How fast (in how many days) can you realistically finish Sophia, etc. or WGU course?

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In my program, there are several courses where you can only submit 1 task at a time and have to wait for the evaluation so if you get it sent back to you needing corrections multiple times, that's 3 days minimum each time you're sitting around with nothing to do. You cannot add another course. You can't move a course up. In my program, we have to go in course order and we can only have 1 course open at a time. Like I said, I'm in grad school so it's a bit different. 

It seems that undergrads have it much easier. Flexibility and multiple courses open at the same time make a huge difference!

I was just reading a thread on Facebook from someone in my program who is now struggling with one of the final courses before the Capstone because they didn't go through the course content. Several people commented that they didn't know where the material was covered and some didn't think it was ever covered. It was discussed in the first course in a 10 minute video. That 10 minute video turns out to be the key to the task in a course way in the future. By skipping material, many people did not know how to do this task or even where to look for info.

Skipping material aside, I'm surprised that a degree program would be set up that way. Depending on the objective, that is either brilliant or very poor design, but I would lean toward the latter. Even if they wanted to introduce the concepts early, why not repeat them immediately before the related task to reinforce understanding and add much-needed clarity?

And like many people no one reached out to the CI for clarification. I have no idea why people don't utilize the CI's. That's what they are there for! I haven't had one bite my head off. I've chatted with 3 so far and all have been extremely helpful. 

In 17 courses I never needed to contact the CI for assistance, but I was able to get direction from discord or reddit if I was confused about a requirement. Also, I think I was moving too fast to engage with them. I had CIs reach out a couple times, but after I had already completed the course.

The whole point of college is to learn. That's no different at WGU or any CBE program. Yes, many people who enroll into CBE programs bring with them a great deal of knowledge from their work and life experience. They still learn something though. I have 20+ years of retail management and owning my own retail store. When I completed my BABA and my MBA, I already knew a great deal of info, yet I learned a great deal as well. Maybe most importantly, I learned a lot about myself which has been an interesting experience. Learning isn't all about being able to recite things you've learned. It's about putting it to use in some way.

Very well stated. Methods may vary, but I wholeheartedly agree that learning is always the point.