WGU Transcript Evaluation

I received the results on the transcripts I sent to WGU and was surprised to discover that they accepted my entire AAS degree. The degree satisfies all the general education requirements for WGU. Which is crazy because if they did a credit by credit evaluation I would have ended up needing a bunch of general ed classes. I never expected this because I was under the impression that only AA and AS degrees would transfer this way. Now I can jump right into completing IT classes which is the only thing I really want to study anyways.

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Akaricloud

Just to be clear since there are two AAS degrees, which was yours?

Associates in Applied Science (AAS)
or
Associates in Arts and Science (AAS)

From what I've seen the second will transfer completely while the first will be credit-by-credit at most universities.

afcyung

I have an associates of applied science from the Air Force and they transferred the entire degree in for all of my generals. I would need a science otherwise. I was pleasantly surprised.

hiddenknight821

I got an Associates in Applied Science before I came here. I was surprised they didn't transfer in the higher-level credits beyond my AAS study while I was working toward a bachelor for a year before I bailed.

georgemc

afcyung wrote: »

I have an associates of applied science from the Air Force and they transferred the entire degree in for all of my generals. I would need a science otherwise. I was pleasantly surprised.

Are you saying they gave you credit for your entire CCAF? Is your CCAF in Electronic Systems Technology or something else? I'm probably going to enroll soon and I was very curious as to how much of my CCAF would be accepted. This sounds like it may be good news for me.

Raisin

Akaricloud wrote: »

Just to be clear since there are two AAS degrees, which was yours?

Associates in Applied Science (AAS)
or
Associates in Arts and Science (AAS)

I was referring to an Associates of Applied Science. In my area none of the schools offer an Associates of Arts and Science, although there is an Associates of General Studies which is probably the same thing and it's just named that to avoid confusion between having two AAS degrees.

missy2687

That's interesting because I also just transferred in an AAS but still have to take the humanities & organizational behavior courses.....

N2IT

Missy might want to mention that. Not all evaluators are created the same.

missy2687

N2IT wrote: »

Missy might want to mention that. Not all evaluators are created the same.

I started July 1st so I'm not sure if it's too late, but I'm still going to bring this up with my mentor. Thanks!

Raisin

missy2687 wrote: »

I started July 1st so I'm not sure if it's too late, but I'm still going to bring this up with my mentor. Thanks!

You can appeal an evaluation decision but I believe it needs to be immediately after you receive your results. If you've already started it's probably too late.

onesaint

Congrats.

Which BSIT focus are you going with and what classes do you have left to take now?

afcyung

georgemc wrote: »

Are you saying they gave you credit for your entire CCAF? Is your CCAF in Electronic Systems Technology or something else? I'm probably going to enroll soon and I was very curious as to how much of my CCAF would be accepted. This sounds like it may be good news for me.

Yes mine is in information systems technology. Make sure if you clep any classes you sendthem your clep transcripts .

Psoasman

I transferred my AAS, leaving me just the humanities, org behavior, and leadership courses. If I remember right, WGU makes an exception for AAS in IT. I'm sure there are some slight differences in the various programs and degrees that would affect an evaluation.

Devilry

That is pretty good info, thanks for posting.

I will be sending WGU my transcripts here soon after I finish a statistics class..

georgemc

afcyung wrote: »

Yes mine is in information systems technology. Make sure if you clep any classes you sendthem your clep transcripts .

Thanks afcyung,

I've just finished requesting that all of my transcripts be sent to WGU, including the ones from CLEP/DANTES. I had the enrollment counselor wake me up at 3:38 in the morning last night. It kind of stinks to be on Guam sometimes although I love it here and it's a great place. The time difference from the ConUS is a killer though.

mp3markel

Raisin, how long has it been since you completed your AAS degree? I obtained a total of 3 A.S. degrees with my local community college, 1 in 2009 than the other 2 in 2010. I was just wondering if the amount of time you received your degrees mattered to what classes would count as credit with WGU. I've already sent WGU 3 transcripts and just waiting on a final one to hopefully find out what transferred over.

Raisin

mp3markel wrote: »

Raisin, how long has it been since you completed your AAS degree?

The degree was from 2008 and it is IT related.

onesaint wrote: »

Which BSIT focus are you going with and what classes do you have left to take now?

I was tempted to go for a concentration but decided on the general BSIT degree, because right now I need a bachelors more than I need a CCNA or MCITP. I believe I need 43 CUs, and from what I've been reading on this forum, this is possible in one term if I work hard. Since the bulk of my classes are mainly CIW certs I'm feeling pretty confident about this. I don't think I'd be able to knock out the degree in one term if I had to take any Cisco or advanced Microsoft exams.