I completed my BSN today. Feel free to ask any questions

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As mentioned in the thread's title, I fulfilled the remaining requirements for my BSN degree from WGU this afternoon. My journey took a little more than 10 months from start to finish, required the completion of 34 credits, and cost approximately $5,800 due to a prorated second term.

Feel free to ask any questions that come to mind.

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thanks!

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AWESOME!!!! Congrats!!!! I am so happy for you!!!!

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Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you!! :)

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:up: Woot! Woot! :smokin:
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CONGRATULATIONS, TheCommuter!!!!!

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A big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

So happy for you.

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Question: How does it feel to have earned a CCNE- and regionally-accredited BSN in (probably) less time and for far less money than your local university?
Honestly, it feels gratifying. Some of you know that my dream of completing higher education had been deferred long ago due to varied circumstances, some of which were not in my control at the time. However, now my dream is turning into a reality.

I now look at every previous obstruction to this goal as individual life lessons from which I gleaned something of value. It is better to accomplish a goal late than to never have tried at all.

Congrats on your success. Now, on to your MSN!
Thank you! I am now seriously looking at graduate degree programs at UTMB, Lamar University, ENMU, and Amberton University.
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You are so awesome.

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First, I'd like to say congratulations on your big accomplishment!! Have fun, relax, and celebrate your achievement! :)

Several questions came to mind. I'm not sure if they all can be answered, but I'll ask anyway. I looked at the program and saw there are courses in grey (advanced standing for RN license) and in white. I wanted to ask if that means the grey ones are completed when you have your ADN RN license? What if you didn't take one of those classes in your program? Would you be denied admission?

I'm also wondering what courses I've taken can be transferred. Regarding the ones in white, I've done: micro, nutrition, and leadership. Also taught in my nursing part of the ADN program included: "care of the older adult, health assessment, and community health." Would all of those transfer, if you know by chance?

What are the clinicals like?

What did you find to be the most challenging aspect of the program, and what did you do to solve it?

Is there anything you wish you knew prior to attending WGU? What advice would you give someone interested in attending?

Thank you very much for taking your time to read my questions, I greatly appreciate it! :)

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Several questions came to mind. I'm not sure if they all can be answered, but I'll ask anyway. I looked at the program and saw there are courses in grey (advanced standing for RN license) and in white. I wanted to ask if that means the grey ones are completed when you have your ADN RN license? What if you didn't take one of those classes in your program? Would you be denied admission?
I personally have not seen the list of courses in gray and white, but you would most likely not be denied admission if you were missing the coursework that they want to see on your transcript. If you are deemed deficient in certain courses, you simply take them alongside the upper division nursing coursework.
I'm also wondering what courses I've taken can be transferred. Regarding the ones in white, I've done: micro, nutrition, and leadership. Also taught in my nursing part of the ADN program included: "care of the older adult, health assessment, and community health." Would all of those transfer, if you know by chance?
Only an evaluation by one of WGU's transcript evaluators would furnish a definitive answer. I can say with certainty that your nutrition course will probably not be accepted for transfer if it is a lower division course. Everyone that I know has had to take WGU's upper division version of nutrition. This was no problem for me because it only took two weeks to get through the course.

Your health assessment course might be accepted for transfer credit. If your community health course was lower division, I doubt it will be accepted for transfer credit because you'll need a certain amount of upper division credits to receive a baccalaureate degree.

What are the clinicals like?
There were no clinical rotations. Unless you are in California, the 90-hour clinical practicum requirement for community health isn't being tracked and does not require a preceptor or anything of that sort.

What did you find to be the most challenging aspect of the program, and what did you do to solve it?
The program was perfectly suited to my learning style. I am an independent learner who can seek and synthesize new information without anyone spoon-feeding it to me, so I didn't stumble upon many challenges along the way.

My greatest challenge was conjuring up the three math credits that are required for degree conferral. My subpar math skills have held me back scholastically and professionally, but I was able to pass the basic statistics course that was part of the BSN program.

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Congrats!

Is there a maximum number of credits that can be done for the 6 month semester? How many credits did you do per semester? Are the assignments graded at the end of the 6months? Do you have weekly graded posts? How many papers did you have to write per course?

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Is there a maximum number of credits that can be done for the 6 month semester?
There is no maximum number of credits, but the minimum to be considered full-time and on par with WGU's policy of on-time progress is 12 credits.

How many credits did you do per semester?
I had a total of 34 credits to complete. I completed 27 credits during the first term and the remaining 7 credits during the last term.

Are the assignments graded at the end of the 6months? Do you have weekly graded posts? How many papers did you have to write per course?
The assignments are graded within a couple of days after submission. Since some people are speed demons who complete the entire program in less than six months, it would make no sense for the graders to delay grading until the end of the term.

The program is totally asynchronous. No group work is required. No discussion board posts are required. Some courses required a couple of papers, whereas other courses required a passing score on an objective final exam. All objective final exams were proctored, either at a testing center or in the comfort of one's home while monitored by the ProctorU webcam service.

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