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Was the BS in Accounting at WGU worth it for you?

I got my HCI degree at a mid-tier UC and haven't found any good opportunities. I've been mostly applying to UX/UI design jobs and only getting unpaid internship offers with a couple graphic design jobs sprinkled in. I've been fired from all those design jobs. All in under a year. Two companies fired me within two days saying my performance wasn't good and the other UX/UI unpaid internship basically fired me for a stupid drama-related reason.

Anyways, I'm over design and looking to pivot to accounting because I genuinely enjoy the material. I've watched many videos from Farhat and Tony Bell and liked it. My brother enjoys his career as an accountant and I feel like being an accountant matches the lifestyle I want for myself. I also signed up to start my BS in Accounting at WGU November 1st. I'm excited but I'm also nervous that this might be the wrong decision.

Was the BS in Accounting at WGU worth it for you? Did you eventually find a job with the degree? Thank you.

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u/A-Straight-Pube — 5 days ago

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Who accelerated with no prior experience in the past year, how’d you do it? I want to learn from you.

What was your schedule like? How did you manage your time, and what tools did you use? YouTube videos, AI, study guides, practice tests, etc?

I work full time nights and am hoping to finish in 2 terms if possible, while actually learning and retaining the material.

Would love to hear what worked for you, how you stayed on track, and any tips for making the most of your time!

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u/Moon_Lasso — 5 days ago

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Accelerating Advice

I recently had my boss tell me that young moms are never successful (I became a mom at 18) and that I would eventually drop out/not finish my degree. I am approximately 54% of the way done with my degree and would naturally like to prove her wrong because I’m not sure what compelled her to say that to her employee??? Anyways!! I could use all the tips and tricks for accelerating. I’ve been slacking a lot but would like to use this as motivation to finish my degree because I’m not about to prove her right. So any and all advice for accelerating is greatly appreciated. TYIA!!!!

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u/Waste-Visit7164 — 5 days ago

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I got my confetti today 🎉

I don’t have many words of wisdom or worthy story of how I got here. Just wanted to share the news with y’all.

To those still in progress, keep grinding. You can do it. Even when you want to throw your laptop out the window.

u/the_krustykrab_pizza — 7 days ago

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Finished! Twenty-eight courses in one term.

Accelerated the Accounting Degree in one term, 83 CU’s. It is possible! No experience and working full time in an unrelated field. Luckily I have no kids, and was able to study a few hours a week at work during downtime.

EDIT: Just sharing what worked for me and answering some questions. Sorry for the length!

My amount of study time varied based on my completion pace. I set mini goals for myself for what courses I wanted done by the end of each month to stay on track to finish in one term. If I was lagging behind, I put in more hours. It’s hard to estimate, but I’d say around 20 hours a week on average. There would also be one- or two-day stretches where I would be too burnt out and didn’t study.

I would start each course by first searching the course on Reddit to see how other students had tackled it. Some courses, especially the early non-accounting ones, can be completed without even looking at the course material and instead using outside resources like a YouTube series or Quizlet. For other courses, there are recorded cohorts filmed by the instructor and posted inside the Course Community. Some courses, especially the accounting ones, you’re just going to have to dive into the course material/book. For the PA classes, there is a template for every PA that can be located in the course material. The templates give detailed instructions that make the assignments very easy to complete. I never had a PA task sent back for correction. All of this info was obtained by just reading other posts from students on Reddit. Twenty minutes of research and you’ll know how best to tackle each individual course instead of diving in blindly.

For the early accounting courses, the little videos in the course material with the red pen guy were invaluable, and he explained everything so well. Watch all of those videos and only read the course material if there’s content in the lesson/unit quizzes that he didn’t cover. I remember this being pretty rare. For the intermediate accounting courses, I basically did the opposite. Red pen guy is gone, and the videos are dry and unhelpful, so I skipped all of them. Instead of reading the dry course material, I copied and pasted each lesson into ChatGPT and prompted it to explain the material in simple terms. I would basically use it as a tutor, asking clarifying questions if I didn’t understand something. I would also post the quizzes and practice OA into ChatGPT and have it explain each question I got wrong or didn’t understand. ChatGPT was an invaluable study tool throughout the degree, but especially for the intermediate accounting courses. I paid the $20 a month for the pro version where it’s a little faster and smarter, but you definitely don’t need to.

Feel free to DM me if you have any specific questions, and I’ll do my best to help.

u/Useful-Astronaut9408 — 14 days ago

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Anyone else having tech trouble accessing their course material right now?

I've been trying to get to my course material for a while and it just wont show up. It shows up with some sort of server error like below. Tried different browsers and logging out and in. Wanted to see if anyone else was having this problem in case it was an error on WGU's side

u/Ok_Heat_4968 — 13 days ago

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Need help with getting an accounting related job.

Hi guys! I was wondering if I can get a job in accounting while being a new student and starting school. I want to know if a recruiter can get me a job. Even though I have mo experience It would be nice to get a basic job where I slowly learn. Please let me know. I am actually curious if this can be done.

Thanks!

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u/greenbeansan — 13 days ago

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Normal for only 31 credits to transfer in?

Finally received my transcript evaluation. I do have a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field (exercise science), so I figured I *would* have a lot of classes. Says I am only 25%ish of the way through and have about 90 credits left.

I took so many math classes while undergrad, I thought this may help me, but it does not seem so! I am not taking any Sophia classes as my state will not recognize them.

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u/Queen_Drakaina — 13 days ago

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Feeling discourage

Feeling pretty discouraged about this degree, guys. I went to a “Meet the Firms” event hosted by CalCPA, and it felt like students from traditional, in-person colleges were prioritized. Recruiters also mentioned including your GPA to stand out, which makes me nervous since WGU doesn’t provide a traditional GPA.
Everyone seemed so young, too, which made me feel a little out of place, although I know that shouldn’t matter.
For those who landed accounting jobs or internships through WGU, what helped you get your foot in the door? Did employers care about the lack of a traditional GPA, and how did you handle that on applications? I’d appreciate any advice or hearing about your experiences.

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u/Free_Boot_6456 — 13 days ago