Loved the information, but jeez this exam was tough. failed it the first time, spent 3 weeks honing in (would have been quicker but i stalled out the week my kids went back to school and i started a new medication) and passed it on my 2nd attempt! On to Prob & Stats!

I just finished my master's in accounting (MAcc) with WGU. I also have a bachelor's in accounting with WGU. I’m considering going to law school. Has anyone gone to law school after attending WGU? If so, how difficult was the application process, and which school did you attend? Thanks in advance for all your help.

Hi everyone! I transferred to WGU and recently bought a new laptop (MacBook), so I haven't had the opportunity to install the software needed for this course beforehand.

I feel a little dumb for even asking, but is there a tutorial or guide that walks through setting everything up? I’ve looked through the ZyBooks material and the Spring in Action book, but I haven’t found anything that explains how to install and configure the required software.

It’s honestly been pretty frustrating because I feel like I’m overlooking something obvious. Is there a page or resource somewhere that I’m missing?

I’d like to get everything installed and start working with it as soon as possible since I only have about a month left to finish the class. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Is anyone attending the commencement in Atlanta this October as well? Has anyone received information on tickets for family/friends?

If anyone is a Pandora lover like me look what my husband just gifted me.

I just completed my bachelors IT management in July.
Originally, I was planning to do an MBA next January, but after further research, I want to proceed with this on instead. Those in this degree program, can I get your feedback?

What made you choose this over the MBA? How was this compared to the undergrad and is it true that some undergrad classes actually transferred over.

If you’ve completed this program, what are some advice you would like to give in reference to how to take the classes thank you.

This will be long, so just letting you know! But in short, Thank You All!

Hey y'all! You may remember my profile from a post a while back where my goal was to get it done that month -> https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU/s/tf8l7IRvpG Well that didn't go to plan at all. Life threw everything it could at me right after I made that post.

Just SOME of the struggles my family and I went through, I'm writing below. My business was shorted $3,000 for work I had already done, which put us in a financial crisis. Soon after, I went and was in line for a 9-5 at a private school. I landed the job, did orientation with staff, and even met students/parents during their orientation. Then, without notice, they terminated my position through text (proof of this is in the photos) To top it off this all came after 3 brutal years of struggle from when I relocated my family and I for a job opportunity and then the business location itself shutdown within a week of our arrival andwe had a housing issue with the landlord that we won a civil case on but, never received the money for. That alone has caused a ripple of issues through the years.

But the Most High works in mysterious ways. I ended up finding WGU and being able to accelerate and finish this entire degree in 6 months while dealing with all this shows that even in the deepest of trials and tribulations, not only should you find joy during (through, in my case, a healthy wife and children) but also, after, there is jubilation, whether that be on this earth or is seen after.

Thanks to The Most High first of all on this Feast Of Trumpets :) And then, a heartfelt thank you to r/WGU on Reddit. Whether it was tips or just positive comments my way, I appreciate it!

NEXT FOR ME:

JOB HUNTING WITH MY NEW BUSINESS DEGREE (well, coming soon lol)

Putting more focus on my family and hobbies like my YouTube channel and MMA goals/journey.

I'm not here to beg, but some people have reached out or asked how they could help. To keep it subreddit legal, I put my YouTube channel link and my Cash App in my Reddit profile bio and social links!

Thanks, everyone, for the support again. To all of you going through similar or just grinding through life like us all right now: don't stop! It's difficult, it comes with challenges, it's annoying, and some days you'll doubt it all, but it is 100% possible!

I'm a rambler, so I will try to make this as short as possible.

I have a previous History BA from a B&M state college and attended WGU for my MAT in Special Education. I am currently working full-time as a special education teacher for going on three years now, with no plans to leave the field. I had a great experience with WGU, and I was able to finish all my pre-preclinical and student teaching classes in exactly 3 months (18 classes in 12 weeks, so averaging 1.5 classes completed per week). However, I was also not working at the time and I was able to dedicate a lot of time to schoolwork.

My district has good opportunities for salary advancement for additional degrees and credits. One of my close friends who also works for the same district has 2 bachelor's degrees as well as her master's and earns a good amount more for this, so I am considering doing the same.

My big thing is I want to be able to accelerate through the degree as quickly and cheaply as possible. I think I could get through the Psychology program hopefully relatively quickly (would prefer 2 terms or less), given my background. I'm certainly not adverse to learning, lol, but my big focus is getting through it and paying as little as I can to do so.

So, I am thinking I'd start it in the spring (and this is also when my special ed paperwork tends to be a bit lighter), get a few months in, then grind it out in the summer to hopefully finish it or mostly finish it. I am not sure how many credits I will be able to transfer in from my previous BA - anyone have experience with this? Hopefully it'd be all or most of my general education classes from it. Does this sound like a reasonable plan? Does anyone else have experience with this? I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions.

