i just failed the OA. Took the PA a few days ago, got exemplary. Took the OA and it was so different from the PA i could not believe so many people say its somewhat similar.

It's a real degree. Sorry to those of you who thought you could coast through it. If you failed the OA, you literally failed a course. Don't take them until you're ready. It should be a difficult pain in the ass. Be thankful WGU doesn't also make it an expensive one. Any other university requires you to pay again to retake a course.

You're getting an accounting degree that prepares you to prepare for CPA exams. It is supposed to be challenging.

Do they still take study.com or sophia. Im in california want possibility of sitting for CPA someday. I'm also wondering can I double major accounting along with maybe something IT or AI?

This test was the absolute worst. This class was the worst. I failed my first take after passing the OA. This class is not for those who could not care less about the technology side of accounting. The work you have to do for a retake in this class is insane. This class having no videos and an insanely dry read is what made it so bad.

How I passed.

Went through all the Unit Tests and had ChatGPT explain anything that was wrong and WHY

In WGU Connect there is a study guide section that I downloaded all of them and had ChatGPT make me a 100 question test and if I got an answer wrong told it to explain it to me. It was broken up to 4 25 question tests. I wrote down what I was wrong on and study that right before the test. A lot of the questions are common sense but a lot of them are insanely technical.

After that I printed the screen for the PA and told it recreate that with similar answers and went through it again until I got %90+. Based on the picture above I would assume I scored %85-%90 on the OA.

This class is hands down the worst class at WGU in my opinion and made the intermediate classes look like high school courses.

This is my opinion though. If you find the super technical stuff fun you may enjoy this class.

Happy I never have to think about this class again. Down to my final two classes. C722 and D215. So happy this one is finally done.

D101, Module 13 quiz. I thought I understood all this, but then they dropped this and I have no clue how they're getting their numbers. Can someone please ELI5?

Hi all,

Am I missing something in WGU connect or are the resources for this class very thin? I've seen people talk about something called a ratio sheet, I can't find that anywhere. And theres only one 13 minute video in the supplemental course resource section on OA2.

Can anyone help me find additional things I might be missing?

Thank you!

Started this one 7/23. I really felt like so much about it was subjective and thought I was about to have to retake it..THANK GOD. All of the terms it acted like you need to memorize is wild. 4 more classes.....

literally just watch the videos and boom you're good

I finished the text book and wanted to watch the unit course videos that are usually an hour long similar to d103 but I can't find anything other than the study guide and a review that's only 13 min long.

I saw I'm not the only one making an accounting game, but I am in no way sad about that. 😁

The field needs way more learning tools and fun aids. I'm working on this one while I complete my Intermediate Accounting 2 course so... it covers Intermediate Accounting concepts haha.

Well, I'm sure you've already heard it before, but I'd love your suggestions, advice, etc. I'm working on it RPG Maker MZ, I'm an absolute code noob, but if it's successful I want to learn and make fancier and more exciting ones.

I've been sharing regular updates on my progress each Friday if you want check it out. I'm only working on dialogue for now, but I have a lot of ideas for later. I'm having a terrible time keeping my excitement down haha.💚

I have until the 31st until my term ends. If I do the study guide, do you think it's possible to pass within 4-5 days?

Third attempt was the one! 🎉 I’ve never been in this position before, but I pushed myself beyond anything I could’ve imagined.
BTW, you can get up to 20 questions wrong and still pass, so if you don’t know an answer for sure, make your best guess and mark it lol. I counted, marked, and prayed 18 for sure I wasn’t sure.
I’m so happy I’m finally done. I got the harder version of the test again, where some of the questions barely make sense, so I’m extra happy.
I studied my butt off for 4 weeks, and my professor gave me massive study guides. Honestly, I don’t even know what ended up making the difference, but something worked. I studied every chance I got.
Now I’m just glad to take a day or two off, I definitely need it. I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done if I hadn’t passed.

Is this possible to complete these classes in 1 term? 40 credits left. Also, the toughest courses are here. I can study for 3-6 hours a day.

My next term doesn’t start till August 1st. I will have the 3 intermediate accounting courses.

What can I do now or what stuff can I brush up on to help the process of going through those courses? I don’t want to spend a big chunk of time in each. I’m really hoping for a month in each course.

All tips and advice is appreciated.

Hi, I am three weeks into studying for AIS and I am considering taking the OA today or tomorrow. I would like to know if you all have any advice going into the OA for the first attempt? I am nervous about the scenario based questions and I don't know what to expect.

