The Credit Transfer Secret Most WGU Applicants Don't Know About

Two years ago I enrolled at WGU expecting to finish my bachelor's in about six months. I am still in the programme. This is the one thing I would tell myself if I could go back: work out which courses you can clear before you enrol, not after. Term fees run whether or not a course is moving, and a single hard course can absorb months you are already paying for. In this video: The course that stopped me, and why reading about other students clearing it quickly made things worse rather than better Why I picked WGU in the first place, as an immigrant weighing up a lot of options at once What actually happened to my six-month plan The difference between a course being hard and a course being high-friction - and why that distinction matters more than it sounds Why I ended up working with tutors instead of just reading more Where to look up which courses map to your specific programme before you enrol How the cost compares either way Check which courses transfer to your programme before you enrol - the pathway list is linked below. Transfer credit is always evaluated course by course against your own programme, so confirm your plan with your enrolment counsellor before you rely on it. ___________________________________________________________ 🔎 CHAPTERS 🔎 0:00 The Mistake I Made Before Enrolling 0:29 The Reddit Post That Shocked Me 1:14 My Background, and Why I Chose WGU 1:29 I Expected Six Months. It Has Been Two Years. 2:38 Grades and What Transfers In 3:28 Why Some Courses Are Hard for the Wrong Reasons 3:49 Working With Tutors on the Hard Classes 4:47 What the Objective Assessment Actually Tests 5:13 The Advice I Would Give Myself Two Years Ago 6:09 Finding Which Courses Transfer to Your Program 6:51 What You Would Pay Either Way ___________________________________________________________ 🔗 LINKS 🔗 10% off your first month of Study.com: https://bit.ly/3VB81ko Explore Study.com's College Saver - https://study.com/college/pricing.html WGU Transfer Pathways - https://partners.wgu.edu ___________________________________________________________ Already enrolled, or still deciding? Tell us where you are in the comments.