(04-01-2022, 05:09 PM)muu9 Wrote: Looking to get as much WGU credit as possible before starting.

CLEP credit: (I can get more via modernstates.org and my local CC)
College Comp, Calculus, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology No, forget CLEP, there are quicker and easier options.

AP Credit:
AP Biology (4)

College credit:
Intro stats (A), Honors Chem 1 (D), Honors Physics 1 ©, currently enrolled in general chemistry and intro to computer science at my local CC. I should get grades around May, but they're both likely to be a C or better.

Here are my questions:
Is the degree plan from the wiki accurate? Yes, you could still double check using this tool here:
https://partners.wgu.edu/

Are there any WGU courses which are (in)famous for being time-consuming or hard to pass which I should prioritize getting from study.com or sophia? Yes Calculus, Computer Arch., Discrete Math are some. I would max out your transfer credits. 

Is it reasonable for me to complete all of my Sophia credits on 2 months or should I get the 4 month subscription? 2 months is enough time to do the 9 Sophia courses. Start with Sophia.

Why does the wiki suggest doing Sophia courses without touchstones? Why not be enrolled in one with and one without, so that you can work on the self-paced course(s) while waiting for your touchstones to grade? Do one course with touchstones such as English comp, then other without. You can ask Sophia to open a 3rd course but that's usually not needed. 

I noticed some credits (like intro to humanities) might be taken care of with a CLEP exam, but that isn't listed in the degree plan. Can someone explain why that is? As stated before, forget CLEP, stick with Sophia. But to find other courses, use this tool: https://partners.wgu.edu/

(04-01-2022, 10:53 PM)ss20ts Wrote: Which WGU degree?

(04-01-2022, 06:01 PM)dfrecore Wrote: Are you saying you already have the credits you listed?  And you did not say if any of your sciences have a lab component, which you need.  You also did not put the number of credits each course is worth (or at least, not the CC ones).  That's important.

The problem with WGU is they use very few Gen Ed credits.

Here's where your credits would come in:
CLEP College Comp - will fulfill English Comp
CLEP Calculus - will fulfill Calculus
CLEP Psychology - will fulfill Geography
CLEP Sociology - nowhere to go
AP Biology - will fulfill Integrated Physical Sciences & Lab (if it's a lab)
Honors Physics 1 - will fulfill Integrated Physical Sciences & Lab (if it's a lab)
General Chemistry - will fulfill Integrated Physical Sciences & Lab (if it's a lab)
*only 1 of these sciences will work, the rest you will "lose"
CLEP Chemistry - duplicate
Intro stats - will fulfill Stats
Intro to Computer Science - don't need this
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FYI, when I stick your credits into a TESU degree plan for the BACS, you actually come out ahead of WGU.  You need a lot of the same things, so you might consider getting the credits you need for WGU GE, and then figuring out if you're better off switching to TESU with a single 16cr term instead.

Both need Oral Comm, so you could take Public Speaking for that to cover both
Both need Ethics, you could take the Ethics in Technology DSST exam to cover both
Both need civics, American Government CLEP covers both (or ICC)
Both need Humanities, the A&I Lit CLEP is good there; or else an easy Sophia course
TESU needs a history and 2 socsci/hist/hum courses in addition, which are easy enough to get later
Then tings that are duplicate in the major that would cover both.

Then you can see what it would take to finish at both schools.  I think you may enjoy TESU more.  And the price may be similar

(04-02-2022, 11:43 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: So may variables at play... You need to decide for yourself, with so less info provided from you, it's hard to determine which would be better - TESU vs WGU.  I would look just a few threads above yours as it's part of the sticky, follow the template in this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-New-to-DegreeForum-How-this-Area-works

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I quickly skimmed through your previous posts, they're mainly in regards to asking for inexpensive college credit options, it doesn't have much details as per the template.  What's mainly missing in the template that I would like more info on is - your budget, experience/job, commitments, time.  All of these will determine it's either better to go for one or the other...

(04-02-2022, 12:32 PM)muu9 Wrote: Looking at the TESU degree plan, it seems to have a lot more room for flexibility than the WGU plan. Is it really as flexible as it appears?