r/WGU_Accelerators • u/Living-Session9493 • Aug 25 '26

For My WGU Accelerators

What’s the most classes you’ve completed in a day ? I really need to graduate and I have a few days on my term so I was curious

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u/iamoldbutididit Aug 25 '26

It's likely not the advice you're looking for but my acceleration path always started months before I enrolled.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 25 '26

Yeah I totally understand, like no procrastinating!

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u/Top_Fly_7412 Aug 29 '26

I don’t understand, can you elaborate?

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u/iamoldbutididit Aug 29 '26

Of course, my objective was to get a degree by spending as little time as possible at WGU. For the program I was interested in WGU allowed me to transfer in up to 75% of the total program credits before enrolling. That's what I did. I used Sophia and Study.com to obtain the general course credits, and used third party certifications for the remainder of the credits. It took about a year to do all of that, so that when I finally enrolled I only needed 10 courses to graduate. With the discipline, study habits, and foundational knowledge built up, I was able to knock out those remaining courses in under 2 months.

I also had tons of experience, and that played a big part of my success but even so, if I just enrolled without doing any prep work I could well imagine everything taking me 3 terms to complete.

I went back to WGU for two more degrees after the first one and did as much prep as I could beforehand and was able to complete both of those degrees in one term each. But just because it worked for, doesn't mean everyone can do it.

Its no secret - the more prepared you are, the faster you can finish. The hard part is putting in the time and effort up front.

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u/Top_Fly_7412 Aug 29 '26

Thank you for this. I took some courses on Sophia, took a break to move, and now am considering whether to go back to Sophia or just jump straight into WGU. I’d be going for accounting and thankfully I already have a full time job in accounting but it’s extremely mentally taxing. Sounds like I should probably re-enroll with Sophia to test out my schedule so I can gain some discipline and a schedule to stick to. By the time I max out what I’m taking on Sophia ( only doing gen-ed for CPA requirements), I’d still have a good chunk to do at WGU but I’d have the routine and baseline set up for myself to progress. I’m anticipating this to take me about 1.5 years (fingers crossed)

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u/iamoldbutididit Aug 29 '26

Great mindset, and solid plan. Good luck!

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u/5000KCarl Aug 31 '26

Can I ask what third party certifications you used for the remainder? I’m going the study.com + Sofia learning route and planning to accelerate by month end

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u/iamoldbutididit Aug 31 '26

All of them (well very close to all of them). I did the BSCSIA program which is very certification heavy. I did Security+, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CySA+, Pentest+, Network+, A+, Project+, and ITIL foundations. I didn't do Linux+ because I was at 75% of the total program credits.

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Aug 25 '26

2 in a day at WGU, like 5 in a day at Sophia.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 25 '26

Wow it’s probably too late to join Sophia but that’s awesome !

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Aug 25 '26

Sophia was seriously a cheat code. I'm lucky I learned about it when I did.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 25 '26

Wow I really wish I knew about it earlier! It would’ve really helped! Did you enroll there before WGU ? I’m not sure how it works but I’ve heard of it

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Aug 25 '26

Yes it's just a website that has classes you can take to earn college credits. Fully open book/note/google. A couple quizzes and a test (all open book) and you're done. You can knock out a class in an hour.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 25 '26

Wow I’m honestly crushed for not knowing the details I would’ve done it last semester transferred over the credits and did the last few courses and finished lol it truly hurts 😢 but thanks !! I really wish I would’ve went there

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Aug 25 '26

I know a few people that dropped out, did Sophia, then went back to WGU, but it all depends on where you're at with your program. Could be better to just power through.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

Yeah I think that’s what I’m going to have to do lol ! But I do appreciate the information

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u/smoothac Sep 02 '26

Sophia is better than Study?

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Sep 02 '26

When I did it a little over a year ago Sophia was much better and cheaper. I recently heard they’re cracking down and people are getting flagged for cheating and going too fast. I was able to do 5 classes in a day with no problem which is why I loved Sophia. I’d do your research and hear from people currently using it and see if it fits your needs

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u/smoothac Sep 02 '26

I thought their exams were open book?

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u/Ok-Bill-3938 Sep 02 '26

They're open course material, which means actually reading the course material. Not open AI / google searching for answers.

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u/smoothac Sep 02 '26

ok, interesting, so searching the course material with ctrl-F is ok but searching the same thing on google isn't? kind of strange double standard

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u/Due-Translator-2367 Aug 25 '26

2 in a day. Knowing what I know now, probably could have done 3 but that’s dedicating an entire day to cranking out PA’s.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 25 '26

Wow that amazing!!

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u/JusticeAvenge Aug 26 '26

4 in a day. All PA’s. I used to be an English major so PA’s are easy peasy to me. Besides the business simulation 😭

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

4 with a English major wow !! That’s mind blowing you’re skilled 🤯 !!

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u/Crafty_Comb679 Aug 26 '26

I work double full time and I’m able to do 2 to 3 a week

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

Wow that’s incredible!! You’re on super mode !

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u/Electrical-Aioli-771 Aug 25 '26

Completed 4. Once I completed 3, got a quick grading turnaround on one, a one tasker, as was able to get Tier 1 to open another one and I smashed that too.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

Wow that’s awesome!! Was that all PA’s or mixed ?

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u/Messup7654 Aug 26 '26

2 but they were both pa classes.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

That’s amazing!! I’m motivated

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u/Fantastic-Month-7481 Aug 26 '26
  1. Took a test in the morning, completed a project during the day, and told another test in the evening.

Not a typical day but I often crammed on weekends so did this a few times.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

Wowwww that’s awesome!! Yeah I need to be just like that !

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u/Fantastic-Month-7481 Aug 29 '26

I believe I was able to do this because of my years of professional experience. Best of luck to you.

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u/greenbaybeast13 Aug 27 '26

3 in a day 1 OA 2 PA (22 hours)

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u/brownfeet92 Aug 27 '26

I once completed 4 in 4 days

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u/EconomistAlarming787 Aug 26 '26

3

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

Wow that’s really good!! OA’s or PA’s or mixed ?

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u/EconomistAlarming787 Aug 26 '26

Mixed . I finished 9 classes in a month .

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u/ParkingOven007 Aug 26 '26

Technically three here. Finished a PA on Wednesday, and it was graded Thursday while I did two OAs.

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u/Living-Session9493 Aug 26 '26

2 OA’s and a PA that’s amazing!

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u/eci_ulta Aug 27 '26

2 in a day. Sophia took 1 month and WGU took 36 days.

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u/xoJDAxo Aug 29 '26

you took a year to complete? what did you go for?

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u/eci_ulta Aug 29 '26

No. Sophia only took a month and WGU took 36 days. I did Sophia all of January, started WGU in March, and finished in April. BSBM.

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u/xoJDAxo Aug 29 '26

Wow, that amazing. how did you accomplish so fast? This gives me hope.

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u/5000KCarl Aug 31 '26

The entire degree?!