Piecing together info on WGU can take a bit. Like other universities that aren't as clear cut as the Big 3 (SUNY ESU comes to mind), it typically takes a bit of digging to understand.
First, they won't take any credit for upper level courses. Second, they do take ACE, DSST, and CLEP from what I've gathered. I have a direct email confirmation of the DSST and CLEP, and assume the ACE side from their acceptance of Straighterline, but you should check directly, I'm not sure where the ACE stuff will be helpful past that excepting ALEKS and Penn Foster, since most of the ACE stuff would not apply in any circumstances to a WGU degree. There is nothing quite as clear cut as to what goes as what, however. You're sort of shooting in the dark, but with a bit of work, I pieced together exactly what was required for transferring in as many credits as possible for a business degree.
Start here - Community College Transfers | Online University Admissions | Western Governors University Online
It is discussing Associate degrees, but some of the information is still applicable. It will give you a broad overview.
Secondly, check straighterline - it has info directly from the horses mouth. The sometimes odd notations (2 of 3) etc, will make sense soon.
Thirdly, after doing the above, you should be able to understand the applicable info at their kb - http://kb.wgu.edu/
Goto the Admissions tab, and scroll down to the appropriate xxxx for students admitted after xxx. Then on the right side, are pdfs for each degree area discussing what will transfer in. That is pretty much the entire list they will allow. For example, for their business program, it's possible to get a bit over 70 credits transferred in. Some of those credits required would be a bit difficult to get, and, in fact, it may be easier to go through the WGU class at your own speed.
In the end, you need to realize that WGU is geared more to accept transfer-in from other colleges, and not from the stuff we talk about on these forums.
After doing significant research on WGU, I came to the conclusion that there were some trade-offs. Firstly, it was worthless to me to try to maximize my transfer-in - some of the (must have all 4 of the following) just aren't worth doing outside of WGU. Likewise, WGU is cheap (especially if you're in Indiana), if you're driven. Despite some bad stories about not being able to move as fast as you'd like, there are plenty of success stories about...moving as fast as you'd like. Some of the degrees from WGU - you'd be hard pressed to get elsewhere. The downsides, are that in some ways, the degrees are a bit more tiring than the big 3. You can't just stop attending, there are no gaps allowed, and you have to take and complete so many courses. They also contact you a fair amount, but that could just be because I contacted WGU Indiana a few times (there's a Washington one also) - might be a bit more interested in attracting students than the main branch.
Hope this helps.
PS - In the end I decided not to go with WGU for my undergrad. There were a few reasons, including the fact that it would be easier to finish a business degree at TESC on my own terms. Also, since I have a strong interest in Math, if I wanted to end up teaching Math, it would be easier and faster for me to complete a Math degree, then do the transition to teaching Masters (where I would definitely use WGU Indiana).
First, they won't take any credit for upper level courses. Second, they do take ACE, DSST, and CLEP from what I've gathered. I have a direct email confirmation of the DSST and CLEP, and assume the ACE side from their acceptance of Straighterline, but you should check directly, I'm not sure where the ACE stuff will be helpful past that excepting ALEKS and Penn Foster, since most of the ACE stuff would not apply in any circumstances to a WGU degree. There is nothing quite as clear cut as to what goes as what, however. You're sort of shooting in the dark, but with a bit of work, I pieced together exactly what was required for transferring in as many credits as possible for a business degree.
Start here - Community College Transfers | Online University Admissions | Western Governors University Online
It is discussing Associate degrees, but some of the information is still applicable. It will give you a broad overview.
Secondly, check straighterline - it has info directly from the horses mouth. The sometimes odd notations (2 of 3) etc, will make sense soon.
Thirdly, after doing the above, you should be able to understand the applicable info at their kb - http://kb.wgu.edu/
Goto the Admissions tab, and scroll down to the appropriate xxxx for students admitted after xxx. Then on the right side, are pdfs for each degree area discussing what will transfer in. That is pretty much the entire list they will allow. For example, for their business program, it's possible to get a bit over 70 credits transferred in. Some of those credits required would be a bit difficult to get, and, in fact, it may be easier to go through the WGU class at your own speed.
In the end, you need to realize that WGU is geared more to accept transfer-in from other colleges, and not from the stuff we talk about on these forums.
After doing significant research on WGU, I came to the conclusion that there were some trade-offs. Firstly, it was worthless to me to try to maximize my transfer-in - some of the (must have all 4 of the following) just aren't worth doing outside of WGU. Likewise, WGU is cheap (especially if you're in Indiana), if you're driven. Despite some bad stories about not being able to move as fast as you'd like, there are plenty of success stories about...moving as fast as you'd like. Some of the degrees from WGU - you'd be hard pressed to get elsewhere. The downsides, are that in some ways, the degrees are a bit more tiring than the big 3. You can't just stop attending, there are no gaps allowed, and you have to take and complete so many courses. They also contact you a fair amount, but that could just be because I contacted WGU Indiana a few times (there's a Washington one also) - might be a bit more interested in attracting students than the main branch.
Hope this helps.
PS - In the end I decided not to go with WGU for my undergrad. There were a few reasons, including the fact that it would be easier to finish a business degree at TESC on my own terms. Also, since I have a strong interest in Math, if I wanted to end up teaching Math, it would be easier and faster for me to complete a Math degree, then do the transition to teaching Masters (where I would definitely use WGU Indiana).
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