MY HONEST REVIEW OF WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY: WGU REVIEW
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Hi there, in this video we are going to discuss my WGU experience and how I obtained a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in 6 months! We're going to talk all about how many credits I transferred and any tips and tricks I have for you as well!
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Very reassuring to hear a lot of positive experiences from WGU grads. I'm planning to start my B.S. in Software Engineering this fall😁
You got this!♥️
@@RedTsunami Care to elaborate?
Not hating, just genuinely curious if you know something I don't.
Same here! In person college seemed too slow for me. It made me procrastinate on projects/homework and overall just a terrible experience.
Me too we got this I start sept 1
@@MaryesaAnteya How is it going?
I am a proud WGU Texas class of 2022 GRADUATE!!!! I love this college. Great job on your degree!!
Thank you, congrats to you as well!
HI, IM IN TEXAS EITHER BUT ONE QUESTION , IS EASY FOR YOU FOUND JOB IN THAT AREA YOU STUDY ?
@@beccauvainHi do you find job easily ?
I totally loved this school so much! It was a bit more independent study than I would’ve liked. I’m more of a hands-on/kinesthetic learner. I will say that I had a professor literally call me to help me on a project once. WGU is extremely supportive!
I will be starting on December, can I ask you for some tips?
@@KarenGonzalez-ls3pjgood luck with your program! Definitely learn about your study habits and skills so you understand how you best learn. I’m more than happy to answer, but it’s been quite a while since I attended.
Congratulations. Six months is very impressive and I know what it's like to have to cut out your social life to accelerate through school. It is definitely a sacrifice. I completely agree with your review. The facebook groups, reddit and even discord channel were so helpful for my classes.
Thank you! Congratulations to you as well! I want to get my MBA but I have to mentally prepare myself before I do that again 😂
I'm really glad to hear this. I'm starting my masters on May 1st and I'm really nervous about it. I didn't think I'd ever be able to afford getting my masters but here we are. Congratulations!!!
Congratulations to you as well!
I’ve been looking at several online schools but, from all the positive things I hear of WGU it’s an easy decision. I’ll be staring this fall for my bachelors in psych. Thanks for your experience and insight!
Congratulations I am so proud of you! Thanks be to GOD that is amazing! I start in 5 days 3/1 on my BSBAMGC with 27 transfers .... GOD willing I will be able to complete it asap !
Thank you♥️ You got this!!💕
I start April 1st with the same major! We can be study friends if u like?!
@@dollbaby4398 that will be fantastic!
I just applied to the fb business group. Do u know what courses you are taking first?
Congrats I am super excited to get my degree. I am currently enrolled in WGU In Cyber Security Degree I love it so far
Thank you! You got this! ♥️
I wanna enroll in cyber security and assurance too. How is it going for you and how long are you looking to complete your degree?
@@IBK1001 well it is going well but I could not pass the CompTia++ so now I changed to B.S. in Business Administration Information Technology Management. I will try the ++ again but I had to keep going.
@@truthhurts7045Im close to an associates I’m thinking to do cyber security should I continue here for WGU and will it take me long it says 21 months for bachelors or would it be less time? Also is the course good or would you recommend it?
Thank you! I have been in WGU for too long, between work, kids, and running girl scouts, by the time I sit down to do school work I have no focus. I'm going to try those supplements you recommended!
You are so welcome! I hope they help you as much as they helped me! You got this!♥️
Wow congratulations! Thank you for explaining more about this college. I am so excited to get started. Great review as well!!!
You are so welcome!❤️
So proud of you girl. 👏
Thank you!♥️
🎉This is amazing 👏🏿 I am at a brick and morter school, and I need to speed up my degree completion. This video is so inspiring! Thank you so much for posting!
You’re so welcome!♥️
7/9 classes in two weeks for a Masters here! I only had to slow down because I had to take actual industry technical certifications to finish.
You got this!
