Reddit reviews WileyPLUS Stand-Alone Access Code

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/055880540X/

My advice on navigating college, from years in college, in no particular order as I try to pound this out on the keyboard straight from my head... most stuff I wish people told me:

• Many people have already pointed out that you should reduce your load, which is generally wise for the first semester. Probably our second as well, as you need to find your groove.
  
  
• I'm not sure if your college charges you based off full load/half load, or by unit (At the local community college here, they charge by unit, and because we're in the Kommunist State of Kalifornia, Community College is only $47 a unit for locals, or basically $1128 a year for a baseline full load schedule). You just at least keep costs in the back of your mind when planning your semester, where the units doesn't matter, and the full/half load tuition systems encourage you to get to just the border of the halfload, while full load systems encourage you to go over units... but all that is malarkey if the load you're taking is too difficult and you're going to fail half of them anyway. Totally been there, it feels terrible.
  
  
• You're just out of High School? Shit man... You're basically going from a prison to freedom. I'm not exaggerating here. This transition is very jarring, and it takes some adjustment. You're coming from High School, where you were forced to go every day due to government mandate, to a place with high fences and security officers who made sure to keep you in the facility at the prescribed times, going to your prescribed classes in an orderly fashion in tune to the school bell (which I've heard were historically adapted from factory whistles, but I can't confirm that).
  Now? You are the arbiter of your own destiny. You create your own schedule (provided you register early enough). You choose your own classes (provided you choose on time), and your own teachers (see previous clause). You also determine what you study, with of course some input from your parents, who may or may not be paying for your college. I got this epiphany in my third semester, and it really changed how I took on college. You're expected to nosedive the first semester though.
  
• Counselors? They're good people and mean well for the most part... and certainly go to them for GENERAL advice. But do not trust them on specifics, because they can fuck up your progress. This isn't because they're lazy or evil or whatever, but because they're burdened with the responsibility of knowing the requirements for most of the schools and degrees in the nation, which changes all the time, and this task is quite herculean. Have them help you find out the information you need, but you are responsible for making sure you meet all the requirements for whatever it is you're pursuing. If the counselor screws up, there's little they can do but say "Sorry". On that note, most departments in the school (Science, Business, Humanities, etc.) and even sub-departments may have their own counselors and department secretaries. These people will often know more about the workings of their own degrees and individual classes in that department than the general counselors that helped you when you started at the college. I received great help from this wiley secretary in the Applied Technology division, who knew all the tricks and exceptions to getting the things done that they typically don't tell you everywhere else concerning the great bureaucracy in the college.
  
• Registering for classes? Assuming your school allows you to register online, my suggestion is to always keep an eye on when your personal registration date is (You'll get an earlier registration date for your second semester iirc), figure out your classes and schedule before then (have a few backups in mind), and register at the starting time (midnight for us) that they allow you to register. Maybe you guys don't have the huge college populations like we do over here with dirt cheap community college, but registering at the beginning of the first day of registration will ensure that you get the schedule and teachers that YOU want.
  
• Do research on your teachers. You're going to be spending at least 4 months with them, so why wouldn't you? There's plenty of sites like RateMyProfessor and the like that give you a general idea. You can even meet with them ahead of time and quiz them, or even e-mail them with questions.
  
• "Course Alleviation". Don't know if it's a policy over in Colorado, but over here we can apply to have classes failed that aren't pertinent to our degrees to have the grade expunged from our record, assuming you meet requirements. Colorado probably has something similar, so don't freak out about your bad grades.
  
• Never buy books from the campus book store. Apart from the lines... My God... if it's anything like my bookstore, then they mark those books up by a huge amount. You can generally find them used for a lot cheaper on the likes of Amazon and Textbooks.com or Chegg. You'll want to buy these books at least 3 weeks before the semester, as the cheap shipping tends to take anywhere from 7-15 days to arrive, and prices go up every day it gets closer to the new semester. Does your class require one of those DRM-enabled registration codes for an online homework portion that publishers are using to stay afloat and stick their hands in student pockets? Often they'll try to pitch you a bundle with a new book and the online portion, but if you look around, you can usually find that people sell the online registration codes on Amazon and the like, and at discounted rates. Try to go with a reputable seller naturally, as you don't want to get scammed. I bought this code for $46, and a used book in great condition for $60... instead of the new version of that book bundled with the code for $274 on Amazon. Do your research though, and in the case of the Wiley code, there were multiple different listings and titles on Amazon, since Wiley uses the same code type for most of their books.
  
• I'm going to cut this... short? No... Shorter... it seems I cast Wall of Text today. Make some friends in each of your classes... it's good to have a support group for when you miss or when you need help, and further, when you need to ask them about classes you plan to take, and their impressions of the class and teacher. I can tell you that I've been often bribed with a cheap meal or three to help my classmates with their homework, so if you're getting help, food/soda bribes are very cheap and awesome.
  
  I hope that braindump helps a bit. Do you have questions? I have plenty of thoughts on the topic on how to deal with college, though I have to get going at the moment :).

Thanks. So do you think that this option is not a good idea.
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and, what is a good way to study for such rapid tests?

Amazon.

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