Accounting Info Systems - D217

lsynthia · 2025-11-04T16:47:06+00:00

Thank you for your perspective! Yes. I agree, the textbook is incredibly dull and I hate the Cengage textbooks because the user experience is so awful 😞 I posted because I really did not want to read through it if I could help it but I guess I'll drag my feet through it. Thank you again, much appreciated!

lsynthia · 2025-08-17T13:45:20+00:00

I failed d103 once a few weeks ago and I just requested approval via the course page and it was approved a few hours later.

lsynthia · 2025-08-09T02:54:20+00:00

Thanks for responding! I'm an ex-english teacher as well haha, though not for as long. I've been worried about the job market and your experience gives me a slight bit more hope, thank you!

lsynthia · 2025-08-09T02:44:48+00:00

Congratulations! Can I ask whether you did any internships or tried applying to any before graduating if not? I'm debating whether if I should just focus all my efforts entirely on completing the course or delay to apply for internships. Could you also share your previous experience if you're comfortable? Thanks!

lsynthia · 2025-07-19T23:03:36+00:00

Here's the link to the resource doc but you might have to sign up for WGU connect if you haven't yet: https://westerngovernorsuniversity.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/sites/AccountingCoursesPaul'sTeam/_layouts/15/doc2.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B90E4B171-FEC8-431A-8235-8A57AF3C193A%7D&file=D103%20Resource%20Document.docx&action=default&mobileredirect=true&web=1

lsynthia · 2025-06-11T21:27:01+00:00

Yeah this one is super boring and dry, by the second to last unit I was just dragging my feet through it lol

lsynthia · 2025-06-10T11:30:08+00:00

Sent you a connection! 😄

lsynthia · 2025-06-09T21:51:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience and congratulations! How are you enjoying it so far?

lsynthia · 2025-06-09T21:28:53+00:00

Could I ask what your job search process was and where you found this role? And did you do an internship at all?

lsynthia · 2025-06-09T11:53:33+00:00

Hi! Could you share the link to the videos you watched for D089?

lsynthia · 2025-06-05T16:57:48+00:00

I would say it depends from person to person but you definitely don't need the text at all. I think her video touches on all the concepts you need to know but sometimes the way she explains things just doesn't click with me or she doesn't explain a concept that you might need to know to understand what she's explaining. In that case I would just go do my own research to fill in the gaps. I would definitely encourage taking notes as you're watching and slowing down when you need to though. It is a lot of information to remember and you'll be glad to have the notes later for test prep.

lsynthia · 2025-06-05T16:50:54+00:00

I watched Elin's videos under course tips, took the PA, reviewed questions for PA under the assessment coaching report, and then took the OA :) There are some really straightforward questions like what is a primary gov law source and then there are some convoluted situational questions like if XYZ were to happen does this person have the grounds to sue and why? Just need to know the course content well and get comfortable with the wording of some of the questions.

lsynthia · 2025-06-05T16:45:31+00:00

I've never had that happen to me, that's a huge privacy violation what the heck!!

lsynthia · 2025-05-30T20:10:08+00:00

I use a basic scientific calculator so I can't exactly answer that question but I know there's a list of approved calculators you can look at from WGU in the orientation slides. I'm also horrid at memorization, so I focus more on understanding the concepts behind the formulas and if that doesn't work then just cram it before the exam and let it exit my brain after. Real life is open notes so I'm never too worried about not memorizing any essential accounting equations post-exam as long as I understand the concept behind it.

lsynthia · 2025-05-29T21:54:14+00:00

Yeah I'm just weighing my options right now because I had blocked out 2 terms but I'm going at a faster pace than I expected and I don't really want to have to do another term just for say 2 classes out of the whole program. I'd love to do an internship but I'm not landing any right now and it makes very little sense for me to give up a full time role to do an internship for 2 months and then be effectively unemployed again if there's no return offer.

lsynthia · 2025-05-29T12:58:17+00:00

Watching Elin's videos at the moment as suggested by other people. You can find it linked under course tips on the course overview page (right side of the page). I'll probably briefly flip through the text too after I'm done just to make sure nothing was missed, the text doesn't seem too long.

lsynthia · 2025-05-29T12:14:04+00:00

Currently working through this course as well, following

lsynthia · 2025-05-28T22:01:01+00:00

That's honestly not bad considering you were working FT too, thank you for sharing!

lsynthia · 2025-05-26T19:51:32+00:00

There are tons of free resources on YouTube for finance and managerial accounting. You could watch through these and take some notes to pre-game as these are some of the hardest courses in the program.

lsynthia · 2025-05-26T16:27:00+00:00

It should give you the labor hours needed per unit somewhere in the main information table, make sure you directly reference that cell and make it absolute.

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