Looking into WGU. Interested in some preliminary feedback.

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1) Will IT certs I earn prior to enrollment waive the related degree requirements? This page covering Transferable IT Certifications
The BSIT-Security page states that graduates will earn the following certs:

I've already got my CCNA and CCNA Security, so ideally I could skip the related coursework. Additionally, CompTIA offers a 50% discount on examinations for students (or people with a *.edu email account, both groups I am a part of); this means that I could obtain the A+, Net+, Sec+, Linux+, and Project+ prior to enrollment for right around $900. Since A+ is two tests (two courses?) and Linux+ is two tests (two courses?), would these certifications altogether complete 7 classes for $900, or am I missing something critical?

Yes, the courses associated with these certs will count as "transferred in," just as if you took them at some other college. Since CCNA is a higher level cert than the similar but lower-level Net+, I believe it will ALSO waive the lower course, but I am not 100% sure about that part. Check with an advisor. A+/Linux+, and CCNA are all two courses each, as you suspected.

One important caveat -- did you earn your existing certs within the past 5 years? even if you kept them current with CEs, they won't accept them if they're older than 5.

2) Is there a comprehensive lists of what transferable IT certifications cover which CUs?

Here is the transfer eval sheet for IT-Sec (doesn't work on mobile): https://partners.wgu.edu/TransferGuideli...curity.pdf

Here are the sheets for other IT programs, at the bottom of this page:
https://cm.wgu.edu/t5/Admission/Transfer...y/ta-p/155

3) Do I have to select the courses I'm going to take in the beginning of each term, or can more be added (or some be dropped) later on down the line?

You'll work with your mentor to add your first 12 CUs, the minimum, at the start. Once you finish those, you can ask for whatever more to be added one-at-a-time.