Discouraged

Why not consider more CLEP and DSST exams first instead of Straighterline? $1000 buys a lot of CLEP and DSST exams.
Here is the acceptable DSST exams and required scores. http://www.luonline.com/index.cfm?PID=16931

 

Eng comp was so hard, and im good at Eng!
I think I'd have to actually learn math and science all over again. Besides I have to do sl for eng 2 anyway and that whole finish in 28 days or youll be charged another $100 looks kinda stressful. I'll have to spend $500 on cleps anyway and this gives me the intro to algebra too, so it'd actually be $600 I'd spend for 5 cleps and 1 intro to alg. I know it's more but I think I'd prefer structure. Am I missing anything?
BTW a better op has come along with same company that made me an offer, so im glad I waited! AND Very glad to finally be getting somewhere degree wise!

Thought ECs comm 325 looked easy....Dang why is excelsior so expensive?