Straighter Line Experiences

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jan 9, 2020

I have no experience with them, but know people who have. The experience wasn't positive. Classes were not accepted anywhere else

JenFutureRN14 · Jan 9, 2020

1 minute ago, Hoosier_RN said:
I have no experience with them, but know people who have. The experience wasn't positive. Classes were not accepted anywhere else

That's what I'm worried about- the experience being not so stellar. I'm willing to wait and see what times the Microbiology class and lab is offered for the fall or even over the summer. I work 40 hrs a week during the day so morning classes are a no go for me.

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Jan 9, 2020

6 minutes ago, JenjaTheNinja said:
That's what I'm worried about- the experience being not so stellar. I'm willing to wait and see what times the Microbiology class and lab is offered for the fall or even over the summer. I work 40 hrs a week during the day so morning classes are a no go for me.

Try your local community college. They generally offer prereqs at different times through the day for working students. Good luck!

LoveJRenee, BSN, RN · Jan 12, 2020

I took a sociology class with them. I didn’t have a bad experience but I knew going in that I would not be able to transfer this class anywhere else.. however it’s a easy class to retake if I ever needed to.
i do not recommend taking a class like microbiology because it’s not as easy to retake if you needed to transfer it to another school.

i took microbiology on a online platform called EDUKAN. They are accredited and your class is actually taken online though one of their partner colleges. The credits will transfer anywhere and the lab is online to. I had a good experience with them however the class was expensive but when I compared it to the amount of money I would spend at my community college it was $200-300 more... it was worth it

JenFutureRN14 · Jan 14, 2020

I think I'm just going to suck it up and take both classes at the community college I currently attend. I'll just have to use PTO for the time and day I have class for Micro which is what I was trying to avoid. Sociology I can take online.

Thank you for your input and advice.

t3mama · Jan 30, 2020

I have taken quite a few classes with them, but I knew the program of my choice (WGU) accepted them. You should definitely research to make sure they will be accepted wherever you plan on attending and that would avoid any less than positive experience. I took microbiology and made an A in the lecture part, and am working on the lab component now.

KTMendonca, MSN · May 17, 2020

I am enrolled in Business Statistics with Straighterline right now. I could not recommend it. While I am 1/2 way through the class and have a 89 average, it is way too hard to "teach yourself" stats with nothing but a textbook. The SL stats class is very very math/calculation heavy. My understanding is the WGU stats class (I'm doing RN to BSN) is more knowledge/concept based. I will probably cut my losses at SL and just take the class at WGU, unless anyone knows anything about the Sophia.org stats and if it will transfer?

CVICU-Nurse1.5 · May 22, 2020

Before doing WGU Prelicensure. I took straighterline classes for Microbiology and AP 1/2. I finished all three within 2 months. The courses are hard but worth it, I've been an ICU nurse now for over 3 years. WGU is one of the few who accepts straighterline fully I think.