Student Experiences at Western Governors University (WGU)

This thread is intended for students to write about their experiences at Western Governors University.

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EnderWiggin

Winzer wrote: »

If I were to pass the CCNA on my own during a term break, will they credit the 2 courses required when I come back? (And yes, I understand that WGU would pay for the tests so I'm losing money by doing that)

Worst case scenario, you'd have to have your mentor enroll you into the courses, then submit your score report to WGU.

EnderWiggin

Winzer wrote: »

If I were to pass the CCNA on my own during a term break, will they credit the 2 courses required when I come back? (And yes, I understand that WGU would pay for the tests so I'm losing money by doing that)

Update: I got a response from the Scores team for my CEH pass, and part of the email said this: "Please Note: If the course was not registered into the term in which you passed the assessment, a "Requirement Satisfied" will be applied to the course and it will reflect within the "Transferred Courses" section of your Degree Plan."

Winzer

EnderWiggin wrote: »

Update: I got a response from the Scores team for my CEH pass, and part of the email said this: "Please Note: If the course was not registered into the term in which you passed the assessment, a "Requirement Satisfied" will be applied to the course and it will reflect within the "Transferred Courses" section of your Degree Plan."

Thanks!

iaslam18

So it means if you enroll yourself with WGU and down the road you decided to take some certification to accelerate your progress, WGU will transfer the credits for those certifications. Is that correct?

EnderWiggin

iaslam18 wrote: »

So it means if you enroll yourself with WGU and down the road you decided to take some certification to accelerate your progress, WGU will transfer the credits for those certifications. Is that correct?

Yep, they'll give you credit as a transfer completion. Alternatively, you could enroll into the course before taking the cert, and complete it that way, rather than doing a transfer completion.

iaslam18

What I was told after you enrolled into WGU you can not transfer any certifications. Is that correct? Anybody experience that?

Danielm7

iaslam18 wrote: »

What I was told after you enrolled into WGU you can not transfer any certifications. Is that correct? Anybody experience that?

Yes, that is their official policy. When you think about it, if it's a cert that counts for your degree you'll take it for free through them anyway, so it shouldn't be a big issue.

EnderWiggin

Please Note: If the course was not registered into the term in which you passed the assessment, a "Requirement Satisfied" will be applied to the course and it will reflect within the "Transferred Courses" section of your Degree Plan.

That is straight from the generic email they sent to me after accepting both by CEH and CHFI results

JamesKurtovich

I have my CCNA Security (210-260) scheduled for Wednesday. This has been nearly an entire year working on CCENT, CCNA R&S, and CCNA Security. I'm ready to go back to WGU objective assessments!

SteveLord

I've been slacking on my Elements of Effective Communication / C132 class. I have this and English Comp C455 to complete in 7 weeks. The preassessment for this was just awful and a lot of useless info if you ask me!

mindcrank

I have my final transcripts being sent over right now - so I should be good for starting in the August term. I am planning on doing the BS - IT Security undergrad route

mindcrank

Also, how do people add these signature blocks to their posts? I can't seem to find the option to make one under my profile settings?

SteveLord

I remember experiencing the same. If I remember correct, there is either a minimum post count or I had to PM a moderator.

jb4479

First term finished.

Next up, C182, C172, C232, C484.
Hopefully the first two won't take too long, and I can accelerate this puppy to finish sooner. Only 47 CU's to go.

josephandre

just finished my bachelors last night. had my 2nd attempt @ the c169 OA standing in the way.

what a joke of a class and test. even though I passed, I'm STILL annoyed thinking about it. They need to get rid of it in general, but at the very least overhaul it completely.

thaiguy314

So I'm interested in going to WGU Texas for my second bachelor's to finally cement my jump into I.T. and I had two questions:

1. is WGU Texas any different from the WGU? (Should I be weary of WGU Texas and just enroll in the original WGU)

2. The inclusion of certs into your degree plan interested me. How does that work? Do they basically teach you according to the cert curriculum and basically give you a voucher have to take the cert or is it somehow included in your online module/coursework?

