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Which College, looking for fast and low cost - EdwardLong - 09-22-2022
Hi I’m looking for a university to complete a degree quickly and low cost. I would prefer a university that has tests instead of essays. I’ve seen this YouTube video where someone completes a FULL 120 credits, let alone 30 credits, in 2 months with WGU. The UMPI essays seem tedious and you don’t get your grade instantly. Would WGU be a better option than UMPI?
I have the following courses and ACE credits.
Sophia Credits
English 1
English 2
College algebra
Sociology
Communication at work
Environmental science
Art history 1
Us history 1
College readiness
Intro to ethics
Intro to stats
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Financial accounting
Intro to business
Study,com
Biology
Business math
Applied Managerial AccountingEnglish 1
English 2
College algebra
Sociology
Communication at work
Environmental science
Art history 1
Us history 1
College readiness
Intro to ethics
Intro to stats
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Financial accounting
Intro to business
Study,com
Biology
Business math
Coursera Certificates
Google Data Analytics
IBM Data Analysis and Visualisation Foundation
Google Project Management
IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - rachel83az - 09-23-2022
What degree do you want? What goals are you hoping to achieve (I.E., are you wanting to get a Master's degree in the future?) Some WGU degrees do have non-exam assessments in the course. It looks like you've been taking business courses. I think business degrees are ones where you have to complete a powerpoint or something similar in order to pass some classes. Are you even located in the US, or are you in another country?
How long did it take you to complete the credits you have listed?
Another thing to bear in mind is that not everyone is able to complete a WGU degree in 6 months. Completing 120 credits at WGU in 2 months is pretty unheard of. Most students who attend WGU probably take at least 1 year to complete their degrees, even with maximum transfer. But you only hear about the outliers, as in that video. If you don't already have extensive knowledge in the field, there's a good chance that you'll take at least 6 months, if not longer, to complete a WGU degree.
If you prefer exams over essays, you might want to consider TESU or Excelsior. Depending on what degree you want, their degrees can be mostly completed with exams by using sources that include Davar and Coopersmith. Both of these schools will be cheaper than 2 terms at WGU. And you wouldn't be racing the clock to get everything finished before the timer dings and you have to pay for another term.
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - EdwardLong - 09-23-2022
(09-23-2022, 02:06 AM)rachel83az Wrote: What degree do you want? What goals are you hoping to achieve (I.E., are you wanting to get a Master's degree in the future?) Some WGU degrees do have non-exam assessments in the course. It looks like you've been taking business courses. I think business degrees are ones where you have to complete a powerpoint or something similar in order to pass some classes. Are you even located in the US, or are you in another country?It’s been done before at WGU and I have a lot of time on my hands. I am looking to complete a business or IT undergraduate degree. I have gotten all my credits listed in a span of 3 months
How long did it take you to complete the credits you have listed?
Another thing to bear in mind is that not everyone is able to complete a WGU degree in 6 months. Completing 120 credits at WGU in 2 months is pretty unheard of. Most students who attend WGU probably take at least 1 year to complete their degrees, even with maximum transfer. But you only hear about the outliers, as in that video. If you don't already have extensive knowledge in the field, there's a good chance that you'll take at least 6 months, if not longer, to complete a WGU degree.
If you prefer exams over essays, you might want to consider TESU or Excelsior. Depending on what degree you want, their degrees can be mostly completed with exams by using sources that include Davar and Coopersmith. Both of these schools will be cheaper than 2 terms at WGU. And you wouldn't be racing the clock to get everything finished before the timer dings and you have to pay for another term.
https://youtu.be/z5R70_WgZTk
https://youtu.be/d3iKMoCIclA
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - rachel83az - 09-23-2022
An actual WGU student would know better, but if it took you 3 months to complete those credits, I'm not sure that's fast enough for a single-term WGU degree.
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - ss20ts - 09-23-2022
It doesn't matter what someone else has done. That has no impact on how quickly you can move through courses. The people who complete WGU degrees in a handful of months have YEARS of experience to draw upon. WGU is very selective in what courses transfer in. Much of what you have is not going to apply to a WGU degree. If those are all of the credits you've earned in 3 months, you won't finish a WGU degree in 2 months. WGU has papers and proctored exams.
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - bjcheung77 - 09-23-2022
In addition to post #4 and #5, you need to be "honest" with yourself and be more "transparent". Anyways, you've done the Google PM cert and you're not following through with any of the recommendations in that course. In order to help you more, you need to provide us more details, as a "team" we can get things done, but without providing "any other details", you're going to be stuck. We are here to help, but the communication is not there, we don't know your budget, commitments, situation, etc.
Guess who makes the choices around here for you. And who knows you the most? Yes, YOU. Advice is just that, we can only help you so much, but if you don't put in the effort to decide for yourself, what can we do? You haven't provided us any other details except from your last posts - no proctor, no capstone, no tedious writing, cheap, easy, fast. You really need to review my previous post to you, this is your homework for today: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-New-degree-plan-Professional-Studies?pid=376865#pid376865
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - origamishuttle - 09-23-2022
(09-23-2022, 04:38 AM)rachel83az Wrote: An actual WGU student would know better, but if it took you 3 months to complete those credits, I'm not sure that's fast enough for a single-term WGU degree.
I would say it's on pace, depending on the degree. However, as @ss20ts mentioned, much of it won't apply to WGU, again depending on the degree.
(09-23-2022, 04:04 AM)EdwardLong Wrote: It’s been done before at WGU and I have a lot of time on my hands. I am looking to complete a business or IT undergraduate degree.
Finishing a WGU in a single term is very achievable, but I recommend that you be strategic about it. Decide on a degree and only work on what will transfer to that degree. Join the discord to get access to the degree planning spreadsheets, and ask for advice from people who are currently going through the process: https://discord.com/invite/unwgu
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - dfrecore - 09-25-2022
The only way to get done in 2 months at WGU is to already have experience; but I would guess that someone with experience can finish in a single 6mo term, if you bring in the max amount of credits, and possibly study ahead of time (for instance, studying for the A+ exams before you start, and then taking those exams immediately upon enrolling in the program).
You can also be very strategic about the degree you choose, and the credits you bring in. You want to have courses left to complete at WGU that you're already familiar with.
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - LevelUP - 09-25-2022
Generally speaking, if you are putting around 20-30hrs a week into your studies, you can:
1. Earn a Liberal Arts degree in around 5 months
2. Earn a Business or specific Liberal Arts type degree such as Psychology or History in 6 months.
3. Earn an IT or Computer Science degree in 9-12 months.
Josh Madakor did the Computer Science degree at WGU in 2 months after transferring in near max credits. He struggled with SL Calculus, which took 2 months just by itself for that one course.
If you transfer in max credits, you would only have to do 7 courses at WGU + the capstone in 6 months. You could probably do some courses, such as ethics, in 10 hours or less while the harder courses might take 40-80hrs each.
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/WGU_IT_Computer_Science_Degree_Plan
RE: Which College, looking for fast and low cost - dfrecore - 09-26-2022
I just watched that video - nowhere does he say how much he studied; and I don't think every single class for that degree is only an exam, I think there are some courses that require a paper.