How to Earn a Degree in 6 Months at WGU

[@PhillipPistoresi]

I just finished my first consultation with Lauren. She was amazing and so helpful! Can't wait to start my college journey at age 44. I would be completely lost without your service. Thank you so much!

[@CollegeHacked]

I am so lucky I snagged her, very glad to hear you loved working with her!

[@mrmartywaring]

I know a few people who graduated from WGU really quickly. Plus, the school is 100% legit!

[@kellysnyclife663]

Really?

[@malwareman9443]

As an IT graduate of WGU, the courses in this major are not easy. The projects must be perfect. I did not do the CS degree personally, but rather the IT degree. If you work really hard there is always that chance of finishing in six months, but don't count on it.

[@CollegeHacked]

Congrats on finishing! 🥳

[@malwareman9443]

Thanks, MSITM from WGU is next. I have about a year of IT experience. The certifications in the IT degrees are what makes them more difficult to finish fast. CS doesn't necessarily have a lot of them but it is still hard.@@CollegeHacked

[@Zzz-hr5mo]

did you have previous IT ecperience before the degree? If not did you get a job after graduating??

[@malwareman9443]

Several months, but nothing too big in terms of "formal experience." I have been into computers from a young age however, so take that as you will.@@Zzz-hr5mo

[@FairBeautyEssentials]

I like how you gave Shane, your fellow competitor, a big shout out at the end. NUFF RESPECT!✊🏼

[@CollegeHacked]

Funny enough, KZbinrs really benefit more from collaboration than from competition, so it was an easy nod, and I'm glad he helped. :)

[@FairBeautyEssentials]

@@CollegeHackedwhere’s Josh Madakor shout out?!?! 🤔 I LIKE JOSH!!! He’s married tho😒

[@TheOne45Peoples]

Yo i wanted to say thankfully in one month i completed 39 credits at Sophia

[@CollegeHacked]

Excellent work!! 💪🏼

[@andytheindividual3862]

What is Sophia?

[@rawvirginhairvendors7693]

Really one month. Waww

[@jfizzle49]

Just a small correction Ethics in Technology can be transferred by passing the DSST Ethics in Technology exam.

[@CollegeHacked]

Nice! Thanks for the tidbit 🤓

[@CollegeHacked]

Quick follow up: Do you have a link to where you found this, or did it just go through when you applied?

[@jfizzle49]

went through when I applied @@CollegeHacked

[@josephcarstensen7450]

I have a question. If I wanted to hack an online bachelors degree while living in another country, with lower living expenses, while on financial aid - is that allowed?

[@CollegeHacked]

If you still have a permanent address in the US, should be possible.

[@starlight446]

Lol this is exactly what I'm planning

[@MySqueezingArm]

I'm starting next month. By 2025 I'll have my MS in Cybersecurity. You can transfer up to 90 credits or 75% of the degree. I had some certs already, then used Sophia to get just above 60 credits within 6 months total (also renewing certs). This was a 4 month Sophia subscription, around $300. CompTIA offers a paid membership to get discounts on certs/training if you need it. I'm studying now for one of the classes when I enroll (another cert, but it's included in tuition). This way I can save time in my 6 month semester and squeeze more in. After grants and scholarships, I can effectively get these costs down to 2k-3k total. You can do it too, I believe in you.

[@CollegeHacked]

Hacking GURU alert! 🚨😎 Excellent!

[@abdallamosa8836]

can you make a video and sheet for the new Software Engineering Degree Java track

[@CollegeHacked]

Luckily that’s exactly what we do in our consultations! Sign up for one today at collegehacked.com 😉

[@midnite1235]

Very informative video! How would you Rate the difficulty of the courses at WGU? Not talking about tevh or math or science. Just basic liberal arts and biz courses. Thank You!

[@CollegeHacked]

We’ve had students report finishing a course in 4 hours, and we’ve also heard of students failing certain courses because they are difficult. So it seems like a mixed bag :)

[@midnite1235]

Ok Thank you very much!

[@JuiceBoxScott]

I know regional accreditation is better than national, but are there tiers within regional accreditation?

[@CollegeHacked]

Not tiers, just different accrediting bodies based on geography :) There are specific program accreditations though, like ACBSP for business majors.

[@kenac88]

Can you do a video like this for TESU please? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE

[@masoodahmad3312]

WGU is great but what you suggest for non-US residents (the international students)?

[@CollegeHacked]

University of Maine at Presque Isle :)

[@masoodahmad3312]

@@CollegeHacked Great, thanks!

[@brisy3]

If i want to get my bachelors in business admin. For work promotional purposes, i know my employer will ask for my transcripts. How will Sofia courses show up on transcripts?

