[WGU] Should I Just Go Ahead

[MNomadic]

I second all the advice everyone has already shared. I'm currently attending for the BSIT which has a LOT of overlap with your prospective degree. You already knocked out arguably the hardest part of your degree which is the CCNA so great job! You're off to a great start! I'd be more than happy to answer any specific questions you have and help you with picking cheaper/quicker transfer courses.

A couple follow up questions:

1) do you have a transfer evaluation?
2) would your employer cover any IT certs?

Sweet, I'm glad you saw my post! It's always great to have a pioneer to help out haha.

1. Yes, I do have my eval done. I only have 14 CU's for GenEd so I'm going to do at least 4 StraighterLine classes and then maybe do ALEKS and Saylor to finish up the rest.
2. No, no reimbursements for certs unfortunently. Would you recommend doing any by myself and transferring in or would using the WGU material and having them pay for it work out best?

The CCNA cost me $300 for the exam and ~$200 for study materials. It's worth 17 CU's but I don't know how long it would've taken me if I had been in the WGU program. Longer I'm guessing so it was definitely worth it. Would say the Sec+ or maybe the AWS certs be worth doing beforehand?

If you copy/paste your transfer eval(minus PII) that will help. 

I wouldn't necessarily say you should do those certs beforehand, since they'll be included in your tuition, but you could prepare for them now using free/cheap materials, and be ready to test out of them early in your enrollment.

This is a good, free video for AWS CCP:
https://youtu.be/3hLmDS179YE

For security+, look at professor Messer on youtube.