the material, bad grammar and terrible exams. The same answer would appear twice, or be over something that you would only know by reading their material. You can know a piece of literature inside and out but doesn't mean you are being tested on it - you are being tested on their material. The lingo is also a little juvenile and can start to grate on your nerves. But, it's cheap and I got several classes I needed in one month that filled my UL slot. If anyone else offered something similar though I would never recommend them