Is WGU Legit? Was it worth it? Can you get a job after?

Is WGU legit? Was it worth it? What was it like getting a job with a Bachelor's Degree from WGU? Is WGU accredited? I answer all these questions in depth.
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0:00 Introduction
0:30 About Me
0:40 Is WGU Accredited?
1:46 Do Other Universities Accept WGU Degrees?
2:34 Intro To My Personal Experience
2:56 Is Any College Legit?
4:03 A Diploma Is The Most Important Thing You Get In College
4:26 Do People Respect My Degree?
4:59 You Learn The Same Things In Other Colleges
5:31 Is It Difficult To Get A Job After WGU?
6:53 Is WGU Right For You?
7:13 Why WGU Is So Worth It
8:39 Conclusion
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[@alexandercollins9495]

As a "gate keeper" (hiring manager) I would imagine it was your lack of job experience coupled with the non traditional approach to college that prevented you from getting the job. Unless its an entry level position, A bachelors degree just checks a box in my eyes. Your previous job experience gives me an idea of how you'll perform in the role. Keep building your resume and your degree will pay off in the long run!

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

Holy shit! 18 and you already have a bachelor's degree? You are going places in life my friend! I am about to be 20 and am starting a bachelor's program in Computer Science with WGU in July and hope to be done within 6 months.

[@gabrielg9592]

Having a degree at 18 yo is very impressive indeed, but don't think you're late if you get one at 20. I'm 27 and still haven't got one(tried multiple traditional colleges but always dropped out because I hated how long and slow it was), and I'm now looking at getting one from WGU only because having a degree would help me with my plans of getting a visa and living overseas.

[@kevinrbarry]

Thank you so much! You're 2 weeks in right now, how's it going?

[@player764]

Hey man just wanted to check in and ask how your degree was going. I'm currently a senior in highschool and plan on going to WGU for CS degree. It motivates me a lot when I see others succeed.

[@vyxcy9526]

Did you get the degree?

[@geraldine16786848]

Did you graduate?

[@jorjahpeach1711]

Kevin, you have so much wisdom at 18, that took me a lifetime to acquire. Thanks for your transparency. I start at WGU in June and I plan on implementing everything you've advised. Thank you!!!

[@odd02]

I start in June as well :)

[@jorjahpeach1711]

@@odd02 Congratulations & best wishes!! I know you will do well!!!

[@odd02]

@@jorjahpeach1711 congrats to you also. We'll both do great. What course are you doing at WGU?

[@jorjahpeach1711]

@@odd02 Thank you so much. Business Management is my course of study.

[@kevinrbarry]

Thank you so much for the kind words! You’re just over a month into your journey at WGU, how’s it going so far?

[@livepassionately1816]

83 days!!! I'm trying to finish in 6 months, but 83 days. Way to go young man.

[@kendraknockett6166]

Hey Kevin! I’ve been watching your videos for the past couple of weeks and you’ve answered so many of my questions, you gave me a lot more confidence in starting school! I’m starting June and I’m going for my Bachelor of science in data management / data analysis

[@Aaron-hg8jo]

I would say definitely your age has to do with how people react. People still have this idea that the amount of time you spend in the classroom is the most important factor. It won't always be that way. People take a long time to accept something new.

[@LaniCult]

Nice video I’m applying to WGU and will be starting in June so this was very helpful

[@kevinrbarry]

Glad it was helpful! Best of luck in June!

[@ToniOnBass]

How’s it going with WGU?

[@blackswan7568]

As a younger man myself, it was very encouraging to see someone else around my age going to and recommending WGU. I'll probably be looking into one of their IT programs sometime next year after I finish community college.

[@chrishohl1148]

Starting my degree in Cybersecurity on January 1st! I have a bachelor's degree already in Criminal Justice from a University in my area, but I did an internship near the end of my degree and realized that the field of work wasn't for me. I applied to WGU and bc of my degree it transferred over all of the gen ed requirements so 30% of my degree is already done! I'm excited for this career change and hope to accelerate at the pace that you did man. Thanks for making this video

[@ismaelmoe7407]

Congrats bro! You just changed my life!!

