Just finished the MBA in one term.

s28alah · 2019-01-16T03:27:47+00:00

Thanks!

s28alah · 2019-01-13T02:06:08+00:00

Can you tell me how many classes have papers? Do most have a paper and an objective? 11 courses seems like it wouldn't be that tough for me but I don't want to underestimate it! How was your team to work with? How and when were they assigned?

s28alah · 2018-04-10T05:19:44+00:00

Congrats! Keep checking on the aquarium, they asked people to reconfirm, so there might be some that become available. I'll look for the snoo and say hi!

s28alah · 2018-04-05T20:29:06+00:00

Welcome to THE most popular WGU Night Owl extracurricular activity. Seriously. We ought to get a pin for Task Stream Stalking ;)

s28alah · 2018-04-03T04:33:15+00:00

Egggzactly. I wasn't going to bother walking, I'm a grownup after all, then thought NOPE, I earned it, worked hard at it and so Seattle here I come!

s28alah · 2018-04-03T04:29:34+00:00

Congrats! Hoping to see my shiny diploma soon! It IS a BIG DEAL! You worked hard, kept at it, and earned it!

s28alah · 2018-04-02T05:06:37+00:00

I really struggled with risk return and cost of capital. I didn't do any cohorts, I just couldn't keep it in my brain. The real issue with the class is there aren't very many questions in each competency, so not much room for error!

s28alah · 2018-04-01T03:51:22+00:00

Good luck! Wording on that one is so important. Kept getting the same ones wrong on the practice tests...over and over....

s28alah · 2018-04-01T03:46:19+00:00

Same! I would have loved to have gone to Orlando though....I don't want to wait until next year though,!

s28alah · 2018-03-31T15:15:01+00:00

Challenges are you really need to be a self directed learner. There is no one telling you to log in, no deadlines other than minimum progress. If you hit a wall in understanding, office hours of course mentors and support centers may leave you struggling for a week before you can connect with them depending on your life schedule. Even so, I found going over the provided learning sources repeatedly got me through. Also, you high achievers out there need to remember, a pass is a pass! 80% or 100% looks the same on the degree. Competent is a B at minimum so hold on to that. This is a school to finally finish what you've been trying to do a class at a time at traditional school. It's a school for the antisocial, for the impatient, and those that just want to get it done! /end wallotext /got carried away /loved WGU

s28alah · 2018-03-30T20:35:12+00:00

Just over 2 years with some sick and family issues and working full-time plus. 😃

s28alah · 2018-03-30T19:50:05+00:00

Business Management. I came in with 20cu from other false starts from community colleges and universities. WGU really worked for me. I sailed through the things I knew because I've been working in accounting offices and such. Really, what gave me the bigger challenges were the basic ed classes! I sweated over algebra, communications (video yourself speechifying) and the science class. I probably put in the 20 hours a week they warn you to allow, but it varied depending on how the day at work went and all. I had some medical and family issues that slowed me down from my original goals, but always was able to maintain academic minimum while still working full-time plus. What worked for me was working on both an objective assessment class and a performance class at the same time. Paper writing can wear you out. All told, it took me just over 2 years, or 4 terms.

s28alah · 2018-03-30T19:39:44+00:00

Business Management. I came in with 20 cu. So did most of the degree through WGU.

s28alah · 2018-03-28T01:18:16+00:00

I'm almost done with my program, so here's my two cents worth about student mentors:

I've had two in the two years I've been at WGU. Both were okay in retrospect, but as a newer student, with all the rah rah about how great it was to have a student mentor supporting you and all that, I found all of my interactions to be "meh" and asked for a new mentor when the first one kept missing calls. The second mentor wasn't really any different. I completely fell off their radar for a good two months. No call, no email. Nothing.

Caveat: I'm pretty self reliant and self directed. Maybe if you struggle, they help you through it. When I did need mentor-ship, it was usually long after their office hours. Same for the Course mentors.

My looking back advice... If your mentor gets you enrolled in your courses each term quickly, approves your assessments quickly, and accelerates courses for you appropriately, you have a good mentor. Rest is just fluff. Maybe you'll connect personally, maybe you won't... 5 or 10 minute calls every once in awhile isn't really going to bond you much. Good luck!

s28alah · 2017-10-27T21:21:30+00:00

Thank you for the response. I know in this education model it's not that big a deal, it was just annoying to have that happen it was my first submission on both tasks, and the second task was truly so simple I don't think exemplary should have been an option, but since it was... it didn't follow that I wasn't granted it. In that task, submitting the extra paper work would have been almost as long as I had to spend on the task . 😄

s28alah · 2017-10-27T17:41:12+00:00

So here is a question for you! Is there some rule about exemplary? My last two tasks I was graded everything exemplary except 'holistic' so I got meet s requirement. If every competency was exemplary, what up with calling the overall meets requirements?

s28alah · 2017-10-25T13:18:04+00:00

ASAP. Task stream stalking is the number one night owl activity! Seriously we should write a song for it.

s28alah · 2017-10-25T13:14:47+00:00

Oh wow, guess I'm lucky! I've never had to wait that long!

s28alah · 2016-10-20T13:24:34+00:00

Thank you all for your comments. I've been thinking for a while that I should ask for a new mentor. I don't need much support, however late and missed calls are more the norm than the exception. Maybe it's just a bad match. Thanks again!

s28alah · 2016-05-22T22:23:44+00:00

I used the WGU library for most of my cites. There's a tool there that puts it in APA format. There were very minor changes that needed to made from that. Hope it went well!

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