ACCEPTED into Georgia Tech's OMS Cybersecurity!

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Time for an update, I suppose!

I'm about halfway through my first semester!

In each class we've done weekly quizzes, two projects per each course, and midterm for one course (there is no midterm for the other).

The second projects for each class were just due and haven't been graded yet, but with everything else in I have solid As in both courses.

After I get the project two grades in, I'll have two more projects per course, more weekly quizzes, and a final.

The lectures and readings for each course are are still like I've said before not much different than undergrad courses, with the exception of more readings. The midterm was thankfully easier than I was anticipating, but certainly not a free-pass.

The projects for InfoSec Policies and Procedures were both group projects, with all of the frustration and trappings of a group project. They were both very simple, and could have been completed over a weekend if done individually. My group was easy to work with, but one guy was a complete no-show with zero input. Always fun pulling someone else's weight in these situations.

The Intro to InfoSec projects have been much more challenging, but fun. The lectures and readings are not enough to get you anywhere near figuring out how do do these things. It's all a much deeper dive and you need to figure it out mostly on your own. WGU prepared me well for this, though, and in a grad program I don't mind not being coddled and spoon-fed the info. It can certainly be frustrating, but I definitely learned more than if I would have heard this all in a lecture.

The next two projects in Policies are not group projects, and look to be relatively simple as well (though I don't have the full information about either of them available to me yet).

The next two in Intro to InfoSec look to be much much more challenging for me, and will really test my extremely weak coding background. I might be in for a frustrating couple months. Wish me luck

I am very much enjoying the program so far, and I'm feeling good knowing that I'm on track to ace both courses -- though I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't hold up in the Intro course after the next projects. The only complaint I have is that waiting for our grades on everything is slow and painful -- The instant gratification of the self-paced way i did my bachelor degrees has certainly spoiled me. We had to wait almost a month for our Intro to InfoSec project grade. About a week for exam grades. But that's more of the result of being spoiled by my previous programs, not a big fault of Georgia Tech.