(10-14-2020, 06:15 PM)MNomadic Wrote:(10-14-2020, 05:55 PM)mdel210201 Wrote: Has anyone laid out a list of classes (Sophia, FEMA, Straighterline, etc..) that WGU accepts. I have 100 plus credits but 30 are from Frederick Community College (FEMA credits), and 36 from NYC Police Academy which unfortunately is NCCERS evaluated. So I assume none of those are accepted. I would like to get as close to my 90 as possible to help complete my degree in one term. I would be willing to get the Business degree or one of the Teaching degrees. Whichever would be easier to transfer credits in to.
https://partners.wgu.edu/
Yeah, this is the best place to start if you want to maximize the number of accepted credits.
As you speculated, WGU does not accept NCCRS credits. They also don't accept FEMA, but very few colleges do these days. COSC will accept a few, but as BJ mentioned, you will probably be better off looking at Excelsior since they will accept more FEMA credits when transferred from FCC.
If you don't mind losing the FEMA and NCCRS credits and you want to maximize the 90 credits going into WGU, then you should look at Sophia, StraighterLine, and Study.com for the bulk of your transfer. Depending on the degree, you should not have a problem maximizing the transferrable credits for most degrees at WGU. That way you only have 30 credits to complete in a term to graduate which appears to be your goal.
However, keep in mind that you can complete undergrad courses at WGU at about the same speed that you can complete courses from Sophia, SL, and SDC. So you may be better off aiming to do more of your courses at WGU directly. Completing 13-15 courses in a 6-month term is a reasonable goal for someone who is dedicated and willing to put in the time and effort. Better yet would be aiming to complete two terms at WGU and churning through at least 60 credits there. This will be beneficial if you have any interest in pursuing grad school in the future since most RA grad schools will ignore your ACE credits and only consider RA credits for meeting entrance requirements and such.
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