[@yomema8234]

congrats on your success I hope you look into doing the mba next bro I know you can easily and another guy here on youtube did the wgu mba in 2 months MBA's are one of the top paying graduate degrees I'm sure you would have no trouble at all getting it

[@NEZIRI2718]

Yo Nice Video Bro Finally a Honest Video! From you're I've Decided I'll go the more traditional Route. thanks for clearing this up for me. Btw You get a New sub! I love your Soccer a videos as well.

[@kevinrbarry]

Thank you! Awesome to hear my video helped you gain some clarity!

[@arewesupposedto1546]

Hey man, Amazing video, offtopic here but what are your goals with Soccer? did Soccer have an impact on your decision for college?

[@VJ-sd3gb]

Great video, thank you! Just curious, what type of job did you get?

[@mars3676]

i dont think its the degree why they didn't hire you, i think its ageism. i don't think you will get a full return until you hit your mid 20s

[@iGimmie]

I feel like I'm experiencing that for managerial roles

[@mars3676]

@@iGimmie of course , nobody like a young manager. It’s insulting

[@iGimmie]

@@mars3676 people should be promoted, rewarded, or selected based on skill and merit. Not age. If you're insulted that someone who works harder than you took the spot and you didn't. You're insulting hard work

[@epixdevo3180]

@@mars3676 Nothing insulting about it age doesn't matter its the knowledge and experience look at the military officers when they first come in are usually 21-25

[@mars3676]

@@epixdevo3180 I served in the military for a few years and normally junior officers aren’t taken seriously until they hit senior 0-3 or O-4. Unless they are prior enlisted they normally have minimum leadership positions over people.

[@yeverett4533]

It goes to show that that particular employer was not informed or would have known that lots of universities like Drexel, Waldon, DeVry, and the like are all the same and are less valuable than WGU.

[@sl33pyn4y3]

Yes. WGU actually has the highest accreditation possible.

[@abdullahmuhammad4236]

Hi kevin I really like your content on youtube and and I really appreciate your efforts, keep up the good work. I also wanted to get accelerated bachelor's degree in computer science but I only have one doubt if you can help me with it that'll be very nice of you. My question is that, if I get my bachelor's degree from accelerated online college (accredited college) whether it can be from WGU or excelsior or any other institute and later on if I wanted to get my master's degree from a regular on campus university will they accept my bachelor's and let me get enrolled in their university for my master's?

[@kevinrbarry]

Hey Abdullah I appreciate the kind words. I go over your question at 1:45. If you have further questions, let me know!

[@user-nj1rf2ny6s]

Why don't you get a masters from a traditional school now? You'd be set.

[@scottbarnett3566]

Exactly

[@lalogarcia6811]

Congrats Kevin you are a lot wiser than I was at your age.. I agree though your age is probably the biggest factor.. but my guy keep honing in on your skills... and start looking the part... your degree will pay off just find ways to keep improving and your time will come... congrats dude 👏👏💪

[@daveydelight]

Good video man. Quick Question for you. I am going to be take the Bachelors Cyber Security program and was wondering how long that would take if I treated that like a fulltime job every week. Did you have an credits going into your bachelors or credits to make it so you didn't have to take some classes? If no, 3 months is insane, well done.

[@kevinrbarry]

Thank you! I expect the Cyber Security program would take longer than the Business Administration, Management program I did. I can't give you an exact amount of time, but for sure if you take it like a full-time job, you should be able to get it done much quicker than you would at a more traditional institution. I transferred in 6 credits, meaning I got 114 credits from WGU.

