Mc graw hillReviews 1,892

Aleks is almost depressing. This program doesn't effectively teach you what you need to know. I was surprised when my college professor mentioned us not having a traditional math class and that most of our work would be done on Aleks which I thought was odd because I like many are used to learning from a board, textbook, and handouts.

When you first open Aleks you take a knowledge test or at least I did for Math. The knowledge test is basically seeing what you know and what you don't know. The material that you don't know will be a pre-req that you have to do on TOP of your assign topics. So that leaves you with a bunch of pre-req's and topics.

Aleks for learning isn't productive for a student. Aleks actually causes some serious stress. Every answer you answer wrong you'll have a point deducted and then you're panicking as you try to find the right answer so you can get it over with. The videos aren't helpful as some don't explain everything thoroughly and I had to let me professor know this so he could send me videos on YouTube to watch so I can learn.

If I wanted to learn online I would've took an online class but I didn't. I just cannot learn this way and I spent a solid 24-30 hours on this garbage a week. I basically have no free time because I'm trying to complete all of these topics before the due date (which is every Saturday before 11:59.). I haven't been able to touch base on my other subjects because I'm always trying to complete a billion and one topics.

Aleks isn't helpful for learning and I'll make sure with my next semester in Math that I won't need anything Aleks, Connect, or ANYTHING online based.

Aleks, where to begin...

IT SUCKS! IT IS THE GREATER EVIL! 88% of students say that Aleks does not help them. Statistically speaking, Aleks is stupid. Aleks doesn't help kids learn, instead it causes kids to go into eternal depression. This issue stems from the core of Aleks, it's creator, is from the 1930's. He has not adapted to the times, so the program is still barbaric. Schools are changing, the way we learn is changing. This change is why Aleks can step out and leave the scene. Learning with Aleks does not work and instead causes major mental issues. A system like this cannot stand. That is why we need to get rid of it and move on.

I'm using this piece of s*** program in my precalculus class. Used to love math but now I've learned to hate it thanks to ALEKS! I'd like to say f*** you to whoever invented this and if I ever meet that m****f****r I'd f***** kill them! Nothing but stress and every f***** time I get the answer incorrect (I swear to God this thing likes to tell me I'm incorrect just to piss me off even when I have the correct answer) it sets me back in fact I was almost done with the f*****g objective and it kept setting me back 'cause I was "wrong" and now I gotta start the whole damn thing over again! F*****g nark! And when I'm confused like any good student I try reading through the explanation to get a better understanding of the problem however the explanations are too wordy and I can't seem to understand half the s***. Then guess what? After I finish reading the d*** explanation to try and get a better understanding of the content the program just throws another problem at me that I have no clue what I'm doing so I have to read through another s****y explanation and try to make sense of it. Honestly idgaf about getting every single answer right and earning 100% on the assignment in the end which seems to be the main goal here. Hell I wish my professor would just give me problems outta the textbook cause at least I can understand it. However ALEKS is like the endless cycle of torture I have this objective due at midnight tonight wish me luck cause I'm moving along rather slowly. Either that or just end my life pls and thank you

Well, so many people are saying this isn't a good website. Personally, I couldn't agree more. I'd rather have Nikolas Cruz suddenly come up to my school and suddenly shooting at me. If I could rate this 0 stars at all, I would for the sake of my sanity. This is awful. All my sister is doing on this stupid $#*!ing website is answering questions completely out of her grade level and it's upsetting us both. I'm so glad that my school got bad reports from using this so now we don't have to do it anymore. I'd rather tie myself to a chair and get pushed from the top of the Twin Towers during 9/11 when the jets crashed into the building killing almost everyone in it. What the $#*! is wrong with you guys? I wouldn't recommend this $#*!ty website at all. DON'T USE THIS IF YOU LOVE YOUR SANITY!

Aleks is an absolute dumpster fire of a website and program. Staking the illusion of progress on the pie chart while all the while, confusing and infuriating the student to the point of dropping the class. Any college that decides to use this as an alternative for face to face or even lecture hall learning, should be sent to the most harsh jail that can be conjured up. Truly in all my times, I have never been more infuriated with a program and wish its creators nothing other than financial ruin and bankruptcy.