[@CollegeHacked]

Every school notes it slightly differently on transcripts, but if your employer actually knew what they were looking for (most don’t, they just accept that a conferred regionally accredited degree is a degree) they could see the original source of the credit. There is typically a summary section for each school/platform you transferred in credits from. You shouldn’t have any problems though, just make sure if you’re using tuition reimbursement from your company that you don’t do anything shady in their eyes 😝

[@brisy3]

@@CollegeHacked thank you for the reply I appreciate it! You guys are amazing!

[@rodrigo8959]

Amazing content as always!! what university would you recommend for getting a CS degree? in terms of both hackability and prestige? I think TESU's is a BA, I'm not sure if that'll make it less valuable

[@CollegeHacked]

BA vs. BS gets a lot of talk time, but there’s not much of a difference. :) The former has a heavier focus on arts and humanities courses, the latter is more STEM focused. But when your major is already STEM it becomes even more inconsequential 😎 We would argue WGU is plenty reputable, but SNHU and TESU are good options as well.

[@rodrigo8959]

@@CollegeHacked thank you for your response!!! I thought SNHU would lose tons of hackability points bc they don't accept Sophia anymore, so it's great they're still an option! I'm unfortunately an international student so WGU isn't a possibility 🥹

[@halahsmith9931]

Do you have any advice on how to pick what to get your degree in? I’m having a really awful time choosing and I feel stuck with so much anxiety preventing me from moving forward

[@CollegeHacked]

The vast majority of people major in something completely different than the job(s) they end up having :) The bachelors degree is the important part, not the major, so don’t stress yourself too much! My top recommendation if you don’t know what you want to do yet is to experiment with different types of classes in a build your own major (usually called Liberal Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, or General Studies). That way you can use your college experience to do more poking around into industries you might be interested in. You can always go back for a grad degree or certificate later if you fall in love with something and it requires you to have additional education. :) Check out UMPIs YourPace Liberal Studies Management degree.

[@halahsmith9931]

@@CollegeHacked thank you for taking the time to respond! I’m 22 and have been debating what to do for far too long I need to just choose a path and follow it! 🖤

[@maryellenstephens4110]

Can you do one for education?

[@CollegeHacked]

No, unless it’s non-licensure (too regulated, can’t hack very much). The better way to do K-12 education licensure is a fast, easy bachelors degree and then an MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) for licensure. It’s less time and money than just getting the licensure at the bachelors level. Happy hacking!

[@maryellenstephens4110]

@@CollegeHacked Thank you!

[@hamza2038]

Is it true that one has to get at least a B on all courses to pass at UMPI?

[@CollegeHacked]

Indeed!

[@hamza2038]

@@CollegeHacked no way. This can't be true

[@CollegeHacked]

@@hamza2038 That type of policy isn't standard at colleges, but it's not unheard of. It's a good way for schools to enforce some academic rigor in their courses. Especially if they allow a lot of hacking! :)

[@hamza2038]

Is that also the case with WGU?@@CollegeHacked

[@jlei1995]

I was considering this school, but their recents reviews tell me something is not going right. I'm seeing students complaining about exams being different from what they learn and failing up to 3 times. It seems that an outside source grades the tests and work and is not very reliable. I'm not sure if I should still do it. I'm scared to waste my time and money.

[@CollegeHacked]

Haven’t heard this yet! Will look into it.

[@abbyeriksson5477]

any chance you could go over WGU's data science program?

[@CollegeHacked]

That’s what we do in consultations 😄

[@selimqazi]

Any suggestion for international students..?

[@CollegeHacked]

Watch our top 7 video :) The only school internationals can’t apply to from that video is WGU.

[@alanhope8971]

Do you have a program for hacking their Masters Degree programs?

[@CollegeHacked]

Hacking at the masters level looks a lot different, there’s no Sophia/Study at the grad level, so it’s mostly about picking a competency based program (which WGU is!).

[@goddess5608]

They have to open for international students

[@CollegeHacked]

That would be great!

[@itsmepicherd]

Do I need a associate degree or any college credits to do this.

[@CollegeHacked]

Nope!

[@pazonguspoporious7878]

I know you're platform is based around adults going back to school, but im a 2023 grad looking for a cheap way to attend college. Could i still used the college hacking strategies even tho im just starting college

[@CollegeHacked]

Absolutely!! Consider looking into common CLEP exams you can take now while your senior year subjects are still fresh in mind 😎 If you use Modern States prep courses (free online) they will pay for your CLEP exams 🥳

[@arslanmalik-o3l]

plz tell me information about fee ???

[@CollegeHacked]

WGU.edu

[@MrOilmoney]

Still waiting on TAMUC review

[@CollegeHacked]

Skip the wait, schedule a consultation 😉

[@MrOilmoney]

@@CollegeHacked how much is a consultation?

