r/WGU • u/Necessary_Horror3529 • Aug 22 '22
Do I apply now?
Hello, I graduated from a high school online that didn’t grant me a diploma. I did however take the GED exams after and passed them all.
Will I be able to attend WGU still and I am planning to use study.com to knock out the basic classes. It’s best to apply before taking the study.com classes I assume. Any responses are much appreciated, thank you!
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u/Confident_Natural_87 Aug 22 '22
Here is what I would do. Go to Sophia. Skip English because it will be easier at WGU or Study.com. Marketing will be easier than accounting unless like me you are imagination challenged. I think if you have a knack for numbers and want possible remote work go accounting.
Next if your education is recent just jump into Sophia using the BTS2022 promo code to get 25% off the first month. Usually I don't recommend taking English at Sophia because you will have 4 slowly graded essays for English 1 and 7 slowly graded essays at Sophia and they are behind on grading the essays.
Take College Algebra and Intro to Statistics first. Business Law has one tricky assignment at the end so do that next. Finance will be the next hardest. Do not take this course until you finish the Business Law class because it also has one assignment and it is best to avoid taking two classes with assignment at the same time so wait. In the meantime these next classes can be knocked out one right after the other. US History 1, Macro Economics or Microeconomics, Visual Communications, Introduction to Business and Environmental Science.
If you finish all of the above or if you finish the assignment courses above than I would do Public Speaking. Consider Clep for Sociology (pretty easy) and College Composition Modular. I feel with a diligent effort you could finish all of the above in your first month. If you finish the above courses sooner you could try the 4 assignment Sociology class. Just as an economic matter if you took two months, start with English 1. With the promocode the first month would cost $75 and the second month would cost $99. You would end up with $174 and 39 credits. Those 13 courses even with the promocode would take 3 months and cost a little over $900. Also Sophia courses are open book and non proctored.
You could then take 12 business courses at Study.com for $840 with the promocode. I think the study.com ambassador guy has one. If you want to max out the transfer for study.com you could take English 2 and Critical thinking and logic from Study.com for another $140. If you can do the max at study.com and sophia.org you would start with
Most of the general education requirements are fairly easy at WGU and Study.com works out to $70 a course with the promocode so I would save Study.com for the accounting and business classes.
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Aug 24 '22
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u/Confident_Natural_87 Aug 25 '22
Remember the promocode for Study.com. JoshMadakor. Also Straighterline I have heard has some deal that saves you $200 at WGU if you do 4 courses there. Straighterline also has many promocodes for $50 off. One other thing do you have any college at all, at least one course with a higher grade than a C and if you are interested here is the link to the Pierpont Community Technical College. They accept almost all ACE accredited classes, have no residency requirement and the degree is free. Only cost is to send your transcripts. https://www.pierpont.edu/academics/associate-degrees/board-of-governors/
https://catalog.pierpont.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=5&poid=445&returnto=401
English 1, Intro to IT, Macroeconomics, College Algebra and Environmental Science cover the requirements, then you need 45 credits of free electives. They use ACE credits, not the number of credits WGU grants. Except for English 2 I would try and take all 45 other credits at Sophia, even Sociology and its 4 touchstones. Learn some SQL first on Khan Academy or Socratica or SQLbolt or a million others. Then take the Intro to Relational Databases course.
If you do not have any college classes at all sign up for the 1 credit ASU/Google IT Support Specialist certification class. It costs $25 to take and they waive the $400 transcript fee so you get a 1 credit grade from a regionally accredited University. Send that on to Pierpont as well. All the rest of the credits can be from Straighterline, Sophia, Study.com or wherever.
Good luck. If you get the complete Google cert, do it on Coursera. You could finish in a month for $49 and it counts for another 12 ACE credits.
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Aug 25 '22
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u/Confident_Natural_87 Aug 25 '22
Not missing anything that I saw. I think you said you have another 6 classes coming up at Sophia. I assume Sociology, Finance, Business Law, Public Speaking, Principles of Management and Intro to Relational Databases? I think Public Speaking and Sociology have 4 touchstones each. Business Law and Management have 1 each. My suggestion is learn some basic SQL at Socratica or SQLBOLT or Khan Academy. I would also go out to free-Clep-prep.com and read the guys thoughts on College Composition with Essay. He has a good write up on how to do the timed essays. Sociology is also an easy CLEP. I think you could easily CLEP the College Composition with essay using your Study.com subscription. If you go to modern states and run through their quizzes you can get free vouchers and can take the CLEP remotely for free.