Thank you for sharing your review! I’m excited to begin my first term on June 1st
You got this!♥️
This was so helpful ! Thank you for this information
Thank you for all the information. I’m in my second semester and love WGU
You are so welcome! ♥️
This was a REALLY good review and very thorough. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you! You are so welcome!♥️
Thank you! This video was very helpful!
I am so glad I found your video. Very helpful. Thank you so much Becca
You are so welcome! ♥️
Thank you for the information. I’m coming in with no college experience but a ton of work experience. I appreciate you
You are so welcome! You will do great!♥️
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Thank you so much for your honest review. I really appreciate this!!!
You are so welcome!❤️
I'm starting my bachelors program in cybersecurity, I do here how it can be accelerated, though they say in the IT side of things, usually it takes longer than someone who gets a degree in education or business. Making finishing my degree in 6 months a bit harder, though I am aiming for a year. I have CU's transferred from my associates as well, and I do have some IT background and experience.
You can do it!
How is your experience going? I'm starting on March 1st.
so far so good, though not as fast as I had hoped, though I am about to wrap up my 4th course for the term, so I may have time to take a course from term 2 and move it to this one to get ahead a bit.
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@@626productionshave you started ? What are you majoring in? How do you like WGU?
Great job. Are you doing the MBA? I recommend it. The MBA was a review plus expansion of what you learned in the BSBM. I finished the MBA in 4 months.
Thank you! That is awesome to know I do want to do mine but I think maybe the bridge one to IT.
I’m also looking at the MBA at WGU and others.
How much time did you have to put into the program to finish in four months?
@@rjlt4841 20-30 hours a week on average for me.
@@stevenjshedd Thank for the reply. Great job putting that level of effort in over that period!
Thank you, I couldn’t find a review for this place that wasn’t sponsored
Very informative and congrats to you!
Thank you ❤️ I’m glad it was helpful!
Great review! Thanks for you input it was very helpful 😊
You are so welcome!
Great information, Becca. Thanks!
You are so welcome!
WGU is a great college and has some great programs but it is primarily for people that are already working and have a career but want to advance in their field. I don't know how suitable it is for someone fresh out of high school.
I guess it would really depend on the person and how they perceived learning. I feel like they would be fine considering in high school kids are able to take their basic college courses online while juniors and seniors. But if they wanted the full college experience they may want to go to a big university. However, WGU is a lot more affordable so for kids that don’t have the money for the big universities WGU is great!
High school students going into college are more concerned about the college lifestyle. Those kids aren't ready for just straight on work for 6+months with no life
@@felixvargasjr8483 For some, I took 19 credits every semester, including summers. I just wanted to be able to support myself.
Thank You so much for the review !!!
Glad it was helpful!♥️
I’m seeing so many positive comments about it but I haven’t had the best time there. I’m taking the cybersecurity course
I’m so sorry! Does it have to do with your mentor? Just know you can always request a new one and there is another guy on TH-cam that does videos on all of the Cyber Security aspects of WGU his channel is called: Josh Madakor he has the best information on the program in my opinion. Also be sure to take advantage of the lectures they do so you can ask any questions you have!
I’m rooting for you
Well done video. Thanks for the information.
You are so welcome!
Great video. Congratulations on your success. Quick question. Could you elaborate on your experience with Proctored exams? I hear that it varies by course and that there's either a final or a paper but I'm trying to determine how many proctored exams there were in the program overall so I can go into it with confidence and understanding. Any information will be greatly appreciated.
So for the 21 classes I took about 11 of them had proctored exams. I don’t know about the other classes since I had transferred in those credits. I hope that helps some! I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful, but I would prepare for at least half or more of the courses to require exams.
@@beccauvain Thank you for the feedback.
Thank You for your video!
Thank you 🙏
I’ve been for about 7 months but only got 15 credits. I haven’t been in school a couple decades too 😂 But I don’t know how you guys do it. One guy wanted to charge me 1200 to show me but it was to weird for me.