[@CollegeHacked]

@@MrOilmoney You can check out our current price here: www.collegehacked.com.

[@kellysnyclife663]

Anyone know of an online IT school focused on cyper security?

[@CollegeHacked]

WGU

[@sumonmukherjee2957]

I am interested in computer science or Maths....

[@CollegeHacked]

Awesome!

[@Nikky10000]

Im stuck between him and psychology or both

[@Ed-wy2od]

Does this work for cyber security

[@CollegeHacked]

Indeed it does!

[@unstoppable-ar3292]

I have an associate degree already, 20 percent of a bachelor in IT from another university, can they take in those credits?

[@CollegeHacked]

WGU is a tough school to transfer to only because they don’t have free elective sections in their degrees, so the only classes that will transfer are ones that are directly required by the degree you’re pursuing at WGU. But you’re likely to get at least some of them to transfer!

[@alexandracueto6230]

How is this school ?? I’m trying to find a school with not a lot of writing and essays or just a few not a lot !!! And not proctored exams ughh which one do you recommend for someone who’s been out of school for a longggg time….hows UMGC ?

[@CollegeHacked]

CBE programs are pretty much either going to consist of proctored finals (WGU), or all papers/projects (Purdue Global and UMPI). So you’ll want to choose whichever is less painful for you ;)

[@Cjbc1214]

​@@CollegeHacked😂 "less painful"... Wise advice here! I'm in the same boat.

[@hamza2038]

Would they ever expand and let international students enroll?

[@CollegeHacked]

We hope so! But they haven’t indicated they have any plans to do that in the near future 💙

[@JS-kb4bk]

They do, but only Canada

[@Gebm1223]

Hey! Im a college student looking to transfer disciplines. Im from Puerto Rico, can I transfer my college credits to WGU? Do they accept financial aid FAFSA? Can I enroll being from puerti rico.

[@CollegeHacked]

Yes, yes, and yes :) Though you may not get all your credit accepted if you have a lot of it, since their degrees don’t have free elective sections.

[@Nikky10000]

Wgu vs umpi

[@J0HN_3_16]

WGU only accepted a third of the courses my daughter completed via Sophia, gen ed and business courses towards a business degree.

[@CollegeHacked]

Bummer. WGU is definitely a “plan first” sort of school. They have very narrow transfer parameters since they don’t have free elective sections in their degrees.

[@J0HN_3_16]

@@CollegeHacked she had planned to attend one of the Big 3 but they didn't accept all of her Sophia. Only University of the Cumberlands and UMPI accepted everything.

[@Butters-oj3bv]

Is UoPeople just as fast?

[@CollegeHacked]

3% of UoPeople students finish their degree in at least 4 years.. there are better schools 😉

[@Butters-oj3bv]

@@CollegeHacked Thank you for the fast response. I'll reconsider my options then. I wanted something related to the healthcare industry since I imagine that's where jobs will continue to grow and I want to become a translator in the future when I master a second language. I imagine I can stay in the healthcare industry as a translator.

[@CollegeHacked]

@@Butters-oj3bv That’s an excellent path! :) Check out Western Governors health degrees, or consider building your own major and mixing healthcare classes with linguistics.

[@MateDrinker33]

It depends; UoP DOES now have a partnership with Sophia, so it is possible (as well as accepting CLEP & DSST).

[@MateDrinker33]

UoP DOES now have a partnership with Sophia, (as well as still accepting CLEP & DSST), so it is possible to cutdown the time somewhat. One snag with them (out of many) is that it’s asynchronous 9-week classes w/ a 75% transfer limit (with their Masters programs, this limit is 18 credits to a 36 credit program) so if you top off a BS/BA degree with with 90 transfer credits, you can potentially finish the remaining 30 credits in as little as about 45 weeks- or about 10 1/2 months- if you commit to taking two classes per 9-week period, faster if you increase this to three or more per segment. Note that UoP has a larger-than-typical number complaints about the quality and professionalism of their adjunct professors as well as the fact that there is no way they are going to be able to exit pre-accreditation status with WASC until after their next pre-scheduled site visit in March of 2024 (TRANSLATION: All credit earned before successful WASC accreditation will still only transfer out as National rather than Regional credit, a potential killjoy for many Masters programs).

[@uneyedentified2017]

Spoke to a staff memeber at wgu. Looks like they soon will be done with taking credits from study and sophia.