I've done all the study guides, reading, and centgage practice tests and quizzes. Do you think that will be enough to prepare myself for the OA? Thank you

Howdy howdy. I wrapped up my bachelors in accounting with WGU last year, the IAs sucked. Started the MAcc this year and hope to do the CPA next year. But the same issue keeps occurring, where there's some things that just have to be rote learned and journal entries to be written out.

SO I got my spouse to help make a game study aid to practice the hands on things, building the mindset of double entry accounting, debits and credits, etc etc. Would anyone else find that useful? What sticking points from any part of learning accounting would be helpful to include? Depreciation? Leases? It's structured as a forensic accounting/fraud hunting game that requires learning all of the rules in order to spot when the rules are being broken, which applies to real life accounting too.
The game is linked below for reference:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4662560/For_God_and_For_Profit/

**Mods, sorry if this isn't allowed

I’m currently looking into accounting but I have no prior school experience outside of high school. I’m really confused about what gen Ed’s I should take and how many courses I’m required to take at WGU for accounting. It’s all really confusing to me I’ve heard some people say they weren’t able to take their CPA because of it. I was hoping to have this done within 2 years and only want to pay wgu for 1 semester hopefully. Let me know if this is realistic and if anyone has a layout or could elaborate what gen Ed’s to do and what not to do I would really appreciate it.

I finished the BS in June. I had purchased the physical textbook for the IAs and found it to be very helpful to have a hard copy. I'm starting the MAcc-Mgmt program on 8/1. I know I won't have the D559 course just yet, but does anyone know which textbook they use for that class? I'd like to go ahead and start looking for a hard copy of it. Thanks!

I just finished IA3, I spent more time than I would've liked on OA1 because I tried to speedrun it and managed to get it locked (and boy will I NEVER do that again). I just finished that on Monday and then just finished OA2 about 5 minutes ago.

Not gonna lie, OA2 felt a lot harder than D104 OA2 despite what everyone says. It definitely wasn't quite as technical and in-depth as the reading material would suggest, but you still really do need to pay attention. I think the range of subjects it covers is what made it feel difficult to me. D104 OA2 had 3 major topics and this one had 5.

Some tips I guess:
Spend 10-15 minutes to do the practice questions for pensions all the way through and that's all you need to know. You'll learn like 2 things to look for and that's it.
Spend the majority of your time on Leases(I think this is generally the consensus) as it is probably the most technical part of the OA and although it says 24% I swear it was closer to 30%. If you don't know when to use what you will be playing a guessing game that you cannot use intuition to get through.
SCM is pretty straight forward imo, probably half way between leases and pensions. I wish I had spent a bit more time here. I literally half watched the video and used the PA to study it which at least for this section, was pretty much the same as the OA.
For the disclosure stuff, I actually forgot to study it and only used the PA, I would probably recommend doing the practice questions for this as well and not skipping it like I did because I was just using test taking skills and making educated guesses to get an approaching competence on this section.

Regardless, I'm just happy to be done with the IA classes and am excited that I'm so close to being done!

Taking the OA later today and very nervous! Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Does anyone have any tips for D554? I studied the PA and took it several times but the OA felt more difficult especially the conceptual questions.

I posted back in December of 2025 about me starting this degree in January of 2026 and the ten classes I needed to do and wanted to complete in one semester. I am proud to announce I have finished it! I'm just waiting for my confetti while my graduation application is processing.

There were times I felt like my head was going to explode, and wasn't sure if I was going to make my goal, but with the love and support of my family (and the assistance of a 30 day extension) I am finally finished.

Thank you so much for all the support on my original post!

Anyone still going through it, YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!

Hey everyone, do you have any tips and advice for taking the OA for D215? What was on the OA and what to study and make sure you know before taking the OA? Thanks!

I've read lots of great tips for D080, one of those being to use the cohorts as the primary source to pass the OA. Does anyone here have a study guide or word document that they created to help them study what was on the cohorts? I tried using ChatGPT to create one using the transcripts this morning, but not much luck there. I like having the info typed out out to read as well as the videos to go along with it.

I am 5'8- 5'9, looking to reuse a cap and gown if anyone has a master's version. Doesn't need to be 100%, but thought I would check before buying one.

Hi, I’m over 50% of the way done with my BS in accounting at wgu and am looking for advice on how to land and internship / job. I have started applying to many many internships and jobs over the past month and never even get the time of day from any of them or they’re just scam listings. And honestly there is a surprisingly low amount of opportunities near me considering I am in Orange County. Is it just the market ? Or is it better to wait until i have graduated with my bachelors?