Advice on WGU

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Hello all,
I just got my transcript evaluated by wgu. I am applying for the BS in Computer Science program at wgu. The following are the classes that I will need to take at wgu:
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1. Technical Communication (3)
   
2. Ethics in Technology (3)
   
3. American Politics and the US Constitution (3)
   
4. Applied Probability and Statistics (3)
   
5. Natural Science Lab (2) --> currently appealing this one.
   
6. Introduction to IT (4)
   
7. Data Management - Foundations (3)
   
8. Network and Security - Foundations (3)
   
9. Web Development Foundations (3)
   
10. Data Management - Applications (4)
    
11. Business of IT - Project Management (4)
    
12. Software I (6)
    
13. Software II - Advanced Java Concepts (6)
    
14. Fundamentals of Information Security (3)
    
15. Business of IT - Applications (3)
    
16. Software Quality Assurance (3)
    
17. Software Engineering (4)
    
18. Operating Systems for Programmers (3)
    
19. Data Structures and Algorithms I (4)
    
20. Computer Architecture (3)
    
21. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3)
    
22. Structured Query Language (4)
    
23. Data Structures and Algorithms II (4)
    
24. Discrete Mathematics II (4)
    
25. Computer Science Capstone (4)
    

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These seems like a lot of classses that I will need to take.
Any advice before I start in june? Is there anyway I will be able to accelerate this, If I am going to be a full time student? Any advice on the specific classes? 

Any and all help will be appreciated.

ThankYou

I am currently going to WGU. In my opinion, courses at WGU are more difficult and slower compared to courses at Study.com and Sophia.org. In the WGU accelerators facebook group, it is not uncommon for accelerators to fail an OA. I have not failed one yet, but if you do, you will need to prove to the course mentor and student mentor that you are ready for a second attempt. This whole processes can end up costing you more time than if you didn't try to rush through the course. For that reason, I am not truly accelerating as fast as some other people are.  

Study.com gives you more practice tests to prepare you for the proctored final. WGU has 1 pre-assessment (PA) which unlocks the final (OA). That pre-assessment and whatever chapter quizzes there are (if there are even any available for that course) , are all that you will have to prepare you for the final. Your course material will be a pdf text book in most cases. Videos as course material are not included in every class. Taking the pre-assessment again gives you the same exact set of questions. I simply feel that you get more practice tests and quizzes to prepare you at Study.com. 

I was able to transfer classes up to one month before my start date. If you can't change your start date, then identify what the consensus is on the difficulty level for each class and knock out the ones that will transfer from Study.com. Not every class at WGU has a proctored final. If the class has a Performance Assessment final then it could be a writing assignment or a project of some type. In my opinion, these are easier and you don't have to look for Study.com equivalents for courses that do not have an OA.   

I just knocked out #15. Business of IT Applications a few weeks ago. That course is straight forward and has just one assignment for that course which is writing a paper. Write the paper and you are done with the class! Don't spend time trying to replace that one. #6. Introduction to IT , this could probably be transferred from Sophia.org for free. Sophia's Project Management might transfer to fulfill #11. on your list....but check first! 

One last tip, make sure WGU has everything on your transcript before your start date. Don't assume that just because you sent transcripts from ACE to WGU or Sophia.org to WGU that it is automatically on your transcript. Email WGU to speed things up if your start date is approaching and they still have not added the courses to your transcript. Just because WGU acknowledges receiving transcripts from other institutions does not automatically mean it has been applied to your WGU transcript.