Bad Review for WGU: Dishonest, Incompetent, and Unreliable

[sciencemathematics1]

if you take courses at WGU rather than transfer them in from alt. ed. sources, then you will have a GPA. WGU lists a 3.0 GPA equivalency on their transcripts.

I have been told that graduate schools also look at the grades of the courses themselves that I took. Although WGU does give a 3.0 GPA I heard that the course credits themselves are still ungraded and will just be listed as pass/fail, and that graded courses are prefered over pass/fail. Is this true for all graduate schools?

While I don't have the most amazing academic resume, I do have a pretty spectacular professional resume and list of accomplishments in my field. I don't have much in the way of academic references, but I know and have worked professionally with several Ph.D. holders who would probably write me a letter of recommendation talking about my research qualifications, etc. if asked nicely.

Since I am also interested in PhD programs, what would you suggest that I do after I get my bachelor's degree in order to increase my chances of getting into a PhD program and obtain the kind of background that I need to apply to such a program?

Plus I'm mostly interested in part-time distance-learning programs and I won't need a full-ride scholarship/fellowship

I have done research on distance-learning programs, and have found the following CS PhD programs (6 total)

https://distance.mst.edu/distance-progra...r-science/
https://computing.nova.edu/doctoral/cisd/index.html

https://www.ncu.edu/programs-degrees/doc...ience#gref
https://www.coloradotech.edu/degrees/doc...ce/general
https://www.aspen.edu/business-technolog...r-science/

U. South Carolina
https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_school.../index.php
CS PhD listed here as part of online options
https://www.sc.edu/study/academic_overvi.../index.php


Have you found any programs additional to these that I can add to my list? Are you thinking particularly of certain programs at this point?

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If you're expected to discuss GPA, yes, you can get screwed. It depends more on the quality of the company and whether it's in the tech industry.

The problem comes when you're trying to get internships or facing endless AHS applications after graduating. Better internship opportunities will be GPA-limited, and HR and employment screening (especially in non-tech industries) can force you to either leave a GPA off (putting you in the same bucket as everyone with a bad GPA), or substitute in WGU's handwaved B-equivalency numbers. Neither's a great option, and trying to pass off a pass/fail major "equivalent" to a 3.0 majors GPA can seriously limit your better opportunities.

If I had study.com computer science credits instead of WGU's would I be able to have a higher GPA?