WGU Full Guide to Acceleration - Earn a Degree in 6 Months!

Thinking about attending WGU (Western Governors University) or currently attending WGU? Is completing a degree fast what drew you to WGU and curious how to accelerate? See the success stories on graduating with a full accredited, respected, non-profit, Bachelor Degree in 6 to 12 Months? It is completely possible! Watch the video and follow these simple basic tricks:
1) Do not be scared to take the OA (Objective Assessment).
- Study the Practice Assessment. The question, the answers, the category of the question.
- Go on WGU Facebook Groups, Reddit, and Course Chatter within the Course. See what resources were the most helpful (whether it was the cohorts, reading, or some random person on youtube). Then, do that.
- Aim for 2 days per OA on easier courses like Critical Thinking. Aim 4-8 days for normal difficulty classes in your major. The Top 4-5 hardest courses, spend longer on. Two weeks or less. Although there are some hair pullers at WGU that might cost you a month of your time: Discrete Math II (Computer Science degree), Intermediate Accounting II (Accounting degree), and others. Account for time accordingly.
2) Do not over-write for the Performance Assessments.
- This is the biggest mistake people make at WGU!! Write the minimum for the rubric and turn it in! No Performance Class should take you more than 2 days.. 3 days if you're semi-busy, and 4 days if you're really busy. Worst case scenario is they send it back to you and you have to correct and add some things. For your capstone, take your time on that one. But even that, you're probably over-writing.
3) ACE Credits!!!!
You can transfer in 90 ACE Credits. These are courses you can take at places like Study.com, StraighterLine, and Sophia. 2 day courses that you can absolutely blaze through! You'll have to spend some money out-of-pocket but it almost ensures you will complete your WGU degree in 1-2 terms. I highly recommend ACE Credits.
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majormash.com
Major Mash is an index website that provides information on ACE Credits (Study.com, Sophia, StraighterLine) and schools that accept their credits such as Western Governors University. It has a variety of spreadsheets which shows which ACE Credit Courses will transfer into that degree program. See which courses you need for your major and track your progress easily!
WGU Transfer Spreadsheets:
Computer Science (WGU): docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Software Engineering (WGU):
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Cybersecurity (WGU):
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
For full list of WGU Spreadsheets, check out my website.
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[@alexsheppe]

1) What WGU degree are you taking? 2) What is your planned career path? 3) Do you want my input on anything? Courses, degrees, career paths, etc. Feel free to engage with me!

[@LACANARY]

What's the website major ? .com?

[@DittoBrando]

I just finished a BS in IT in less than 5 months. 22 classes or 78 credits since January. Just coming in to say this is legit and a couple of notes. I failed 1 OA in my degree plan CI tried to send me to zybook purgatory to complete all course material to 90%. I pushed back and got it cut back to something more reasonable as a give and take with them.

[@alexsheppe]

majormash.com

[@essencefoundation1489]

I just completed my Master's in ONE MONTH.... 10 HOURS PER DAY, I took off one month from work and KNOCKED IT OUT !!!

[@brittw830]

That is amazing! Congratulations to you!

[@mturner5989]

Congrats!

[@OutstandingBrain123]

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 can you please share more about how you did it in one month

[@ant2011]

Which masters program is it?

[@Liam69400]

Sorry to be a killjoy, but I really doubt this could even happen. Most are at least 10 classes....you finished one class every three days at the graduate level?? I sincerely doubt this is real.

[@byeJohnn]

Thanks for your advice and guidance Alex, it has been helpful!

[@brittw830]

Hi Alex. Thanks so much for your tips. I’m looking forward to attending WGU for their Psy (Bachelor’s) degree. With the information you provided, I will be done with the degree a lot quicker which is what I want!

[@WeArePiercedByLove]

Great information! I started the Business Administration-Marketing Program last month and have already completed 5 classes looking to speed it up this month.

[@alexsheppe]

Seem like a content creator yourself, we’ll have to collab one of these days

[@majormushu]

this is awesome to hear. I didnt realize how quickly this could be done. I start my accounting degree on april 1st and outside of my full time job i dont really have any commitments so i was kinda curious if i focus hard how quickly i could finish and this video was awesome to see. Hopefully i can crank through this degree in 1 or 2 terms. It would be kinda funny and cool to be able to do the in person graduation they have in my town at the end of the year lol

[@alexsheppe]

You can do it! It’s all time management and nothing else.

[@ShortingShorters]

So really, for the supply chain and management, all you need is the cohorts by the guy? Can anybody vouch

[@midnite1235]

Very informative and inspiring video! Is WGU More hack able then TESU or UMPI?

[@alexsheppe]

WGU is the most hackable school. TESU is very hackable if you have 24 college credits somewhere and 90 ACE Credits. WGU can actually be done in 1-2 terms without ACE Credits. And with 70-90 ACE Credits, 1-2 terms is almost a certainty.