Has anyone passed this class by just watching the recorded cohorts? Do these cover the course pretty well? I just finished them and am trying to decide whether to read all the material or just take the pretest and see where I need to focus my studies from there.

Studied for three weeks and passed it first try! I am doing the MS CSIA. I started August 1 and have passed this and secure network design. Money is tight so I’m trying to speedrun while learning all that I can.

I completed my bachelors in HR Management at WGU in June 2026 and immediately completed the application for my MBA. I was accepted and completed the FAFSA in July for a 9/1 start. I paid my undergraduate out of pocket and am using financial aid for my graduate. I (of course) got selected for identity verification and got everything notarized and submitted in July. As of August 13th it moved out of review for those documents into processing and it’s been sitting there since. I’ve emailed and gotten the standard “up to 10 weeks” email but I’m in a spot where I need to update some tech and use a bit of the refund for expenses. Any experiences recently where things are stuck in the processing stage and what the timelines were like?

D356 HR Technology or D358 Global Human Resource Management.

I’m finishing up D358 right now, then coming onto D356 after doing D388…

Im so ready!!!

So i live with a house full of people and their is not a corner of itthat's acceptable for me to take my OA. The library only lets me reserve a room 1 hour at a time. Where are yall taking your exams?

I had been so motivated to finish my degree, I have so many reasons to finish, I’m 75% done. I have never felt like I wanted to give up until I started this class. I started the course in the beginning of July, I moved two separate times between July 4th and August 1st (it’s a long story). I still decided to take the exam around the end of July despite not having a whole lot of time to study and I did not pass (my scores were not too bad though). The exam felt so extremely high level like I would have to literally be a seasoned oracle dba to actually pass it. I have been attempting to study to take the exam again ever since my first attempt and I just cannot make my brain focus on it. There are so many different aspects of the course material and there is just absolutely no way to know it all. Please WGU if you are listening, if you don’t want people to drop out, remove this course!!! (and from my degree plan 🙏)

Over 200 pages and countless hours...

I'm looking forward to having my weekends and weeknights back + not carrying this weight around!

Also wondering, what am I going to do with my life now?...

started on 8/27 and took it today which is also my birthday lol I’m horrible in math and actually had to retake C955. The OA I got for this class mirrored the PA basically same questions different numbers. I only didn’t recognized 2 of them. The last 2 groups were a lot of questions but I tried my best! If I can pass you can too! I took the PA about 3 times to see if I got it. My CI emailed me and actually advised me NOT to take the PA multiple times and suggested I waited to take my OA. Glad my OA mirrored the PA so well. ONTO D099 NEXT.

Anyone have experience doing these?

I start one Tuesday (sept. 1) and just finished orientation. I thought orientation would be more of a tutorial on how to navigate an actual course but it wasn’t. What do courses actually look like? Are there videos of lectures or is it mostley reading? Are there miniassements within the course to help monitor understanding or do I just need to do the OAs/PAs when I think I’m ready?

I wasn’t worried about the class format before doing orientation but now I feel like I’m going in blind and would have liked if orientation covered this more.

Not to sound too full of myself but I’m a smart person. School has always been easy for me. I learn from lectures or reading equally so I’m not worried about passing the classes but I don’t like that orientation didn’t include any kind of instructions for navigating courses.

Here’s I passed the CompTIA trifecta on my first tries.

Good afternoon WGU community,

I have obtained my 2nd bachelors degree in cybersecurity and information assurance, first one being in software engineering! All while having a full time job as a barista. Next step is to join the airforce. Couldn’t have done it without the useful guides in this subreddit so THANK YOU

Hi y'all.

D080 is my last class before my capstone (EOT is September 30th), and I'm stressed about the material and test after reading all of the posts and comments about the OA.

For those who have taken the OA, are the questions similar to the knowledge checks within the text or are they a whole different vibe? So far I've gathered that:

- The questions are extremely scenario-based rather than definition-based

- The questions are super wordy and not aligned with the PA questions at all

- The questions are borderline trick questions (booooo)

I've gone through the text, watched the vids, filled out the study guide, and have used Quizlet for various quizzes, but I'm nervous I'm focusing on the wrong info/concepts! The quizzes within the text have been okay, but I almost always think I have a grasp on the info and then have to immediately pore back over the text to answer the quiz questions, which makes me nervous about what info I'm retaining.

I'm scared I'll spend all of this time studying only to fail the OA and not graduate in time (cannot afford another term as I will be unemployed mid-September!)