StraighterLineReviews of straighterline.com

It isn't very easy to make a second attempt to submit the assignment. I still could not figure out how to do that.

I had taken the statistics class several times and was never able to pass the class. I understand that they have tutoring but was never able to get ahold of anyone. When I passed the class and cancelled my subscription it was the beginning of the month and was told I could not receive a reimbursement for the remaining month, I paid $99.00 for a month that I was not in class.

I appreciate the flexibility of the self-paced courses, which allowed me to work at my own pace. However, the course material for the intro to statistics class was vague and sometimes confusing. The AI videos that accompany the modules were a bit creepy and not helpful with reviewing/summarizing the module material. The videos also played incredibly fast without a method of slowing down the pace to process the information (other than pausing every few seconds). Each module also had an overwhelming amount of information with examples that sometimes did not make sense, and other than making an appointment with a tutor, there was no one to contact about it. Last but not least, the university I was accepted into was not willing to accept the credits from Straightline because Straightline is not accredited, even though Straightline advertises my school as a school that accepts their courses.

This school has a very good program but the part of grading students like in class 11o1 I think they are very demanding and the teachers do not agree for example I did one and fixed what a TA teacher graded me and I fixed what she asked me and then another RPZ teacher reviewed it and told me that what I fixed was wrong which another teacher sent me to fix that has been my only problem with this school but everything else I give it 100

The website was easy to navigate to pay and sign up. Once I started the course, I was looking for the progress to change after I completed the first topic. When it didn't, I sought help in the chat, which was a frustrating loop of asking the same question and not getting an answer. I retook the topic five times trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. I decided to wait the next day to call customer service. I talked to a delightful woman who answered all my questions. It turns out I wasn't doing anything wrong. The progress would only be recorded after I took an exam. Better instructions or an explanation on the website would have reduced my frustration and eliminated the need for customer service interaction. I am taking a lab course and while I was happy about the cost of the course, there are hidden costs that I wish I knew about up front. You have to order a lab kit from a different company. To save money, I ordered the lab kit for 2 courses. It was about $340 and about $27 for UPS ground shipping and no guarantee about when you will receive the kit. That is problematic in two ways. I'm on a timeline and this could cause a significant delay and the 30 days for the course have already started but I don't have the labkit to be able to do any work. The labs won't coincide with the course work and I will mostly likely have to pay for an additional 30-day membership because of this delay. The expedited shipping from UPS is astronomical. I think the overnight shipping was over $500. I don't think it is possible to know what lab kit is needed before signing up for the class so I expect you can plan for at least 2 months of membership to do a lab course. Grading of labs takes 3-5 days. These delays will likely result in me not completing the course in time to be accepted into the nursing program as soon as I had hoped. Since I've just been laid off and stripped of most of my benefits after decades in my job, getting this completed early so I could get in the program was crucial. I am hopeful that within 30-60 days I can make a more favorable review.

The final exam of microeconomics has not been updated for years, while the textbook has. Therefore, in the final exam you encounter questions that do not appear on the textbook nor in the other exams, so there is no way to correctly answer to questions you have not been taught in advance. Please, update the final exam to match the newest edition of the course. Thanks

Course content was great. The only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is a direct result of the proctoring experience. I signed in to take the test for Algebra and the proctor advised me that I could not have scratch paper or a calculator. I told her that the course information states both are allowed, but she continued to say no. After about 15 minutes of attempting to do math in my head, I tried to explain that it’s completely ridiculous to perform these calculations in my head. But she persisted. After an hour a 5 minutes (of the two hour exam) a new proctor took over and I asked her for confirmation. She then told me that both scratch paper and a calculator are authorized. I did what I could with the remaining time that I had left, but 55 minutes to essentially go over every question again and complete unanswered questions was not enough time. Again - the course content is great. The proctoring service is sub par.

I think its a great way to earn gen ed credits but the quizes dont always match the assigned readings