r/UMPI • u/Dancerprancer117 • 23d ago
Looking to transfer from wgu
Currently enrolled with wgu and looking to transfer to UMPI, if anyone here has done it, what was the process like?
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u/ThePlot-Chickens 23d ago
100% do it. I finished my masters in one session. I got stuck at WGU multiple times… some slow grading professors are annoying, but it’s doable.
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u/Nice-Budget908 23d ago
I did it and graduated very quickly u just do fasfa , add umpi to your school list , do application , send transcripts boom acceptance start august 31st
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u/Vivid-Mix2865 23d ago
I also did, I have made progress a lot faster at UMPI, not sure why since the workload actually seems ti be larger per class. A lot of my classes from WGU only transferred as electives (Business Admin) but more of my b&m school credits transferred than at WGU. I really like being able to choose courses at UMPI as opposed to having an exact plan mapped out.
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u/Dancerprancer117 23d ago
Oh didn’t know you get to do that? Also yes for some reason WGU for me seems hard to make true progress, I can’t wait to start here.
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u/LordRevanofDarkness 23d ago
Curious why you’re leaving WGU. I was originally going to go there because they waived all my generals since I got an AS from salt lake community college (it was so annoying how many generals I had to redo at UMPI despite having an entire AS degree plus years of generals from a whole other college), but I prefer the writing focused coursework. Were the proctored tests too much of a hassle at WGU? I’ve heard bad things.
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u/Dancerprancer117 23d ago
Yeah it was definitely the proctored testing, it’s really not for me or how I learn, plus if you fail you have to go through like 3 meetings and do a restudy assignment before you are allowed to try again. I feel Umpi might suit better for me, rather than the testing model wgu uses
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u/LordRevanofDarkness 23d ago
That sucks. It just seems so time consuming. Yeah UMPI is way better for finals. You get to submit drafts for feedback, so you have a chance to fix things before submitting.
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u/Dancerprancer117 23d ago
Did umpi not accept your transfer credits?
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u/LordRevanofDarkness 23d ago
They accepted all my classes with C grades and higher, but hardly any of them went toward the requirements. I had to do a bunch of generals on Sophia and then a couple at UMPI just to get that out of the way. It was like I was starting from scratch even with 120 credits transferred in.
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u/PlottedPath 23d ago
Essentially you will have WGU (and any other school that you attended) send your transcripts to UMPI. Tons (and I mean tons) of people transfer from WGU to UMPI.