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I am an A+ math student! For me, math was pretty easy but when my school recommended Aleks, my math life was a turn.

-Aleks gives NO clear explanation, you're only lucky if you can find a video explaining the topic rather than making you go through it.

-Aleks should only be used to Reteach topics rather than make them learn new ones, I only passed through most of my Aleks because I've either learned it or used a calculator

-Frustrating! Punishing you to do a question all over again and telling you that you have to read the useless bland explanation in order to get it right.

-You won't pass Aleks unless you're a math prodigy, I've never met someone who hasn't used a calculator, get a friend's help, or watch other videos when on this "so called good website."

-Guess what? Once you're done, you have to do a knowledge check, it's basically a review on all the things you've learned, if you forgot something on that once particular question.

You do the damn thing all over again.

Aleks is the single most infuriating experience I have ever had. My appendicitis didn't hurt me as much as trying to navigate this god-awful Human Centipede of a program. Future philosophers will ponder not over the existence of a soul or afterlife, but if Aleks was better at killing children than the Final Solution.

Aleks is like a serial killer that dangles food every now and again into your cell just to pull it out of reach and mock you with a unique mix of venom and genuine hatred for all life.

Every time I log into Aleks, my gut sinks into my genitals like I've just accidentally scrolled past some gore on 4Chan.

I feel like a junkie waiting for that next objective completion so I can get on with my day--yet I know I'll never be truly free. I know what awaits me tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. I know that every time I get a happy graphic congratulating me, I'll be swarmed with wave after wave of condescending regressions. I know that I'll never be truly free of Aleks. The only thing that keeps me from bashing my head into my computer until the only light I see is at the end of a black tunnel is that I know Aleks will be waiting for me with a never-ending knowledge check.

But overall, the site's pretty well-constructed, and it's clear a lot of work went into it. It's very sleek and surprisingly intuitive, and I'm sure that took a lot of care and effort.

4/5

ALEKS is a complete abortion of a program. Every time I have to deal with this horrible mess, I think back on my previous sessions and wonder how much of my limited time here on earth has been spent wasted on this life-draining website.
I would rather watch a man get slowly fed into an industrial wood chipper than use this program. In fact, I would rather BE the man getting fed into an industrial wood chipper than shudder to even think about spending one more second of my miserable, worthless life looking at my ALEKS pie chart. Complicated problems with many steps give you no partial credit. As a result, you will often spend up to an hour or more on a topic trying to finish it, but failing because of small mistakes in calculation like rounding errors. In conclusion, this program has made me deeply consider taking the nearest reasonably sharp writing utensil and jabbing in directly into my jugular. I would highly recommend it to those who are considering suicide but haven't quite built up the courage or motivation to do it yet.

This site is so $#*!ing annoying 1st u have 2 complete topics and they give u hard problems most of the time then they have these explanations which r complete bull$#*! cuz they don't explain it in a very good way then u have all these knowledge checks and if u make a simple mistake u have to repeat the same topic all over again this is y I'm almost failing math class and its impossible to complete the whole thing without cheating I've had a whole semester of this and I have another one and trust me u get so mad because it takes away points and its really annoying to get 5 points since it takes points away one time I even yelled of anger this website teaches u how to get pissed not math I recommend it if u want to piss off ur friend

Whoever hates this website just doesn't care about school in general. If actually try, you will be able to do your ALEKS. Love the website. Was easy to finish 3 credits of HS math in 1 1/2 years!

Take my word, you should avoid ALEKS at all costs. If it's supposed to "teach" you math concepts, it fails so miserably at that it's not even funny. The "explanations" ALEKS gives are total bullish! T. For example, it shows steps, but it forgets to teach you why... you know what, I can't even begin to explain how terrible the explanations are, I don't know what's going on with them. Unless you are a math freak, (AKA the few developers who thought ALEKS was a good idea) it's impossible to complete your ALEKS pie without looking up how to do it online. Also, if you make a simple mistake in your work, you lose one of your "points" to complete the topic. (Most take 5!) No wonder it takes HOURS (yes, hours) to get anything done! Then they put knowledge checks into the mix, which are a waste of your time. And, if you make a mistake, or forget how to do a hard question, whee, you have to do that topic again! Lastly, I've had a few topics that were plain out bullsh! T. I had a topic on the Pythagorean theorem, and it told me to use it on a fvcking OBTUSE TRIANGLE! Impossible! It only works for RIGHT triangles! So please, take my advice, and steer clear for ALEKS. That might just save your life.

