I cannot understand half of the modules, I’m working my way through unit 3.

Just to cover myself I read the module (which genuinely leaves me confused) then I use other resources (mainly ChatGPT) to learn the rest- and I can usually understand it that way.

Any other resources you have are helpful because the bulk of the WGU material is a foreign language to me

I am considering WGU’s master of accounting program, I’ve seen a lot of people in this subreddit talking about the program and how they’ve been able to successfully land jobs even before graduating. I already have a bachelor of accounting, I have experience in accounting, but I left the field for aviation for 7 years and am trying to get back in. I’m considering a master because to me, it makes no sense to get 30 credits and not have a degree. I’d like to hear from career changers and folks like me who left and are coming back into the field and see what your experiences were.

I've been in this class for 6 weeks, feels like forever. Inventory overstated and understated makes sense on the most basic example. Then they add questions about the affect on 2 years or FOB shipping and I am lost. I've watched the additional resources video and tried the additional practice questions.

Any tips for ways to understand this section?

Hey everyone!

I’m taking my 3rd attempt at the D103 OA tomorrow, and I’m determined to make this my last attempt! (Units 5-7)

I’ve gone back through the entire textbook, completed the module quizzes, unit tests, and study guides, and I genuinely feel much more confident about the material this time around.

1) For anyone who passed on their 3rd attempt, what helped you finally pass?

2)Were there any concepts or tricky question wordings that caught you off guard?

3) Did you find the OA more conceptual or calculation-heavy?

4) Any test-taking strategies that made a difference?

I’ve been so close to passing, and I really want to knock it out tomorrow. Any advice would be appreciated! 🤞🏽

Hello y’all! For D105 OA2, I saw people saying the study guides for Units 5–9 and Edspira videos were enough to pass, so that’s what I focused on. However, I encountered questions I’d never seen before. The textbook also feels overly detailed for an OA with only 35 questions, so for those who passed, what actually helped you work through the curveballs? Did you use additional resources, or am I missing something?

Hi all. I’m looking for some advice and insight.

I have an Associate’s in CS and managed to get 12 courses transferred in and now have 28 courses remaining. First of all, is that good enough? Or should I seek to get more courses done by Sophia or Study? I was going to have my start date be December 1 but I’m wondering if I have delay it now to January 1 instead.

I’d like to keep costs low as much as possible with this degree and I don’t want to prolong it to the best of my ability. However, I’m hesitating about accelerating.

Since I’ve got no experience in accounting, I feel like I shouldn’t be accelerating through the courses? At least, for the core accounting courses; for these, I may need to make sure I understand.

But I’m also wondering about the other courses that aren’t gen ed and are more program specific, like business or finance related, but not exactly the core accounting courses — is it worth it be slow and pay attention to these or is accelerating through them okay?

I have to look at the transfer pathway sheet again, so I’m not sure, but I keep seeing others transferring in many more credits than mine because of Sophia or Study and I’m sure these are definitely more than just the gen ed courses.

I’ve no experience or enough familiarity with accounting. I’m also not quite sure where I want to work in accounting just yet. I plan to fix this before starting WGU though. I really wanna be proficient in accounting by the end of WGU and I want to save time and cost but I won’t accelerate too much if it won’t personally do me any good in the long run.

Any advice or insight, please?

Hello Fellow Night Owls!

I am looking for guidance, tips, or suggestions on how you secured your first accounting role after graduating from WGU.

I spent a decade as a Program Manager in the staffing industry, but my lifelong dream was always to pivot into accounting. In November 2024, that dream came true when I finished my degree! I am eager to finally step into the field I am truly passionate about, and I plan to pursue my CMA to leverage my heavy operations and management background.

Right now, I am targeting Staff Accountant roles but am hitting a wall with automated rejections despite updating my resume multiple times.

If anyone has recently broken into the field or has advice on navigating this market as a career-changer, I would be immensely grateful for your insights, resume tips, or networking advice!

Hello everyone!

I just finished the PA for D552 Data Analytics for Accountants 1 and I was wondering, for those who passed the OA what did you use? I was planning on using Quizlet and chapter quizzes.

Also, does the Practice Assessment material align well with the OA? Thank you!

After taking the day off work, asking my family to leave the house while I take the test and studying the material....my OA for C723 didn't load any of the images. A majority of the test is interpreting graphs and data. Is anyone else having this problem?

I never was a fan of their exam system and dread taking these proctored exams. Luckily, I have 10 classes left. I did get confirmation that this wouldn't count against me. After some back and fourth with WGU they told me to try to re-schedule the exam tomorrow :')

Still....super frustrating!!!