[@midnite1235]

@@alexsheppe Awesome! Thank you, Alex! Does WGU accept SOPHIA credits?

[@alexsheppe]

@midnite1235 Yes

[@drumline17]

When you say a week per OA class (or 10 days if going slightly slower) how many hours/day are you expecting? I'm going to have a large block of time coming up where I could probably put 10 hours/day into WGU for a couple of months. Curious about how many classes I can expect to knock out

[@alexsheppe]

10 hours a day you should be able to fly by. Easier classes two days, harder ones five days.

[@drumline17]

@@alexsheppe thank you so much

[@BeckyMalecky]

Great video! Two questions: How long do you expect it to take to finish the ace transferable credits before needing to start the wgu courses? Trying to plan my start date. And how long each day do you suggest we devote to the acceleration hack to do it in under a year?

[@alexsheppe]

What’s your planned degree?

[@BeckyMalecky]

@@alexsheppe Bachelors in comp sci

[@alexsheppe]

ACE Credits will probably take four months if you do all the sites at the same time. Probably 5 to 5 1/2 months if you do them separately. Just my IMO, still need a lot of free time. Then WGU will take 1-2 terms if you transfer in 75+ credits. 1 Term in the C.S. program is doable, but IT Foundations and IT Applications could take a month each if you don’t transfer in CompTIA A+.

[@alexsheppe]

Actually, scratch that, forgot WGU got rid of those two courses in their Comp Sci program a long time ago. They are in the IT, Cyber, and Cloud degrees.

[@aaliyahahmed3360]

Hi Alex, I am going into the Bachelor's cybersecurity degree with no transfer credits, and I plan to spend 5-8 hours a day on it, maybe more to complete the program in 1-2 terms. I wanted to know your input on the order in which I should take the classes. I wanted to knock out the gen ed's quickly so I can just focus on the technical stuff, but my program mentor said that some people get burnt out that way.

[@alexsheppe]

You’re in control of the order of your classes, do what you want and don’t be influenced by your mentor.

[@aaliyahahmed3360]

@@alexsheppe So I just had my second meeting with her and she basically just straight up told me she won’t do that because they strongly advise against changing the degree plan already there and taking the general education credits first. I’m thinking about getting a new program mentor but I dont know. She seems limiting and wont let me do my degree how I want to. Thanks for responding and reassuring me Alex. I really appreciate that.

[@alexsheppe]

@aaliyahahmed3360 Push back hard enough and they will let you do what you want. But the order may not be that big of a deal. How come you don’t wanna do ACE Credits, are you getting the degree for free?

[@burhankalu2682]

Alex, I have a question bro I have an associate degree in computer science and have 4 years experience as a c# software developer and I wanted to ask if it's a good idea for me to take software engineering degree.

[@alexsheppe]

Do it if you need it to land a job as a lot of them require Bachelor’s these days. Your associate’s will already get rid of almost half the degree

[@theblackelephant]

In fact you can choose the C# route so your knowledge will work to your advantage

[@Seekingvitality]

1) none yet, but hoping to 2) I’d like to either become a MD and Scientist or just to become a Scientist 3)I’ve heard WGU graduates you with a 3.0 when you accelerate, is this true? How can I accelerate my medical and scientific path when those institutions typically want more prestigious credentials?

[@alexsheppe]

If you want to be a Medical Doctor, WGU probably isn’t the correct program. You’ll need a GPA much higher than 3.0.

[@d.bonner20]

I attended umpi and was completely unsatisfied with their module. You have to complete milestones and assignments before you can access the final. Also, I'm not in favor of all the writing because I do a lot of writing for my job. I want a degree fast but the choices are limited at wgu. I want to excel my career and a bachelor's degree is necessary. Which degree would you recommend between education or the psychology degree? More importantly which would be the easiest to obtain? At this point i need a degree and these are the only two that I would have interest in. Especially since they dont offer criminal justice as of yet.

[@alexsheppe]

I think the psychology one would be easier considering the education ones have licenses you need to obtain.

[@d.bonner20]

@@alexsheppe thanks for your input. I'm motivated to get this degree done now more than ever.

[@alexsheppe]

Glad to hear it!

[@ShortingShorters]

What is Dr. Haywood’s channel

[@alexsheppe]

Just type in Dr Haywood

[@cosimomorelli]

Do they teach how to spell accelerate?

[@alexsheppe]

Didn’t even notice this was misspelt… will have my thumbnail guy fix it asap. As you can see, it has been correct in the title the entire time.

[@cosimomorelli]

@@alexsheppe I know, I saw it was only inside the thumbnail 😀

[@essencefoundation1489]

I just completed my Master's in ONE MONTH.... 10 HOURS PER DAY, I took off one month from work and KNOCKED IT OUT !!!

[@alexsheppe]

Congrats!! MBA?

[@Ari-sw9ef]

What MBA did you receive?