Hey everybody goes at their own pace don’t feel the need to accelerate unless you just want to! I just really didn’t want to pay for more than one semester and had a ton of free time since I worked from home and gave up a social life lol. Don’t let anybody scam you because that sounds like a scam he can’t tell you anything I haven’t already in this video. It’s really just about going through the courses as fast as you can to retain the information, taking the PAs, then passing the OAs. I highly recommend the WGU Accelerators Facebook group along with Quizlet and Reddit for all questions. You got this!
@@beccauvain I really appreciate your kind words! I had a feeling he was a scam. Super glad I didn’t fall for it.
I am apart of a Facebook group but I don’t think it’s the one you’re talking about so I’ll take a look!
Great video! Hope the best for you 💕
Omg yess I’m starting soon too ❤🎉
You got this!♥️
❤️❤️❤️✅🎉. I love wguuuu
I’m graduating high school in 2 weeks. My plan is to get my AA (but i’m debating a gap year) and get 10 courses that can be transferred to WGU’s BA in Marketing. So I’d only have 29 (estimated) courses to complete with WGU, and I’d hopefully complete all the courses within a 6-12 month span, while maintaining a part-time job and semi-free social life to spend with my partner and family. I’m going to look into the suppliments you’re taking and take into account your studying tactics. My passion is graphic design, visual arts and visual/advertisment marketing. Do you think I’m taking the right path? I have a lot of anxiety about a lot of my decisions.
I think you are on the right track, but make sure if you planning on transferring to WGU that you get your associates degree first. I only say that because they are a little picky about what credits they will take but if you have an associates degree they have to take those im pretty sure. Honestly a marketing degree is a really good degree to get right now with a lot of variety in what you can do. I’m sure you will do great. You are already thinking ahead and I’m sure you will set yourself up for success. Just make sure with you being so young that you try to volunteer and intern places to get you experience so that way when you graduate you will have some experience on your resume. :)
I applied for elementary education and was just admitted. Im kind of worry about the financial aid
I can’t offer any advice on financial aid unfortunately, but I’m sending good vibes your way!
can you share anything about how you found a remote job without the bachelors? Was the associates enough?
Honestly, I got lucky. My job originally was not remote. It went permanently remote during the pandemic. I was able to get the job with my associates degree. It was a new hub so they hired about 40 of us. Now for remote jobs I would definitely check the insurance industry and payroll companies they usually always have remote openings and the job stability is there.
Congratulations
Thank you!♥️
Need Advice! I`m 44 years old. I graduated with a Business Degree and have a Masters in Education. I`m teaching for the last 17 yrs, but wanted a career switch into Business/IT Management/Healthcare/Supply Chain career. Should I go straight Competency Based to MBA in IT in WGU or take Competency Fast Track Bachelor`s in Project Management in UMPI or UMASSGlobal? Any suggestion is welcome! Thanks!
Hey there, I’m not sure how to answer this one. I feel like you should ask this question in the WGU Reddit forum and you may have some better answers. Or even the WGU Facebook group! I just don’t want to give you the wrong information. I hope you find the answers you are looking for, you got this!
Did you get Financial aid? I just applied for Fafsa. I really want to get my BA.
I actually had already used up my financial aid from my community college. But I would recommend applying for Fasfa it helped me so much! WGU also has a ton of scholarship opportunities you can apply for as well!
Do employers respect degrees from WGU
I got a job with a Fortune 500 company with no issues after graduation. So I would say they are respected just like any other degree.
Does WGU allow students to check their own GPA under WGU GPA calculator?
I don’t think so, but I could be wrong. Typically WGU is just a straight 3.0 because you have to have at least a B to pass any course.
Here is a link to their explanation:
cm.wgu.edu/t5/WGU-Student-Policy-Handbook/Grading-Scale/ta-p/59
@@beccauvain They said they don't grant you a GPA but I found this link which is where you go to for WGU GPA calculator called Campus Reel
hi Becca, please what is Alpha Brain?.