[@CollegeHacked]

Tell them to post an official announcement! 😅

[@uneyedentified2017]

@@CollegeHacked lol, well they said they are waiting for a contract to be up or something like that

[@CollegeHacked]

@@uneyedentified2017 Oh good! That’s pretty normal. Schools usually draw up multi-year agreements with these platforms and as the contract gets close to expiring they take another look at it to evaluate whether changes are needed. But so far we haven’t seen a big trend in schools reducing Sophia acceptance. Even the whole SNHU debacle recently turned out to be a false-positive 🙏🏼 I just called a couple different WGU locations and talked to advisors and they said they haven’t heard of any changes coming yet, so we’ll continue to cross our fingers and keep an ear to the ground!

[@JC-ss2sn]

@@CollegeHacked Well thats good, I had my initial call about a week ago and told him I would be taking Sophia classes. Towards the end of the conversation I said i'd get cracking on the Calculus 1 prereq (done now) and he said the only risk with 3rd parties is that they MIGHT stop taking the credits at some point. I don't know if this was a hint or what. I worked hard to finish the Calc course quickly and just finished Intro to IT so it made my heart sink a bit to see this comment.

[@CollegeHacked]

@@JC-ss2sn The advisor is right, the school could choose to stop taking certain third parties, but if they are going to do that it’s virtually always between June-August and typically they make an announcement about it. At most schools you can avoid this problem by applying and locking yourself into a degree year during which the courses were accepted. Then even if they stop taking the credits for incoming students, they still take yours because you’re on a policy year that allows it. Of course that doesn’t work at WGU though, because you can’t enroll until all your hacking is done 😜 The rule of thumb for them is to do all your hacking very quickly, from August-May so the rules don’t potentially change in the middle of your hacking window.

[@BukhariConsultant]

Bro need a little a help from you. I am from Lahore Pakistan. Have Dropped my studies more than 2 times due to hard job schedule and lack of good Financial Situation. Wgu doesnt accept International student Kindly guide some alternative university for a bacheolars degree in marketing online Thanks

[@CollegeHacked]

UMPI, or Purdue Global

[@malamba]

I tried 😢 but they don’t accept international students. Do you have WGU alternatives for international students?

[@lawonyinye7056]

UMPI

[@stephennero1610]

purdue universiy or G.C.U

[@Fabut]

Would you say going for the alternative credit approach is much faster than just taking everything at WGU? I understand it's much cheaper and as you noted would take around 7-12 months, but how long would taking those courses be through WGU? I'm starting next month and currently doing Calculus 1 on Sophia because it's required for the CS program. As I'm doing this I'm wondering if I should just delay my start date and continue on Sophia/Study IF the time would be much quicker to complete. If the benefit is just the cost I would probably still do everything at WGU because of consistency and financial aid. I have nothing to transfer in besides the Calc 1 I'm currently doing.

[@CollegeHacked]

Hypothetically, the caliber of the classes is the same. But in reality, one requires a proctored final exam and one is open book open notes exams. The cost is a factor, but there is undoubtedly a time difference as well. We think it’s ultimately up to priorities :) Nothing wrong with finishing it all at WGU!

[@thebig12conference73]

WGU is a degree-factory school stay away friends, i transferred to Arizona State 0:00 , even with all of the jokes, it is still better than the joke called WGU. None of the Utah schools including Brigham Young, Weber State University of Utah Southern Utah or Utah State want anything to do with this school . Most of their courses are easy to pass it’s just competency and all you have to do is answer one question a week, and respond to two students . If you have the field experience and just want to check the box but other than that is a crap school

[@CollegeHacked]

Disagree :)

[@thebig12conference73]

@@CollegeHacked don’t care :) every as$hole has an opinion oh ya then why wont BYU, Univ of Utah, Utah St and even sorry Weber St, want nothing to fo with your WG 💩? It is because your school is $hit

[@cwm8565]

By the way you wrote this, do you even think people will take this weak attempt at deterring seriously?

[@EHou01]

Yeah, there isn't a single HR rep who's going to take anyone who graduated from a 4 year college in 6 months seriously. That resume's going into the garbage.

[@lukedruyon9420]

Disagree, I graduated WGU in 7 months and immediately landed a consulting job at a bank. They just wanted me to have a degree in a related field.

[@TheLifeofKam99]

No one cares about how long it takes for someone to get their degree. All that matters is that they received it from a reputable institution. Recruiters are more focused on skills and work experience.

[@CollegeHacked]

Often times it’s actually a huge advantage, as it demonstrates out of the box thinking and resourcefulness. Particularly in situations where the degree being required has nothing to do with the job it’s required for (so the length of time it took to get it is irrelevant).

[@tw7010]

You realize you don’t need to tell them how long it took you to obtain your degree unless they ask? And if they do why would you want to work for someone who is questioning it anyway? All you need to tell them is that you graduated and what year

[@donrainesoh]

This is why you will NOT excel at anything. You may skate by, but that will be it. Employers want go getters, not the average worker. Better do some research and see how many people are in high paying jobs with a degree from WGU.