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| - The good:
-cheap at $84 a credit hour
-multiple testing centers around the valley that have extensive hours
-online course management system works well
The bad:
-run like a business so poor advice is given to uneducated students and young students, to their detriment
-Deals with Pearson are presented to look like they save the student money, but it's not - this makes the used book market for Rio Salado textbooks practically non-existent (hello, craigslist!)
-online science courses are specifically designed so that students fail (not me, but a quick search only will confirm this)
-some professors care, but most don't- expect 5-7 days waiting for an emailed question, in an accelerated course. Hope you didn't need to know the answer.
-online course materials are minimal, and no lectures are provided.
The embarrassing:
-course material is reused without any review - expect broken links galore!
-course material links aren't even original material to Rio Salado or Maricopa CCs
-the few videos they have are done by someone who can barely string a sentence together *stutter this, correction that, 'um' 'uh', etc
-course material is rife with grammatical errors (but if you happen to have complex sentence structure that is beyond the comprehension of your marginally educated teacher, you will incorrectly miss points)
--- for example, please don't suggest to me to use a 'pneumatic device' to memorize something. It's just bad.
I was told Rio has something like 60,000 students. I promise you the vast majority of these are NOT graduating or completing something worthwhile (certificates don't get you jobs - do NOT believe Rio). PEOPLE, please please do your research and get past the online class convenience if you truly wish to learn. The other Maricopa CCs are NOT like this!
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