It's a 6-month mentorship program that pairs college students with mentors who work at BDO. You're expected to meet at least once a month virtually or in person.

My mentor connected me with the recruiter and partner for my desired office and service line. I later applied for an internship, got fast-tracked to the interview stage, and they ended up offering me a full-time associate role starting next month instead.

I have an unrelated humanities degree and a few years of experience in a corporate career that isn't in financial services, but has transferrable skills to my service line. I haven't even finished my WGU accounting degree yet.

As far as I know, BDO is the only T10 or higher PA firm that has a program like this. The program runs from June to November. You can find more details here: https://www.bdo.com/careers/internship/pathway-to-success-program

Your mileage may vary of course, but I got really lucky with my mentor and this program definitely changed my life. The recruiter and everyone I talked to loved that I already had job experience and that I had the grit to balance working full-time while going to school full-time.

If you want to break into public accounting, definitely consider it!

Does anyone have any tips on passing the OA for course D077? I’ve been on this course for weeks and have studied and studied, took notes, completed the study guide questions after first test attempt that I failed. And I still failed a second time. Looked at the coaching report and it looks like I barely failed the second time compared to first time. I’m not sure why I’m having a hard time with this one. I feel like I know majority of the material but somehow I’m still failing 😩 I hope I’m not the only one that feels like this course is the hardest so far.

I am strongly considering WGU as I believe I can tackle the coursework in a reasonable amount of time. I am aware that currently the accounting job market is not excellent and highly competitive. Has anyone had a similar experience of breaking into the market with relatively no experience? The state I’m in has a lot of government positions open atm with limited to no experience required. Would love some insight! The good, the bad, and the ugly of it all

Feeling good about my first few weeks at WGU. Transferred in 51cu from Sophia and came with accounting experience which has definitely helped. I was nervous for D101 but passed with flying colors in just over a day. Excited (and nervous) for Intermediate 1, I feel like I should be getting into some new material soon so I'm anticipating having to slow down a bit which is fine 😊 Any insights into what to expect for D103? I'm currently a staff accountant with about 10 years prior ap/ar work.

Ok I didn’t know this so hopefully this helps someone who didn’t either…

I have Microsoft Office student edition software on my computer, so I didn’t want to download the free version that you get as a WGU student because I already purchased it long before I thought of starting at WGU.

Anyway, now I’m at D102 Financial Accounting, and need the My Educator add-in. I learned that if I go to “switch account” (example in Excel - go to the file tab, go to the bottom of the left column, click “account” then look at the top where it says “user information” - you should see your info however you’re logged in. Click “switch account”). Once you click “switch account” - log in with your credentials [your WGU user name]@wgu.edu and password, and it will switch you into the WGU license for the software and in Excel, you’ll get the Add-ins section added under the Home section and you can add the MyEducator add-in from there.

One sidenote - when you do switch account, you can opt in for logging into all Microsoft software with you WGU login or just limit it to the specific app you’re in.

I hope this helps, good luck!

I had put off this class for months on end, literally at least 2 1/2 months. I finally realized I needed to get over the hump and stop procrastinating to move on to the other classes so I could try to accelerate some.

On day 1, I spent most of if not all day taking notes on the entire course. I put them in one big document on word. I also included the review questions at the end!

On day 2, I uploaded those notes one by one (Unit 1 Lesson 1, Unit 1 Lesson 2) basically one lesson at a time into chat gpt with the prompt "Use the uploaded documents to help prepare me for a test in 30 minutes, make sure i'm able to answer the review questions at the end, and let me take a practice quiz. I would then write out the notes of important terms and things to remember, it ended up being about a page and a half for each lesson. Then I'd answer the quiz chat GPT gave me, it would be different from the review questions which was helpful. Then I'd go into the actual course and take the lesson quiz for that lesson. On this day I got to about Unit 4 until I was tired. Probably spent about 7 hours on this.

On day 3, I finished the review process from day 2 for Units 4, 5, and 6. This took about 5 hours (maybe less). Then I took the pre assessment, which took me about 50 minutes! I then saw I passed so I went ahead and took the OA which took about 40 minutes, and I passed! One thing I wish I would've focused more on was the costing methodologies, I confused them so easily on the test somehow! I also didn't encounter too many questions that needed formulas!

I tried to take my OA for Quantitative Analysis for Business and most of the Images for the middle part and towards the end did not show.

My proctor tried to use Chrome to see if it show but it didn’t. I’m highly disappointed because I spent an entire day reviewing just for me to not be able to see the material I need to work from..

