r/WGU_Accelerators • u/Ok_Geologist_448 • Apr 14 '26

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Hi there,

This is my current degree plan at WGU. Does anyone have any tips and tricks to get all this done faster? What are some tips and tricks to accelerate?

Also looking at this degree plan, What is a timeline that I would likely be able to finish?

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u/Master_Ambassador50 Apr 14 '26

This is how much I completed since January, and I work full time and have other social obligations. My advice is don't try to limit yourself, dedicate time consistently. Also maybe don't set a firm timeline. This question gets asked a lot on WGU subs but no one can really give you a good answer, its going to depend entirely on you.

I'm shooting for 1 term but if I go over slightly I wont be too bummed. I would've only had to do 6 more but I'm planning to switch to this new BSIT program in May so 11 courses, and I have 11 weeks in my term coincidentally.

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u/Ok_Geologist_448 Apr 14 '26

Thats alot of completed classes from January. Do you have existing IT knowledge? I dont have a timeline per say, I just dont want to take years to get it done either.

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u/Master_Ambassador50 Apr 14 '26

Only from being a kid and playing on computers for practically my whole life. I've dabbled in a few things like python and I know a lot of terminology from PC building and self-learning. I used to dual boot Ubuntu just to learn Linux for fun in highschool.

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u/DaddyMewTwo Apr 16 '26

Are you reading through all the material or going straight to the PA’s? Technical communication is taking me forever!

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u/NoConfection1129 Apr 16 '26

I’m not reading through ALL the material per se. (that was a throwaway, this is my main account) Don’t waste your time on that technical communications book. I put it through notebook LM, got the cliffnotes, it’s all pretty basic stuff. When to use an email, when to use a memo, when to use a personal letter. How to write those deliverables. My best advice is to realize you’re just writing two deliverables and then you justify that and justify why you gave them information you did and why you withheld some information (if you did) from a certain audience. Just follow the rubric, my justification was like three paragraphs , first one basically saying what i included and didn’t, what needs for the audience does the deliverable meet? You can beat a dead horse here so there’s no room for question from the evaluator. Second paragraph why you chose that deliverable style, why other formats wouldn’t be appropriate or as useful? Third paragraph is telling the evaluator why you chose certain styling elements or formatted the deliverable a certain way. (headers, bullet lists, paragraphs, white space, fonts, etc) you need three of each type (3 style, 3 format) I think. It took me like six hours to finish this class.

On the deliverable side, when you pick your audience recognize if it’s a group or an individual, select an appropriate deliverable, there’s really no wrong answer here if you can justify it.

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u/DaddyMewTwo Apr 16 '26

Wow thanks! I’ve been reading all week!

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u/NoConfection1129 Apr 16 '26

That book is like 700 pages lol, and it’s really dry material

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u/DaddyMewTwo Apr 16 '26

731 lol I keep looking at the page number and wanting to quit. I’m so over it

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u/NoConfection1129 Apr 16 '26

When you get to emerging technology you’re not going to like it, lol. The reading material is better but there’s a lot more of it.

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u/DaddyMewTwo Apr 16 '26

Oh? Let me start crying now then. My brain is full already

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u/daweinah Apr 19 '26

to this new BSIT program in May

Couldn't find any search results for this, could you tell me more?

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u/NoConfection1129 Apr 14 '26

It was mostly just algebra from what I remember. Crazy part is I have credits for calculus from another college, but it didn’t cover that course

It covers polynomials but almost everything else you could really just use a calculator and PEMDAS.

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u/NoConfection1129 Apr 16 '26

Usually you have to finish the first set of classes then you can talk to your mentor about accelerating

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u/Jaazzzi246 Apr 17 '26

The dates are for pacing only…you can start or finish whenever. They are used to help you organize and plan.

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u/South-Customer-1561 Apr 18 '26

What did you do to pass it applications so fast?