He Couldn't Get Hired and Needed a Degree FAST! So He Went to Sophia...

[@CollegeHacked]

Please congratulate Mike on his progress so far!

[@ducaysane1133]

Wow this is super golden opportunity

[@danielmulchansingh8488]

Michael's story of being consistently rejected despite his incredible experience and competence is a testament to the harsh reality that the job market is brutal to those who don't have that piece of paper. His testimony and your work on this channel is a real life-changer for a lot of working folk. Keep doing the amazing work.

[@ThereSaSpiderNMySoup]

I remember once going into a beanbag chair store at the local mall. They were hiring a sales person but when I applied they told me they required a bachelor's degree 😂 to sell bean bag chairs!!!!!

[@danielmulchansingh8488]

@@ThereSaSpiderNMySoup Good grief! I thought it was bad enough that a restaurant required waiters to have a bachelor's degree but this takes the cake. T_T

[@firefighter5212]

Great job! I've completed 81 credits via Sophia in two months as well. Combined with previous community college credits, UMPI has accepted 134 total credits! I'm still weighing my options between UMPI, TESU, and SNHU. I'm leaning toward UMPI. I can't wait to start this fall!

[@melky899]

I'm working on Sophia courses as we speak and right now I have a total of only around 45 credits. My question is, how do you know what courses the school is going to accept because I don't want to be taking courses that may not be accepted.

[@HI-bw8fe]

You rock dude! Congrats! Please come back and let us know which uni you’re going for.

[@CollegeHacked]

@@melky899 You hire us to tell you! ;) ...Or you use the existing equivalency charts online :)

[@sgtcheetoh8023]

Could you do an interview with him or someone after they finish UMPI? So we can get a full picture of Sophia and UMPI

[@lachunda9043]

I love Sophia I completed 47 credits and will be done with my associates degree soon!!!!!!!

[@yasminzahra3333]

I have a hard time to finish 1 class in sophia, so many quizzes and milestone, how you do that?

[@trogers3424]

Associates degree from where?

[@YDfC21]

​@trogers3424 it's tough but I was able to get 40 credits on sophia in 1 month. Pierpont community college is where I'm applying they allow 100% credit transfer for first time associates degree for "free" (almost like 300 total including sophia 2 months) its called board of govoners B.O.G and only requires 15 core class credits and 1 graded credit from regional accredited school ($25 @ ASU)

[@lachunda9043]

@@trogers3424 southern New Hampshire University

[@CollegeHacked]

That's so amazing! Congratulations on all the hard work! I hope we've been able to help.

[@josephbuck420]

This is great to see. I'm happy for him. I'm doing this too but I'm not as fast. Inspirational story.

[@ChefRonJenkins]

Congratulations🎉🎉🎉

[@katydid5088]

Congratulations!

[@MrCalicious]

I have attended courses at Ohio University, San Diego State, Wright State, Yale, Cornell, and graduated from Columbia. I can tell you first hand that you need to show MORE proficiency at competency based courses than traditional courses. Virtually every class at every school I have ever been to will pass you from a class with a C or even low B if you simply participate in every class and attempt every assignment and exam on time. You can fail every single assignment and exam and still pass the class because participation, attendance, and extra credit are almost always part of your final grade. That can't happen with competency based education. All it does is filter out the busy work.

[@CollegeHacked]

Well said!! 👏🏼

[@skyfalldeadpool1633]

Michael is all of us. We are Michael. I got interview for product management because of years of management and we were like 4 and the boss liked me very much until they checked for my degree and I didn't finish college and the other guy had a Bachelor degree. They took him. Surprised he never had experience other than being a waiter in the university town he lived in. He was fresh out of college and the other lady graduated actually at WGU and went back to get her degree. So we went in a zoom call and five of us different back ground passed the interview and they were suppose to pick 3 and the manager was about to offer me the offer until he got to education and my lack of degree eliminated me so they took the guy out of college over me. Even the hiring manager told " your resume look perfect but we need at least a bachelor degree for this position. " that is how I got rejected from a very good potential salary. The start was 90 grand a year with potential to rise in the company. This was in 2020 mid pandemic. The lady who got the offer who is a WGU graduate we became good friends and we're communicating on Linkedin. She told me she was were I was a year ago. And after getting rejected she went to wgu in year she got her degree. I was intrigued and I asked more about WGU and here I am in the middle of my degree. I am 65% in my Bachelor degree in accounting and I am.planning on continuing to.do masters as well. I do not want anyone to ever use education to reject me. Ever😂😂😂😂

[@jenniferzorek9403]

Congratulations!!

