WGU Graduate

anoeljr

Hello everyone. I just received word that my IT Capstone Project passed so I'm now a WGU graduate. I was in the regular IT Emphasis. I just wanted to let everyone on this great forum know how much I've appreciated the encouragement along the way. There are so many great people here. I won't say names as there's too many to name and I'll forget them all lol. I started WGU in June of 2013 and transferred in an Associate of Science for about 37 credits. It was a long road. I failed some assessments along the way and got discouraged sometimes, but getting encouragement from this great forum always helped me get over the hump. I knew that if I kept working at it I'd eventually pass. I also recently got a new job about 3 weeks ago at a great investment firm with a 55% pay increase. I'll be working with VMware, Veeam, EVault, Dell Sonicwalls, Juniper switches, and Windows Server 2008/2012. This forum is certainly a great resource. Thanks again everyone!

H3||scr3am

Congratulations on completing your degree! Best of luck in your new career!

anoeljr

Thanks @H3||scr3am! I really appreciate it!

dannyky

Nice, onward and updward to a better career.

anoeljr

Thanks @dannyky!

EngRob

Congrats! Can't wait to be in the same situation

aspiringsoul

Congrats!

This forum is a wonderful resource. As a matter of fact, I would not have learned about my current job had it not been for another forum member who posted about the opening.

Good luck to you.

anoeljr

Thanks @EngRob and @aspiringsoul for the kind words!

thegreatbelow

Congratulations!

I will say it's post like these that encourage me...

I am also trying to graduate from WGU. From the resources here I have already knocked out about 75% of what I need to graduate for the Network Admin emphasis... and I haven't even started a term at WGU. I used cert coupons, straighterline (for core classes) and the transcript evaluation provided by WGU to figure out what I needed to get done on my own time.

Basically I will end up paying 1/3rd of the cost and graduating in 1/3rd of the time. I thank you all for the knowledge and motivation to keep going... every time I see a post with "Passed" or "Graduated" it makes me work that much harder.

anoeljr

Thanks @thegreatbelow.

That's awesome that you'll have that much of your degree completed going in to WGU. You'll save a bunch of money that way and you'll probably finish in less than 1 term. And I agree the people on this forum motivate me to do my best each and every day.

JamesKurtovich

I'm starting this journey next month with 25 credits going in. Thank you for the encouragement and congratulations on graduating.

anoeljr

Thanks @LordSevink!

tahjzhuan

Congrats!. Looking forward to starting WGU April 1st.

Zorodzai

Congrats !

TR4V1STY

LordSevink wrote: »

I'm starting this journey next month with 25 credits going in. Thank you for the encouragement and congratulations on graduating.

Congrats!. Looking forward to starting WGU April 1st.

I also am starting April 1st... looks like the race is on boys! may the best man/woman win



Congrats BTW to the OP

coffeeluvr

Congratulations on graduating! Good luck with the new job!

Itrimble

Congratulations !!!!

anoeljr

Thanks a lot everyone!

nster

Do you have any future plans in terms of certs?

anoeljr

I'll probably go for the MCSA as I'll be working a lot more with Windows Server 2008/2012 and then later on maybe the VCP. I'm also working with Powershell at the moment as we're trying to automate some things so I should be pretty busy.

floridafun

Congrats. Way to go

PC509

Congrats! I hope to post my graduation thread next weekend!

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on your degree!! Way to go

I'll be following right behind you as I only have six classes left..

anoeljr

Thanks guys. I look forward to you guys finishing your degrees as well!

Caiyenne

Congrats on completing your degree! This is very encouraging.

anoeljr

Thanks @Caiyenne!