This website made me want to kill myself more than I already do, and that is really hard to do. If you are a masochist, feel free to use this website. It is the easiest way to make yourself not want to live, and if you want someone else to die, then you could probably just show this to them and force them to go through maybe 1 or 2 of the assignments there. This website actually does have ebola but does not kno de wey. This makes me want to take a proverbial knife and stab everyone in my class including myself. I want to cuddle my toaster in the bathtub. I want to impale myself with narwhale. I want to chug 10 batteries and play jumprope on an electric wire. I want to create Columbine again after going on this website. PUMPED UP KICKS BETTER RUN BETTER RUN FASTER THEN MY PROVERBIAL KNIFE

This site is terrible. It will not teach you math, instead you will learn from your mistakes in the most excruciating way possible. When I go to bed I hear voices saying, "Math is good." How can I live knowing this monstrosity is running loose, failing and stressing students around the world? If I hear the word "Aleks", my flashbacks take me back when I had to mourn hours of pain due to my small "mistakes".

Oh, and by the way, you will not learn NOTHING educational from this site.

Aleks is a boring math program which is designed to get Aleks his mother $#*!in pay check I dont hate math, I struggle with it though and this aleks made me overthink things. It is a scam dont by it. If I find out the creator of this site I will sue you for pirating Kahn academy.

To keep it simple i will forgo the very colorful language i would use to describe this burning wreck of a teaching "tool"

The other reviews make this site out to be hellish... and they are every bit correct...
Their points are every bit valid and I highly reccomend heeding their warnings to steer clear.

But if you want to hear a short story about the hell ive been put through with crap sies/setups, sit back relax, and prepare to cringe.

1 i take trig/precalc (as of 2k17) ON ALEKS... which is like walking into a burning fireworks factory clad in a t shirt and sandals all on its own.

But it gets worse. Combine the hell mentioned above with another hellish and useless website that my school uses... DUN DUN DUUUUUN Edgenuity... its consistently gotten awful reviews as well, and the dev team is just as ignorant and oblivious as before...

Combined with that is the fact that I got a knowledge check TWO FU(&ing days before the SEMESTER FINAL... because apparently it has just as big of a vendetta on me as I have on it...

Honestly its easier to just write down how to solve something then cheat... thats the only way ive even brought myself to a remotely shaky truce with this POS.

So to conclude...!@&* This *($Q^@% &Q$%!(@@*(^!^ Up the@!^ with a rusty crowbar.

Aleks is one of those programs where the explanation on how to do something is terrible. I am not trying to backfire the program, but it is so stressful. Yur entire grade on math is going to be based on Aleks. One thing that is stressful is that everytime you get a question wrong, it goes backspace including one that you had right before. This makes it so that you have to answer the question 15 times to finish a 3 question topic. There is a gifted student that had a 68% in her math class just because of it. It is hard to try and do Aleks when it takes 3 hours to finish 5 topics. Honestly, we don't have enough time to just focus on math. It gets kind of stressful when you are failing the class and might be taken out of it and put in a lower grade. It is super frustrating for students who don't learn from just sitting on a computer and looking at a screen. There are auditory and interactive learners too you know.

This was a horrible experience. I actually have reasons why. First of all, this site gets what you know through a knowledge check. That part isn't all that bad but it can be frustrated when you complete 10 topics for the pie and a knowledge check comes and sets you back a few. Over time, this can really make people get no progress, which is the opposite of what it is supposed to do. Also, they leave big spots on the steps on how to learn them. When reading a simple Algebra problem example, the site leaves a whole bunch of blanks that you have to figure out. So, before you buy, I'd reconsider.

Very similar to IXL, except I paid nearly $200 for a college course. The set-up is nice, it's not harsh to look at, and the site works rather well, but there's a few things that are frustrating.
For instance, before you start a new lesson, they give an example problem with the steps all layered out. Unfortunately, they'll leave a few holes in the steps so you have to figure it out. For someone who struggles with math already, having steps clearly laid out with nothing missing is extremely important. Sometimes, they'll give you an example problem, and when you start the lesson they'll give you a problem that is completely different-- that is where the explanation button is useful.

The worst part is the Knowledge Checks. I would spend so much time working on the subjects and then groan when that huge green screen shows up. You make even the smallest mistake-- such as making a negative sign a positive --Boom! Now you have to do that subject over again. I had to do one over again three times because of the Knowledge Check over the smallest mistake. It's disheartening getting that screen at the end saying, "Congratulations! You mastered X topics, but you screwed up SO MANY! Time to do them over again!" It feels like taking a few steps forward and then being pushed down a flight of stairs. I don't even like working on Aleks because of this reason; all of my hard work is just going to be thrown away again.
I'm not on the program to Master anything, I'm not going to be some scientist genius that can split atoms or whatever, I'm there to get a basic understanding on how to do certain problems. I'm there to learn, not suffer.