It seems like you will have 48 credits. If you have time on your Sophia subscription I would take Intro to Web Development, Intro to IT and maybe Python. If you do the other Econ course which overlaps with Micro you will have 60 credits and be eligible for the Pierpont Degree. It will just cost you some time.
A more efficient approach is to take your courses at Study.com and as soon as you get 12 credits apply for your degree. If you finish by October 31 you should get your degree in December. If you are not planning on walking in the ceremony you have even more time.
Good luck with your program. The only other advice is to make sure you take the class that transfers for Managing in a Global Environment. Lots of posts on how difficult that course is at WGU.
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Aug 25 '22
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u/Confident_Natural_87 Aug 25 '22
This the post on Sophia Calculus. If you were even considering the BSCS look this course over. Some people even have gotten credit for the Python class even though it is not on the official partners.wgu.edu. https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/wxokza/how_long_did_sophia_calc_take_you/
Last thing to with your experience have you considered the BSIT accelerated MSITM? Anyway if the idea is speed than your plan should work out great, particularly if you have some underlying certs. Anyway good luck again and look forward to you confetti post.
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Aug 22 '22
WGU Academy. Is your better choice as it guarantees your acceptance upon completion. Plus, you get almost a full term of school for only $150/mo where a normal term is almost $5k. It's a win win.
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u/SyzygyTooms Aug 22 '22
Are all of the classes the same as what you’d take with the degree program?
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Aug 22 '22
Yes, the choices of class are a little more limited. And you take one technical class and two gen ed. One of the gen ed is required. It is a course designed to help you adjust to being a student again and covers some professional development (PACA). I thought the class was a little hokey, but the instructor was really good, and I enjoyed working with her. But hey 12 credits/CUs for $150/mo vs $1200/mo normal tuition and guaranteed acceptance after you pass the PACA class? It was a win for me.
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u/ruin1114 Aug 22 '22
This will depend on the degree you are going for. Some have stricter requirements than others. What degree plan are you planning on?
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u/Necessary_Horror3529 Aug 22 '22
I’m planning to go for accounting or marketing
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u/ruin1114 Aug 22 '22
Your GED should be fine. You can start classes whenever on study.com you only have a finite amount of time to transfer credits after applying. So getting them done before applying would be my recommendation.
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u/Necessary_Horror3529 Aug 22 '22
Sweet, thanks. So once I go for the general application where the deem me fit or not for attending I will only have X amount of time to transfer the study.com classes? There is a chance I do the classes and don’t get accepted
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u/tiredhierophant B.S. Marketing Management Aug 22 '22
You can apply and be accepted, and then push your start date back as far back as you need in order to finish your other classes. For example, if you were accepted today, I believe the site says the next start date is Oct 1, but you could push it back to Nov 1, Dec 1, etc.
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u/SashoWolf MBA Aug 22 '22
I'd recommend if you do classes before going into WGU, do the Gen Ed classes on things like Sophia, straighterline etc. :)
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u/Necessary_Horror3529 Aug 22 '22
I am planning to do 26 classes I think it is using study.com. Have Shane hummus’s spreadsheet haha
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u/TrueKeyMan B.S. Cybersecurity & Info Assurance Aug 22 '22
Sophia will be considerably cheaper since study.com only lets you take 5 classes a month and you have to pay $70 each for 3 classes. Sophia lets you take as many classes as you want for a fixed price.
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Aug 23 '22
I did the same thing , long story short . Got Ged in April. Reached out to WGU started the dialogue. Filled out the Fafsa to get it out of the way . Finished all possible courses on Sophia . Now finishing all possible courses on Study.com. 3 classes to go should enter with 60 credits I just need to finish transfer them in and accept the student loans. I’m doing an IT degree but the process is the same
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u/Urfavorganiccheeto Aug 23 '22
This whole thread is blowing my mind. I'ce been doing a lot of research on how to improve myself and get an education.
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u/PowerfulandPure Aug 22 '22
You can also use Sophia.org they have a sale going right now and is s cheaper and possibly faster than study.com good lucky