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WGU BS-CS in 1 term?
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Hello All,
Bear with me please. Posting here for the first time.

Goal:
I need a Bachelors degree before the end of November 2020 for an unrelated but a very important opportunity that I am pursuing.

Some background info:
I am currently in a community college (its on a quarter system)Pursuing AS-T(Associates for Transfer degree) in Computer science. I opted for AS-T because I was told by my counsellors that If I have an AS-T, I would get a guaranteed admission in one(not "any") of the California State University(CSU). I have been at this community college for a long time(since 2012). I was directionless and also changed my major a ton of times until I was set on CS and that too has taken a lot of time. My grades are not stellar(2.5gpa) so far. 

Cut to present:
My original plan was to transfer to a California state university and finish my degree whenever possible in a traditional way(Like all my friends who are working in big silicone valley companies now while I am at a cc). BUT I have found this newfound purpose now and to be closer to living that purpose I really need the Bachelors degree before the end of November 2020. Although, It does seem like all these years of slacking off is gonna hurt me now.
Because Speed of earning the degree was important, I searched exactly that on youtube and I came across WGU. Apparently everyone on youtube have been mentioning WGU. With this I discovered that WGU is self paced. Hence, If I can finish my courses faster I might be able to achieve my goal of getting that degree by 11/2020. So that gives me some hope. I do not know what the Big 3s are but they are being mentioned a lot on this forum. Pardon my ignorance.

The Plan so far:
De anza(CC)'s Academic calendar:
I just finished my Fall 2019 quarter at my CC. 
My Winter 2020 quarter will be from January 6 2020 to March 27 2020 (Total- 81  Days   -- or --   11  Weeks and  4  Days).
My Spring 2020 quarter will be from April 6 2020 to June 26 2020(Total - 81  Days   -- or --   11  Weeks and  4  Days)

Classes remaining to complete my Associates degree from De Anza community college:

  1. Calculus 1C
  2. Physics 4A - Mechanics.
  3. Physics 4B - Electricity and Magnetism.
  4. CIS 22C - Data Abstraction and Structures.
  5. CIS 21JA - Intro to x86 processor Assembly language and computer Architecture.
  6. (If I dont pass Calculus 1B I will have to retake that one before i can take Calculus 1C - was 40 mins late on the final exam due to car breaking down. Grades will be released around Christmas time)
These are all the classes remaining at De anza college. All the GE requirement is done. So If I finish these courses by the end of the spring 2020 quarter I will Have my associates degree then.

So If everything goes right (pass calc 1b), The plan would be to take:
Calculus 1c and physics 4A in winter quarter and,
Physics 4B, CIS 22c, and CIS 21JA in spring. This will give me the degree after june 26. 

Then I can send my transcripts for evaluation to WGU. My school is partnered with wgu so With an associates degree, I would be able to transfer 61 semester credits to wgu. Source: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/Single.as...34&pid=86# 

According to my knowledge, The total amount of credits that WGU allows to be transferred to is 90. My associates degree will give me 61. 
Someone on reddit told me that I can also take Study and Saylor courses to max out my transfer credits. They both are also partnered with wgu according to the following links:
Study's transfer agreement with WGU: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/Single.as...142&pid=86
Saylor's transfer agreement with WGU: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/Single.as...769&pid=86

So while doing my deanza classes if I also take: Saylors or Study's equivalent of the following WGU courses I might be able to get more credits to transfer into WGU:
  1. Business of IT- Applications.(Saylor/Study)------------------------------(4)
  2. Business of IT - project management (Saylor/study)------------------(4)
  3. Computer Architecture(saylor/study)-------------------------------------(3)
  4. Software engineering(saylor/study)---------------------------------------(4)
  5. Fundamentals of information security(Study)----------------------------(3)
  6. Data management - Applications(Study)----------------------------------(4)
  7. Structured querry language(Study)-----------------------------------------(4)
Total credits transferrable from Study and saylor ------> (26) [which one of the two is better for the classes that are offered at both sites?]

If I manage to pull this off, total credits I would ideally transfer when I get my Associates degree would be: 87

They told me that If I send my transcripts in june end my start date would be August 1 because it would take them a month to evaluate my transcripts. So if I start on August 1, credits remaining to get my bachelors degree would be: 120 - 87 = 33. 
So if all goes well I would still have 33 credits to finish before the end of November.(4 months).

Bunch of questions and readiness: 
Ok so this is all very scary!!!! And also seems super hard! 
Is this doable? Is there a better plan? Should I be doing this differently? Is there a possibility to pull this off? 
I dont have prior CS knowledge. All I know is from my couple introductory coding classes. But I am willing to put in over 60 hours of work per week to make this happen. Although there will be 2 weeks in may when I wont be able to put in so many hours and one week in july where I wont be able to work on this.
I dont know what else to ask you guys. Any help regarding this matter would be very appreciated.
Really hoping to pass that calc 1b. otherwise it seems like a lot of my plans would stumble! Cant afford to go an extra quarter at Community college. I am on a tight deadline here and I want to give my best shot at this.

ThankYou so much for reading and I will appreciate any response!
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WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by THEBLASTFUN - 12-17-2019, 08:46 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by natshar - 12-17-2019, 09:27 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by bjcheung77 - 12-17-2019, 11:13 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by natshar - 12-18-2019, 12:34 AM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by dfrecore - 12-23-2019, 12:59 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by allvia - 12-23-2019, 01:22 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by THEBLASTFUN - 03-20-2020, 06:26 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by Merlin - 03-20-2020, 09:30 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by xicovu - 03-20-2020, 11:38 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by THEBLASTFUN - 03-21-2020, 01:56 AM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by xicovu - 03-21-2020, 07:46 AM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by bsimi - 12-25-2019, 08:39 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by Merlin - 12-25-2019, 11:57 PM
WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by THEBLASTFUN - 02-28-2020, 02:01 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by Merlin - 02-28-2020, 02:09 PM
WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by THEBLASTFUN - 02-28-2020, 02:11 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by Merlin - 02-28-2020, 02:29 PM
RE: WGU BS-CS in 1 term? - by xicovu - 03-21-2020, 11:25 AM

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