Is Chegg worth it?

Chegg is an online educational resource company that provides several resources for students at all levels, and many different study concentrations. But is Chegg worth it? Chegg charges $15.95 a month for an all access subscription. There are several different useful learning resources that Chegg gives you access to. These resources include: homework solutions, textbook rentals, educational videos, study tools, and bibliography generators. These tools can be very helpful, especially for engineering students. One of the most useful tools on Chegg is homework solutions. Chegg has a library of textbook solutions for most textbooks used in college courses. The solutions show the process to solve each problem, and the answer to all problems. This is a great way to figure out how to solve a textbook problem you are unsure of. Chegg also allows users to post unique questions and an expert will solve the problem, and post the answer. I found that typically answers were posted within 24 hours of posting a problem.

Is it Worth It?

I paid for a Chegg subscription for the first two years of my engineering studies. This amounted to a total of $382.80. This was great for helping me solve my homework problems in an efficient manner. However, what I found is that I was relying too much on copying down the answers from Chegg rather than learning how to solve the problems. When studying for tests, I had to study much more than the average student because I had not been taking the necessary time to study while doing homework. This is what led me to realize Chegg is not worth it.

I cancelled my Chegg subscription and started to spend more time learning the material on my own. Your textbooks have all of the information you need to learn the material. Reading through your textbook and teaching yourself how to solve problems is the most valuable thing you can do as a student. If you do this, come test time, you will not need to study as much as you will already know the material. In addition to your textbook, you can find almost all information you need on YouTube. Do not pay for a subscription service when the information you need can be found for free.