[@daveydelight]

@@kevinrbarry That's great and thank you for the reply

[@logancascaddan4310]

Writing this for the benefit of anyone thinking of doing WGU at an advanced pace. This week I'll be finishing my BS in Supply Chain and Ops Management. I transferred in a general business AA that covered by general ed and basic business classes, so it was half way done, but I did the second half in 7 weeks. Strategy: Objective assessments: take the pre-assessment, then learn what every single term means in that pre assessment. The key terms are constant, but questions aren't. One issue you may hit like I did is that sometimes the key terms covered on the pre assessment are different than the objective assessment. However, if you came in solid enough you'll still pass. If you absolutely bomb certain categories of the pre assessment, go into the course material and take unit and section quizzes to learn the info and key terms. Never assume you weak category will be covered by your strong ones. Performance assessments: Just like the dude says, just break down the rubric. Cover every section completely, even if it seems blocky and silly sometimes. Personally, I'm good at papers, but there are also powerpoint and excel assessments. For each, it will still ask for in depth explanations of things, so I always wrote a paper and copied and pasted relevant sections into presenter notes. Time: I work as a CDL yard driver, so I had some downtime and would do my pre assessments, studying key terms, and performance assessments at work. The I'd schedule the post assessments the next day. FYI: If your goal is to achieve a massive depth of knowledge from scratch, WGU is not for you. If you want to promote in a field that you already have knowledge but not a degree in, WGU is for you. Personally, I found that I knew a lot of the material, but not all of it. In my case though, my best choice was to finish and promote quickly, but I will be going back and ordering books to deepen my knowledge of topics I scraped by in.

[@ic9245]

Any updates on finding a job?

[@prico3358]

When i was little i thought that degrees got You the Jobs. Because I imaginéd all degrees to be like the medical doctor degree, wich learn the job in School. It was a costly missconception. I still dont know how to teach that to My kinda without sounding negative.

[@jacobhutchinson332]

I’ve been thinking a lot about WGU recently and is it completely legit and are there any library science degree or related programs that they offer?

[@sirrr.9961]

How to enroll if international student?

[@ShallowExistence]

Um u can’t u need social….sorry

[@sarnosidiq6212]

I dunno for WGU but you can enroll as international student in SNHU (Southern New Hampshire Uni) and UMPI (Uni Maine Presque Isle), I am

[@RyanJander]

Dude…is college legit? In most cases I don’t think so…I think it’s a money grab. Good on you for getting that degree tho. Hope you find success!

[@scottbarnett3566]

Depends what and where you study. Nursing, CS, engineering all pay very well relative to the cost

[@scottbarnett3566]

You just need experience

[@404TRUCKERTV]

Good deal! But the only WGU degree I think is worth it is IT. To be honest no one really cares once you get a few years experience on your resume. But it does say that you have some level of intelligence though.

[@floored3078]

You'll have issues initially just because you're so young. It won't matter to a company if you have a masters at 16 if you don't have any experience. You don't really even know how to work the floor at McDonalds, much less will you know how to manage a company with an 87 day education. They will ask you questions about your life. Make lies up. Don't tell them you got a bachelors that fast. Tell them you started at 16 online, and it took you 2 years. Being this young it is not going to help you at all being so young. If you were 50 right now with a masters you'd look appropriate for a high up management position. They are not going to bring you in, this young unless you drop Harvard or Duke on your resume LOL. You are ahead though, just get your life experience out of the way. It definitely is your age. You don't look right to fit into high up management roles lol. Think about it. Workers would walk out immediately if you walked in and became their boss. It just doesn't look right. Once you're 25-26 and have 6-7 years working with your dads company or your dads buddies business, you'll get picked up. I'd go immediately for your MBA though. You never know when you might want to apply for the FBI or something badass in the government, and most require a bachelors or higher. You can get a Job right now at 21 as an FBI agent, you have the bachelors, and if you had a masters you'd be ahead of all other applicants. They don't more so care about your degree or where it's from. They are basing your age off these positions and in a corporate setting, no it isn't going to look normal. I've heard WGU will transfer as a 3.0, maybe bang out or LSAT 160+ and go to law school. You'd be 22 as a lawyer, that'd be legit.

