WGU transcript appeal

[rvm]

So my neighbor decided to go ahead and apply to WGU for his BS in Data Management / Data Analytics.  He was very upset when he received their transcript evaluation.  He realizes all his credits won't align with WGU. They only accepted 16 of his 46 credits.  Bummer!

He spoke with his enrollment counselor to discuss an appeal.  The counselor told him to submit either course syllabi or course descriptions for the courses he hopes to gain credit for.  This may be somewhat difficult as some of his courses were taken a few decades back.

Has anyone attempted and been successful with a transcript appealed at WGU?  Were the credits similar to any of the DSST's (or similar exams or courses) in John's list?

Here are John's credits and what WGU said they will accept - in green text.  


Aleks:
Principles of Statistics  - WGU: Applied Probability & Statistics, 3 cu
College Algebra 1 - WGU: Applied Algebra, 3 cu
Trigonometry - should work for critical thinking & logic


DSST: 
Intro to World Religions - WGU: Intro to Humanities, 3 cu
General Anthropology - should work for other physical science if they took World History as a science (below)
Ethics in America - should work Ethics in Tech ethics are ethics regardless of whether they are personal or professional or technical
Intro to Computing - WGU: Intro to Computing, 4 cu
MIS - should be accepted for Business of IT, IT Foundations or IT Applications
Health/Human Dev - should be accepted as the science lab if they will World History as science
Personal Finance - could possibly be akin to spreadsheets but that's a reach
Principles of Supervision - ?
History of Soviet Union -  ?


B&M:
World History to 1500 - WGU: Physical Science, 3 cu  ** He'll take the credit but how is World History a physical science?
History of World after 1500 - should substitute for American History & Constitution considering World History is not a science
Library Science - ?
PE (Found PHYE Lab) - ?
Survey Data Processing (circa 1985) - ?
Software Applications  (circa 1985) - same as Excel spreadsheets. 

If the transcript evaluation isn't successful & if he chooses to move forward with WGU, he will lose 30 credits.  Would John's credits be better suited to a different degree at WGU?  Should he try to get an AA or AS from a community college and re-submit transcripts?

He spent almost $100 to submit 7 transcripts to WGU and doesn't know what to do - other than appeal and pray for a better result.

He wants the BS in Data Mgmt / Data Analytics degree. I suggested TESU but he doesn't want to deal with statistics.com because their courses are not on-demand.  He would have to wait for each courses respective start date.  

Any suggestions?  

Thanks for helping!