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It seems the Washington Post cruises Reddit for news articles these days. They basically highlighted speed runners using things like Study.com and finishing in weeks. What bothered is it left out the part about that being the exception not the rule. The chose the most extreme case of acceleration (16 study courses in 22 days and finishing the remaining 11 classes in less that 8 weeks). It talked about people on Reddit begging people not to brag about speed running. It ignored the average graduation time or that the example they used already worked in the field. I’m really working hard on this and hate that the Washington Post decided to sensationalize a story. But also how many YouTube degree hacker videos do we really need. UMPI also made the article.

Anyway please don’t attack me I’m just annoyed that the Washington Post didn’t even interview anyone who didn’t speed run or interview anyone else. The nice part was the accreditation body stood behind WGU as a CBE unlike UMPI’s accreditation body.

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WGU was an awesome experience, and the B.S. in Supply Chain and Operations Management was a challenging, but fun program. I transferred 71 credits, and finished 16 WGU courses in 51 days, earning two excellence awards, and passing my capstone on the second revision.

I have already interviewed for three separate supply chain jobs, and I am very excited to grow from here! Also, special thanks to my mentor, whom was amazing to work with, and helped me achieve such fast success!

I have several years of leadership experience, and I am considering either the M.S. in Management and Leadership as my graduate program, or the M.S. in Data Analytics, to pair with the data courses and become more technical in the supply chain field. I wish WGU had a M.S. in Supply Chain Management. Does anyone have any advice?

I am trying to finish my business management degree in one term. I will have to complete 11 classes after transferring an associates, study.com and Sophia courses. I have a one year old, wife who works on the weekends and pretty demanding M-F job. I can dedicate realistically 2-3 hours a night, 6 days a week and MAYBE a few extra hours on a weekend. Average in online learning but heavily motivated to get this done

Outstanding courses include

Innovative and Strategic Thinking

talent Acquisition

Strategic Training and Development

Change Management

Values-Based Leadership

Business Ethics

Consumer Behavior

Sales Management

Business Managements Tasks

Business Management Capstone

Business Simulation

I failed my first OA for D351. I’m not sure how to feel right now

I see a lot of posts on here about accelerating and a lot of people getting their degrees knocked out quickly. Kudos to all of you and that accomplishment. My story is a little different and I thought I would make a post and maybe offer some encouragement if you’re thinking about giving up.

My journey has been a long one at WGU. Started in 2018 expecting to be like a lot of others and knock this degree out quickly. I’m 37 and work full time and looked forward to checking that box for a degree in my field and potential opportunities it could open up for me with not having a bachelors yet. Then I proceeded to encounter a lot of life events, dad got cancer, went through a divorce, therapy with panic attacks and anxiety, switched majors, moved across the country, dad passed (f cancer), personal health issues hit, term breaks for not being able to physically function or get out of bed, 2 SAP appeals, and yet here I am. I just completed D325 Networks for my Net+ cert on the first try, got my first and only Excellence Award on D339 and finished my 2nd to last term just a little ahead of the end of the term. I’m about to start my last term and finally finish my degree. It’s been a long tough road. It wasn’t ideal and not nearly as quick as I had planned. But sometimes life hits you hard and you find the strength to get back up and accomplish your goals. Finishing this term has been one of the best feelings knowing I’m so close and about to accomplish what I set out to do finally, regardless of how long it’s taken me. If you’re struggling to keep going, don’t give up, WGU will work with you. Even if you have terms with 0 class completions like I did. It may take you longer than you wanted, but you can get there and cross that finish line! I’m pumped for my last term to finally get it done and get that degree.

TLDR: Life can hit you hard and change your plans, but keep at it and keep pushing and you can accomplish your goals.

Hi Everyone!!!

I usually just lurk on here, but made a throw away to ask about recent graduation timelines. I turned in my graduation application on Saturday. Has anyone done their graduation application recently? How long did it take to get the graduation approval email?

I know it varies by degree and time of the month due to volume of submissions, but I'm hoping someone can give me a sense of how long it's taking right now.

Thanks!

I'm losing my mind waiting.....

Hey guys, I'm felling old working on my degree at 29 lol, what is your motivation when there's not any and when you living tough times?

Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators (MSN link due to WaPo's paywall)

One particularly concerning part:

>The head of the New England Commission of Higher Education, which oversees the accreditation of the University of Maine system, told The Washington Post that he had never heard of students completing a bachelor’s degree in only a few months — either at the Presque Isle campus or any other accredited university. He said that is something his organization may decide to investigate.

>“If students are getting a baccalaureate degree in a few months, the commission could certainly inquire, ‘Is there integrity to the degree to be awarded?’” said Larry Schall, president of the commission. (Shortly after Schall got off the phone with The Post, he said, he called the campus to ask them to look into the issue.)

WGU is also discussed:

>Some users on a Reddit forum for Western Governors have pleaded with peers to stop bragging that they earned degrees in weeks or months.

As is Purdue Global:

>In January, Purdue Global stopped students from taking an unlimited amount of classes in a term without permission in its ExcelTrack program, citing concerns about “academic integrity and the value of a Purdue Global degree.” ... “ExcelTrack is an accelerated degree program, but it was never intended to be a six-month degree,” Purdue Global spokeswoman Amy Hawkinson said in an email.

Are things pointing to the beginning of the decline of accelerated degrees?

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UniversityFrames.com now offers both the old and new seals for their customizable WGU diploma frames.

It’s 2 hrs for these pre checks to finally work, 3 IT calls, 2 chatbot conversations and I still couldn’t launch my test. This was first and damn sure my last test. ProctorU is shit and it has left a very bad taste in my mouth. If I’m going to have to go through every time, I’d rather just say screw this and go somewhere else. I’ve done nothing but jump through hoops for this school just for more bullshit to come up. I’m over it. More power to you all, but this is for the birds. I’ll transfer to SNHU instead

I know there have been many posts about people finishing classes early. I just got access to my classes and how many terms WGU estimates for me. My question is: how many terms did they initially estimate for you vs how many terms did it actually take?

Thanks!

4 classes to go. Failed second on D338. Its not even that hard of a class. Im just burned out, stressed, exhausted and have grown to hate learning and despise everything IT or college related. Can anyone share some tips to beat the burn out and get my mind right? I can't take a long break but if I keep going, ill go insane.