WGU credits, Study.com and Sophia

[ClockworkHammer]

hi - newbie here...

I'm looking to transfer as many credits as possible to WGU BS Cloud Computing program.

I'm wrapping up all of the IT certs that are transferrable (CompTIA, ITIL, etc.) and then want to move on to Study.com or Sophia. WGU has a nice Partners site that maps their courses to the ones on these sites. Should I start on Sophia to get the first batch (~30) of credits and then move to Study.com for the remaining 20 or so? People on here seem to like Sophia better and it's less expensive. I'm assuming I can bring all three sources of credit into WGU enrollment.

Thanks in advance!

[rachel83az]

I would probably start with Study.com. Depending on how fast you can move through the courses, you may wind up with significant free time before you're allowed to take your next SDC exam. In that time, you can work on the Sophia courses. Sophia should definitely be used for as many credits as you can, though.

[bjcheung77]

hi - newbie here...

I'm looking to transfer as many credits as possible to WGU BS Cloud Computing program.

I'm wrapping up all of the IT certs that are transferrable (CompTIA, ITIL, etc.) and then want to move on to Study.com or Sophia. WGU has a nice Partners site that maps their courses to the ones on these sites. Should I start on Sophia to get the first batch (~30) of credits and then move to Study.com for the remaining 20 or so? People on here seem to like Sophia better and it's less expensive. I'm assuming I can bring all three sources of credit into WGU enrollment.

Thanks in advance!

Yup, this is a good plan. Just create a spreadsheet with all courses you're required to take, then color code it with the providers you're going to take, some courses can't be transferred in and some don't have equivalents - these you complete at WGU. So, just view the partners.wgu.edu and go crazy with the spreadsheet until you max out the 90 credits if possible (you should be close). I would go from Sophia and move up to Study.com as you would get the bulk of what you need from them and any remaining ones from Study.com - that would be my preference, you can change it around if needed.

[ClockworkHammer]

I would probably start with Study.com. Depending on how fast you can move through the courses, you may wind up with significant free time before you're allowed to take your next SDC exam. In that time, you can work on the Sophia courses. Sophia should definitely be used for as many credits as you can, though.

Thank you so much, very useful advice.

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hi - newbie here...

I'm looking to transfer as many credits as possible to WGU BS Cloud Computing program.

I'm wrapping up all of the IT certs that are transferrable (CompTIA, ITIL, etc.) and then want to move on to Study.com or Sophia. WGU has a nice Partners site that maps their courses to the ones on these sites. Should I start on Sophia to get the first batch (~30) of credits and then move to Study.com for the remaining 20 or so? People on here seem to like Sophia better and it's less expensive. I'm assuming I can bring all three sources of credit into WGU enrollment.

Thanks in advance!

Yup, this is a good plan.  Just create a spreadsheet with all courses you're required to take, then color code it with the providers you're going to take, some courses can't be transferred in and some don't have equivalents - these you complete at WGU.  So, just view the partners.wgu.edu and go crazy with the spreadsheet until you max out the 90 credits if possible (you should be close).  I would go from Sophia and move up to Study.com as you would get the bulk of what you need from them and any remaining ones from Study.com - that would be my preference, you can change it around if needed.

Cheers, did not know about the 90 credit max!

[dfrecore]

Your plan (Sophia then Study) is fine if you're looking for the lowest price.

I would also consider Purdue University Global, they have a competency-based Cloud degree as well, and they give a LOT of credit for some certs, and take 90cr of ACE just like WGU does. It depends on which certs you have as to which is a better deal: my husband has the AWS that's worth 55qcr, and they don't require A+ at all, which was a big one for him as it has been MANY years since he took that and didn't want to study for it.

[ClockworkHammer]

Your plan (Sophia then Study) is fine if you're looking for the lowest price.

I would also consider Purdue University Global, they have a competency-based Cloud degree as well, and they give a LOT of credit for some certs, and take 90cr of ACE just like WGU does.  It depends on which certs you have as to which is a better deal: my husband has the AWS that's worth 55qcr, and they don't require A+ at all, which was a big one for him as it has been MANY years since he took that and didn't want to study for it.

Thanks for this. If I read the Purdue University Global website correctly, they require 180 credits vs. 123 for WGU. Am I missing something?

Regards,
Mark

[bjcheung77]

Mark, you need to divide 180 by 1.5 and you get 120 credits. The system Purdue Global is on, is the quarter hour system and not a semester hour.

[ClockworkHammer]

Mark, you need to divide 180 by 1.5 and you get 120 credits.  The system Purdue Global is on, is the quarter hour system and not a semester hour.

Thank you so much!!

[dfrecore]

Yes, PurdueGlobal is on the quarter system. 120 semester credits = 180 quarter credits.

Just to give you an example of the difference (besides the fact that PUG doesn't require A+); at PUG my husband's AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Associate came in as 55qcr, and covered 10 courses. At WGU, that same cert was 3cr and 1 course.

He ended up needing a LOT fewer courses (and easier ones at that) than at WGU.