[@princessl.d.g.]

I want to get my bachelor’s degree in Business Management so I can be a property manager of an apartment complex. 😊

[@ShallowExistence]

Baby u don’t need agree for tht apply to be leasing agent do that 2 years and then u can start applying for manager…a degree is great to have as it is easier to move on from job to job tho

[@scottbarnett3566]

You def don’t need a degree for that. Just thick skin hut good luck

[@tstone9151]

I’m sure it depends dude. Your a fetus right now and since you lack professional experience, you have nothing to be judged other than your degree and personality. Unless your a Harvard graduate, no one cares about the school you went to, they just wanna know if you got the paper or not

[@theekaa7705]

just don't tell them you got your degree in 3 months

[@johnlee2173]

bro you can literally graduate a traditional 4- year high school and 4 year college faster than 4 years. What is this nonsense and small-minded stupidity. You just take more classes than and max out classes each semester at traditional uni and do summers. My friend graduated from UCR in 3 years when it was supposed to be done in 4 years, and also by this logic, that means accelerated degrees like ABSN done in 1 year is also a scam LOL?

[@user-xz7um8ut6i]

day late dollar short BUT, the person that didnt hire you because he didnt like how or where you got your degree from.... you dont need to work for that kind of gate keeping trash anyways.

[@jontnoneya3404]

haha this bro actually said "I got a 4 year degree in 3 months". NO sorry you did not. What you got was a 3 month introduction and a piece of paper from a place telling you that you got a degree. You 100% DID NOT get a degree even if they said you did. Besides anyone who has obtained a legit degree knows that getting a degree is not about having the piece of paper, it's the actual knowledge you obtain from getting that degree and the evolution of your mind, body and spirit of having gone through the process to get a 4 year degree. You're simply trying to short cut the learning process and that cannot be done. I say this as someone with an actual 4 year Comp Sci degree from a major university where the program is actually ABET accredited and I was on the President's Honor Roll (4.0/4.0) for 4 semesters and the Dean's Honor Roll (3.50+/4.0) for all other semesters I was eligible. I never scored below a B in any class and graduated with a cumulative 3.84/4.00 GPA.

[@OutcastYBJ]

Brody u don’t know what u talking about wgu is self paced and accredited it’s a legit degree everything u learn is also taught in person college do u want a cookie for spending 4 years in college and having high test scores some of the top 4 year colleges also have an online college option u forget this is a new generation of people and I for one don’t feel like spending 4 years at college when I spent the last 12 years going through highschool it can be done in a short amount of time he spent everyday studying and test sing non stop unlike in real college u rely on the professors pace and long lectures that u can just study on your own time.

[@jontnoneya3404]

@@OutcastYBJ - it's physiologically impossible to absorb into your mind all the information from a 4 year degree in 3 months....impossible. And it doesn't matter what you WANT to do -A bachelor's degree from a reputable college is about learning and transforming from a idiot into a basic expert. This transformation simply cannot happen in 3 months no matter how badly you want it to.

[@xD3adxXx]

WGU has an ABET Accredited Comp Sci degree too.

[@HeresMyBit]

Times have changed. And that does not invalidate what you did but the reality is that you and him could interview for the same role with the same degree.

[@jontnoneya3404]

@@HeresMyBit- Well of course he can say he has a degree. Hell anyone can say that and even print up a diploma saying that. People lie all the time. Doesn't mean he has any skills or knowledge to do the job once hired and that will get exposed with the quickness. It's so easy to spot fakers in the IT world cuz it's a world where actual skills matter. So if you don't have it, you'll be an obvious idiot to those around you even if they never tell you that. I'd rather have actual skills and abilities which can only be acquired by doing the work, putting in the time, getting your reps.