Thanks ahead of time.

gespenstern

2. Kind of, they have videos and books, flash cards and question banks and course mentor consultation plus collaboration with other students for your preparation and then just give you a voucher and you register for the exam (let's say it's A+) -- you go to pearson vue, etc, etc, and on the step when you are supposed to enter the voucher you do it and it waives the exam price. If you fail more than that number of times (2 or 3 AFAIR) you'll have to pay for yourself as they can't pay for unlimited attempts.

mindcrank

New semester just started, current status:

#WGU B.S. - IT Security
[Transferred: ] C455, C456, C132, C463, C278, C100, C459, C451, C164, C255, C168, C182, C376, C179, C172, C175, C173
[Completed: ]
[Remaining: ] C435, C436, C170, C697, C698, C484, C483
[Enrolled: ] C393, C394, C176

zabe1

Hi all. It looks like most people choose the b.s in security route compared to b.s network admin. Why is this?

EDD264

I think its because its more secured with jobs and more earnings, from what I've read..

TacoRocket

Its because the security track offers more certifications.

SteveLord

I am now 1 year into WGU. I admittedly procrastinated a lot just getting a feel for things and balancing life. Overall, I really like the experience though and constantly recommend it to others when I can.

thaiguy314

gespenstern wrote: »

2. Kind of, they have videos and books, flash cards and question banks and course mentor consultation plus collaboration with other students for your preparation and then just give you a voucher and you register for the exam (let's say it's A+) -- you go to pearson vue, etc, etc, and on the step when you are supposed to enter the voucher you do it and it waives the exam price. If you fail more than that number of times (2 or 3 AFAIR) you'll have to pay for yourself as they can't pay for unlimited attempts.

Awesome, thanks! yeah, I got in touch with an enrollment counselor and she was able to help me with it some more. sounds like the cert basically serves as the final exam whenever the class offers it. I was going to get a masters but walking out with an IT degree and 6 certs for what i'm hoping will be 6k or less sounds good to me.

mindcrank

Passed the 220-901 Exam today so C393 is now compete

1/10 down

zabe1

Hey guys, for these classes below for WGU, is it possible to take a course on one of the many online resources like coursers/saylor/allison and use that as credit for any one of these. Would WGU accept them? ideally I want to take these classes from a free resource website and have it transfer in.

Web Development Fundamentals (Javascript/HTML5/CSS3)
Scripting and Programming (Java)
Data Management (Oracle/SQL)

mindcrank

Passed 220-902 C394 on Friday, 2/10 classes complete in two weeks

JGDaily

Starting WGU on 11/01/16. Looking forward to learning information all over and again, as well new items. I'll be checking in here frequently for other student's experiences. I haven't even started yet and the experience is already not looking good. But, can't blame it on the enrollment/admissions process. I'll give a full experience probably after my first official week.

omichael003

I'm looking to attend WGU January next year. I have AS accounting from a community college over 5 years ago. Ccna r&s and looking to take ccna security next month. My question is, will my credit transfer and should I take S+, P+ and Linux+ before applying or study for it before applying and do the exams after I'm a student.

mindcrank

Passed Project+/C176 last Friday and have "accelerated" into Linux+ C697/C698

mindcrank

omichael003 wrote: »

I'm looking to attend WGU January next year. I have AS accounting from a community college over 5 years ago. Ccna r&s and looking to take ccna security next month. My question is, will my credit transfer and should I take S+, P+ and Linux+ before applying or study for it before applying and do the exams after I'm a student.

I think your credits should transfer fine, as far as S+,P+ and L+... The vouchers are included in your tuition so - it's up to you. If you want to get your degree faster and be proactive at the cost of the exams then go for it, otherwise just wait and when you talk to your student mentor ask about front loading the classes that require CompTIA certifications so you can get them out of the way.