[@mrmartywaring]

Nice!! There's nothing like hacking college.

[@AJHB2386]

Great job Mike! Good luck with your school!

[@Sippurpose]

I totally connect with Michael and I’m considering Umpi as well. Awesome Job !

[@massielv2215]

Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ThereSaSpiderNMySoup]

This is pretty much the reason I've started to look at ways to get back to school without spending a lot of time and money. I was a housewife for a decade and now I'm finding it difficult to go back to work with managerial experience from a decade ago and no bachelors which lots of places I find are requiring.

[@CollegeHacked]

Good on you! It’s definitely possible, Michael is proof of that :)

[@PKG12341]

Love it! Great Interview/ Recap

[@ducaysane1133]

He did a great job

[@JT-gg6kc]

Just did 45 in a month. Just going to do two more classes since I got about 40 community college credits.

[@CollegeHacked]

Keep crushing!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@malcolmjelani3588]

Thats a good mix. Keep going and finish up.

[@josephb4086]

Please review Penn Foster College, California Coast University, Martinsburg College, U.S Career Institute, Washington Technical Institute, Ashworth College and Columbia Southern University. CSU is regionally accredited as well as WTI. Most are credit transfer friendly. Thanks.

[@yasminzahra3333]

How you passed UMPI courses? I can only take 3 classes per term 😅 The work is real😂

[@foreverfly3113]

What is your major?

[@yasminzahra3333]

@@foreverfly3113 Business Administration

[@candace3715]

Can you tell us the list of courses you took?

[@cigarboxskinny1154]

Just scheduled an appointment

[@CollegeHacked]

We can’t wait to meet with you! 🥳

[@CH-zu7fn]

Tell Mike we'd like his spreadsheet.

[@CollegeHacked]

I'm not sure if Mike is sharing that. If he sees this comment, he might!

[@TMRuggiero]

I too would like to see Mike’s spreadsheet !!

[@CH-zu7fn]

​@@CollegeHacked Mike's list would be a great addition to your services. Especially if its updated regularly.

[@meganratliff4946]

I have no college credits, want to do Sophia and get a criminal justice degree, solely online. CBE really interests me, as I can go down rabbit holes and knock out a lot of work. Busy work drives me crazy, but I can tolerate. Which school would you suggest?

[@CollegeHacked]

UMPI :)

[@user-pe4nq8ww2f]

Have you heard smth about IU of Applied Sciences ? It will be amazing if you can analyse it ✨PLEEEEASEEE

[@CollegeHacked]

There might be a typo here preventing understanding :) Link?

[@charleswhaley2959]

I could use a little help with the touchstones with sophia learning. If someone who has went through them could help me that would be great.

[@CollegeHacked]

Sophia gives you access to tutor.com for many of their courses, I would check that option out first

[@NB-qy7ku]

Sofia is it just a c grade when transfers or how do colleges view it?

[@CollegeHacked]

They take it as pass/fail!

[@candace3715]

If you send your transcript free through Credly it won't even show your actual grade or % for the course, it only shows "Grade: Pass". On the other hand if you use Parchment for $5 it will show your marks but I'm sure as long as you pass other places will take it. Honestly I prefer to just use Credly so I don't have to worry about it.

[@malcolmjelani3588]

For some programs like physical therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, that do take ACE credits; they actually want to see the letter grade for your pre-requisite sciences. Sophia and other course providers like Straighter Line do indeed apply letter grades if you need them. So some classes you would be wise to slow down a bit. Of course, if money is a concern, they provide you with the syllabus for free. So a wise person could spend 1-2 months with self study and then sign up once you already know the material.

[@evandersoriano4308]

Is a bls at umpi as good as a ba or bs, I just need any bachelors to move up at my job

[@CollegeHacked]

Indeed! More of an explanation is needed for a build your own major degree (did you pick that major because you failed out of another program, or because it would allow you to utilize the industry expertise you already have?), but are very powerful when positioned correctly. :) Just ask Lauren, who advises for College Hacked. She used a build your own major to get accepted to medical schools!

[@evandersoriano4308]

@@CollegeHacked picked it because I couldn’t deal with the toughness of wgu exams. And also I need it to move up in my workplace. Also, they accepted 83 credits from my liberal arts AA

[@conor7454]

*Promo SM*

[@EHou01]

Finishing college too quickly is actually considered a negative.

[@CollegeHacked]

Our hundreds of happy clients have yet to report back any problems! :)

[@okekecal9166]

nobody cares how long it took to get your BSC

[@malcolmjelani3588]

In what universe?

[@idaallen2252]

Congratulations 🎉