I’m beyond frustrated with WGU right now.
I came into this term trying to finish my degree in one term, and I’ve proven I can accelerate. I’ve completed tasks and sometimes entire courses in a single day.
Now I’m sitting here with only two classes left, and it looks like I may be forced to pay for an entire second term because of delays that had nothing to do with my ability or willingness to do the work.
I’ve dealt with administrative delays getting courses opened, website/technical issues when I was ready to submit, and now work being held up waiting for peer reviews after I already completed my part.
Oh, and my favorite? My mentor told me that if I needed a class added, I could call over the weekend. Well, I did that on Saturday, August 1, only to be told, “Nope, we don’t let you do that the first four days of the month.” WT actual F!?!?! All the while, the calendar keeps running.
That’s what bothers me most. I’m not asking for extra time because I procrastinated. I failed a test and then didn’t realize I had to wait to meet with the professor, who then decided when I was ready to retest—and that process ate up almost two months by itself. Then nobody tells me I can’t add classes after the 15th of the last month of the term until around August 3.
Had I had one class left? No problem—I’d apparently qualify for a one-month extension. But two classes? It feels like WGU is flipping me the bird.
At this point, the “no opening classes after the 15th” rule feels less like an academic policy and more like a way to force people into another term and another tuition payment. PROVE ME WRONG.
Has anyone else dealt with this? Did you successfully appeal or get WGU to work with you when administrative or technical delays prevented you from finishing before the term cutoff?