It’s a memory and focus supplement by the brand Onnit!
I’m starting in June and I’m going for supply chain . I’m transferring in 50cu and I’m 50% done with getting the degree. Could I finish this in 6 months?
I absolutely think you could finish in 6 months!
@@beccauvain thanks becca
I have 106 credits from the University of the People. So, I want to transfer to WGU, do you know how many credits WGU WILL GIVE me?
WGUs website says you can transfer up to 90 credits, but you would need to go through with your advisor to see how many they would accept. You can do that before paying for a semester if you want to see.
Is there a limit on how many times you can take the practice assessment and are they proctored?
Hey there! No no limit on how many times you can take the pre assessment and it is not proctored. However the answers don’t change so I don’t recommend taking it multiple times as you will just remember the letter for each answer and not remember the material. That’s just what I’ve noticed from my own personal experience.
Hi, could you pl share the Cohort classes link?
Hey there I no longer have access to the cohorts for the courses, but if you are enrolled you can find them all under your course resources page!
Anyone doing business admin in accounting for WGU?
Hey girl join the WGU College of Business group on Facebook and there are a ton of people in there doing accounting!
i am planning to take MBA IT Mgmt bit nervous , I have a bachelors in Electrical Engineering, will MBA be a good idea?
I would talk to an advisor to make sure you have all of the prerequisites for the MBA because normally it is kind of like a bridge from business bachelors degrees. I think that having both of those would be very beneficial to you though. If anybody is reading this and has more insight feel free to weigh in!
Yooo you sound like you're from Birmingham then you said Jeff State, coincidence or am I just crazy?
I did go to Jeff state in Bham!
@@beccauvain Were you able to get a job?
I was actually able to get an offer a month after I graduated!
I know its self paced....are all courses proctored?
Only the ones that you have to take an objective assessment for! The performance assessments are written and are not proctored. Some courses only require performance assessments.
can you get a job alone with this degree , or you need more stuff to add to your resume
Honestly I feel like this degree is the best entry level job degree. I feel like you can get a job entry level with this degree, but having previous experience in whatever field you are going into is always a plus! Also check out the type of job you want and see what the requirements for the job may be and see if you can get some additional certifications that may set you apart from other candidates like if there is a software they use specifically or if the job is excel heavy. LinkedIn has a ton of free courses!
THANKS @@beccauvain
Is it possible for foreign
Here is a copy of the policy for international students at this time:
At the present time, WGU is accepting applications only from individuals living in the United States. (The exceptions are U.S. active-duty military personnel and their families at overseas installations and individuals living in Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.)
This college is a joke
Just because it’s online does not mean it is easy. This college is hard. It’s not any different than going to a university except that you don’t have the professors holding your hand at WGU like you do at a big university and you can complete your classes as fast as you like instead of being forced to take a full four years of your life and waste it when you could have used those 4 years finding a job. I have nothing against big universities except that they are money pits and are forcing 18 year olds into a debt they should not even have to consider at their age. Employers don’t care which college you go to they just care that you have a degree to show for it.
So are all the other colleges out there. A bachelors is very much needed to check a box and open doors. The fact that WGU is online vs a more traditional in classroom school means nothing. Its accredited and employers don't care as long as you check the box. I've never heard of a person getting turned down during an interview because they got a degree from a certain college. they care about the DG, "done graduated"
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@@beccauvain its a joke lol
@@beccauvain what they don't tell you is that your credits aren't transferrable to other colleges. I remember looking into this school for my degree and they didn't accept a lot of transfer credits. The credits you earned there also weren't transferrable because of the program type. I looked at this college a few years ago so I wonder if their policies are different now
Are you able to transfer to another college for masters? My understanding is that they dont use gpa just pass fail, so it makes it immposible to transfer. Is this true
Someone actually just posted in the WGU group on Facebook the other day that she was able to transfer and got into Tulanes Masters Degree program. Make sure you get your mentor to write you a letter of recommendation!
Thank you!!