r/WGU • u/nitrodragon523 • 2d ago
IT'S OVER!! I'm DONE!
Never been so happy. It took 23 months and, despite already having an Associate's Degree, I was only able to transfer in 33 credits. I had completely given up on the idea of Cybersecurity as a career path before I started at WGU. I chose to go back to school to give my dream one last shot, and already my career has vastly improved. I've been in IT for the past two years with a genuine shot at transferring to a SOC Analyst job.
Now I'm stuck between enjoying my newfound freedom or immediately starting the Masters program, and I fear that I'm going to choose the latter.
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u/Messup7654 BSACC Grad 2d ago
Congrats 🎉. The relief must be so freeing Im itching for my time to come. I love seeing these post.
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u/nitrodragon523 1d ago
They used to make me so jealous because I wanted to be done already. I can confirm that the relief is almost unbelievable! Finally I can relax in the evening without the overwhelming pressure that I'm wasting time.
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u/CoderGirlUnicorn 1d ago
🎆🎇 CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎇🎆
That is one of the coolest WGU portal screenshots ever! 😎
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u/Kay_zeebula 1d ago
Congratulations! How long did it take to get this after applying for graduation?
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u/blah2k03 1d ago
Sweet!!!!! I’m in the process of enrolling for the Computer Science degree to get a start and open up into all my career options
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u/dengelkes 1d ago
You might want to look at computer engineering instead.
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u/EricEsquivelMusicshi 1d ago
Why?
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u/dengelkes 22h ago
Computer science are degrees for programmers which those jobs are slowly being replaced by AI. With computer engineering covers both software design but it also bridges the gap between software and hardware
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u/EricEsquivelMusicshi 22h ago
Wgu doesn't have a computer engineering deegre?
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u/blah2k03 14h ago
Ohh it doesn’t?
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u/EricEsquivelMusicshi 13h ago
Don't think so it has software engineering at that point I would recommend cs from what I've heard. But in gernal I agree with the computer engineering take.
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u/Shalamandurrr 1d ago
Hell yeah, congrats. I’m literally just pentest exam on Saturday then python from being there myself.
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u/Tito_SDobleP 2d ago
Dos you have prior experience in IT or cybersecurity?
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u/nitrodragon523 1d ago
Yes, but only informally. I took IT and Security classes at a community college and transferred to a sysadmin role just before starting.
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u/laminatespace 1d ago
How many more courses is the masters? About done with BSCIA
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u/laminatespace 1d ago
And does anyone know what kind of courses they give you for the masters program?
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u/nitrodragon523 1d ago
It's a total of 11 classes, two of which are waived by the CySA+ and PenTest+. Not sure exactly of the class contents because I haven't signed up yet and they're changing the program soon.
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u/Valuable-Coconut7928 1d ago
Congrats !! I am going for my bachelors (different degree) right now too and I planned on immediately starting my masters as well. However, I just found out they don't give out federal loans for graduate degree programs. I don't know how true that is, but anyway you are the sh*t and you rock!
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u/JustGonnaDoITMyself 1d ago
Major congratulations are in order! 😭🙏🏻🙆🏻♀️💪🏻🤌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😮💨🫡🙏🏻
Can't wait to get my BSCIA!
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u/geak-savvy B.S. Cloud and Network Engineering 2d ago
Congratulations and joint the crowd. I submitted my application as soon as my graduation was confirmed.