Any other March WGU starters?

Anyone else starting WGU March 1st? (Well, March 3rd technically) I'm going for the Net Admin concentration, walking in with 53 CU's cleared from an AS in Business, 68 to go. (I think that's right)

I'm really hoping to expedite this process!!

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jahaziel

I actually started on jan 1st but I got all the material and started studying way before that

Tyb

I will probably start in May, I'm just settling into a new job and don't want to go in distracted. I'm hoping to get through it quickly too.

TomkoTech

jahaziel wrote: »

I actually started on jan 1st but I got all the material and started studying way before that

How did you get the material prior to the start date? Was this independent material, or did you somehow get access to their actual course material?

I'll be starting April 1st myself in the Net Admin concentration.

Cisc0kidd

Also starting April. Excited to get in and get started! Even bought a WGU polo!

joemysterio

I start March 1st, also doing Network Admin. I only brought in 16 CUs, so I hope I can finish this in 3 years (or less)!

JoJoCal19

Starting the MSISA on March 1st!

Certinator

I'll be starting the N.A. degree program in March with 52 CU's transferred and my goal is to be done in 8 months tops.

Qord

Nice!! Good luck to everyone!!

On a side note, there's an unofficial WGU app out there. Anyone else try it out? I see to have more access in the app than I do through the Portal. Can't see my degree plan on the portal, but I see it in the app.

Flat4ForLife

Hey, new guy here. Redditor /u/beantownmp told me of this website in the WGU subreddit, thanks to him/her for that.

I'll be starting in March as well. IT Sec program, transferring in my CCAF and A+ getting me 42 CU transferred, 81 to go.

On the PocketWGU app, I noticed the same thing. I can actually preview my courses and look at the details on that, but I cannot on the website. I called the orientation people about that and they said that people in certain programs (seems everyone in any IT program) are not able to access the My Degree Plan or courses until their start date because it is being "revamped". Would be nice to be able to get a little jump start on what classes we are looking at, but oh well.

On another note, I'm glad that this seems to be a very active forum from WGU students and all IT people alike, I will definitely be looking here for info and help!

joemysterio

I just noticed that on PocketWGU. Looking at my courses, it looks like i'm tentatively scheduled to go to 8 terms.

I'm definitely going to try and attempt to accelerate this as much as I can.

mokaiba

TomkoTech wrote: »

How did you get the material prior to the start date? Was this independent material, or did you somehow get access to their actual course material?

I'll be starting April 1st myself in the Net Admin concentration.

When you sign in and click on degree plan, sometimes the courses are there before the start date, which would let you access the material before you actually begin.

joemysterio wrote: »

I just noticed that on PocketWGU. Looking at my courses, it looks like i'm tentatively scheduled to go to 8 terms.

I'm definitely going to try and attempt to accelerate this as much as I can.

Don't worry so much about what the degree plan has you scheduled for as the more you complete beyond the 12 credit minimum is the closer that finish date becomes. Just set yourself a personal goal that you want to complete (and which courses first) then work on them. If you happen to get a mentor that is a stickler on rules. Complete the first 12 credits they assign you and then choose what courses you want to take after that as there are no requirements on which courses must be taken first for the accelerated courses, but keep in mind, once you accelerate a course, you must finish it...it cannot be dropped.

markulous

I wanted to but unfortunately my former school (Kaplan) doesn't have their stuff together and wasn't able to cancel out everything like they should have in regards to my pell grant. So it looks like it's April 1 for me.

JoJoCal19

markulous wrote: »

I wanted to but unfortunately my former school (Kaplan) doesn't have their stuff together and wasn't able to cancel out everything like they should have in regards to my pell grant. So it looks like it's April 1 for me.

Had the same happen to me with Iowa State. I got pushed back from Jan 1st to Mar 1st. MAKE SURE you keep on top of Kaplan and keep checking with WGU because I wasted like 3 weeks by not keeping on top of Iowa State to make sure they did it correctly.

markulous

JoJoCal19 wrote: »

Had the same happen to me with Iowa State. I got pushed back from Jan 1st to Mar 1st. MAKE SURE you keep on top of Kaplan and keep checking with WGU because I wasted like 3 weeks by not keeping on top of Iowa State to make sure they did it correctly.

Oh man, how frustrating. I guess this thing isn't as rare as I thought. I have called Kaplan about 6 times, but I'm still not confident they have done it correctly. It still shows as a pending cancellation to WGU. I will definitely keep on them. I wanted to start weeks ago to start getting some certs under my belt but it stinks some of these schools have bad processes.

Qord

Oh man, I am sorry to hear about all that trouble!! What a pain in the butt, that's the last thing you need when trying to change schools. Hope it all works out quickly!!

JoJoCal19

markulous wrote: »

Oh man, how frustrating. I guess this thing isn't as rare as I thought. I have called Kaplan about 6 times, but I'm still not confident they have done it correctly. It still shows as a pending cancellation to WGU. I will definitely keep on them. I wanted to start weeks ago to start getting some certs under my belt but it stinks some of these schools have bad processes.

If it helps, I was told by WGU that the school has to go past the first screen that might show aid cancelled. Like go more into the record to confirm. It was after I relayed this to Iowa State, that it was finally fixed.

markulous

JoJoCal19 wrote: »

If it helps, I was told by WGU that the school has to go past the first screen that might show aid cancelled. Like go more into the record to confirm. It was after I relayed this to Iowa State, that it was finally fixed.

My very last call with WGU, I was finally told that same thing. The last guy at Kaplan swore up and down that everything on their end was fixed, but we'll see.

NOLAJ

March 1 start here as well! MBA: IT MGMT

Going for the 1 term finish! Best of luck everyone!

MagnumOpus

March 1st! IT Security!

N2IT

Good luck everyone! I graduated from their MBA Strategy degree program and learned quite a bit in the process. I am less than 18,000 in debt after the fact as well. Great value IMO.

Dessico

Another WGU newbie here. "Started" March 1st (IT - Security), but was able to get everything finalized last night. Working through Linux+ LabSims now.