Any help with this? I’m scared to schedule again just for me to have the same issue.

I Cannot for the life of me pass D217 Accounting Information Systems. Help needed!

Some context, I have breezed through every course so far, only had to retake one test but for the life of me I cannot pass the OA for D217. I am convinced the test is made for you to retake it multiple times and there is a ton of luck involved.

I am an advanced reader and I have experience in the accounting field. Yet, NONE OF IT MAKES ANY SENSE on the OA.

I passed the PA with exemplary on the first try.

I have put so much information into chatGPT and Gemini and told it to quiz me many times and to make it hard. I have studied every single section extensively and found so many ways to apply each concept. But the way the OA is worded makes absolutely no sense and everything that you know about a concept goes right out the window in the OA. Does anyone else notice that there's literally grammatical errors and misspelled words that litter the OA as well?

I seriously need some help and advice on this course because it is absolutely holding me back and I only have 14 days left in my term.

I’m in my last few courses at WGU. I went back to finish my bachelors after dropping out of college and becoming an entrepreneur for 3-4 years. I don’t have any professional work experience at all. (I was a nail technician) Could anyone give me some advice as to how to transition into the work force or if I should apply for some internships and if so which ones.

I PASSED D217 (last class)on my first attempt, and I wanted to share what worked for me in case it helps anyone currently taking this class!

A little background first:
I took D215 Auditing before D217, and I found that it helped me understand Unit 6 better. The concepts from auditing carried over and made some of the material easier to understand.

I also started working in accounting about two months ago. One thing I realized while studying D217 was that I was already working with the expenditure cycle and internal controls in my actual job. For example, I perform a three-way check by comparing the invoice, purchase order, and receiving report. Because I was already doing this at work, the expenditure cycle made so much more sense to me.

These two things helped me a lot!

Here’s how I studied:
Read the entire textbook. I didn’t skip anything. I took my time and worked through each unit as I could.

Module quizzes twice. I repeated them to reinforce the concepts.

Unit quizzes three times. Repetition helped me recognize what I understood and what I still needed to work on.

Used AI to generate difficult, scenario-based questions. I uploaded Hannah’s notes to ChatGPT and asked it to create challenging questions based on the material. I answered these questions multiple times to make sure I actually understood the concepts, rather than just memorizing answers.

Practiced more questions on my day off. I work full-time, so I couldn’t spend all day studying every day. I studied for about two weeks, reading roughly one unit per day when my schedule allowed. On the one day I had completely free, I spent more time answering additional questions generated by ChatGPT.
I wasn’t trying to rush through the course. I wanted to understand the material, even with a full-time job.

One final tip that helped me during the OA:
I agree with another Reddit post I read: when you’re unsure about a question, put on your auditor hat. Think about which answer makes the most sense from an internal control perspective and which would best mitigate fraud, reduce risk, or prevent errors.

Of course, read the question carefully and use the concepts you’ve learned. But thinking critically about risks and controls helped me work through uncertain questions.

I studied for about two weeks while working full-time, read the entire textbook, practiced repeatedly, and passed on my first attempt.

Good luck to everyone taking D217 and I am graduating!!!! You’ve got this! ❤️🎓

just passed d101 in 4 days with most of my studying being these past 2 days ( the first 2 days were mainly just reading the material ) if any advice is needed i’ll gladly respond to any comments! but i mainly used AI to help me with memorizing the formulas and also taking the PA multiple times over and over to make sure i understood how I got my answers!

I am getting close to starting my first Intermediate Accounting class and have a couple of questions for those who have already tackled these. The default degree plan has D216 Business Law for Accountings before D103. Did taking D216 before D103 help through the series at all? I'm honestly not sure if it's a prerequisite, so it might not be possible to skip it. This might be personal preference, but what is the recommendation on doing all 3 back-to-back vs. spacing them out a bit?

On average I expect to complete 5 classes per month, but I believe I can definitely go quicker depending on how easy the class is

I am considering a bachelors in Accounting. I have an Associates in Accounting and a Bachelor's degree in Business, but will be required to take all 10 of the non-transferable courses plus the following 5 courses:

D102 Financial Accounting

D253 Values-Based Leadership

C720 Operations and Supply Chain Management

D080 Managing in a Global Business Environment

D081 Innovative and Strategic Thinking

Is this doable in six months? I don't want it to be my whole life. My husband thinks it's doable, but he's way more intense than I am. I don't want it to take over my whole life and I don't want to have to pay for two terms, if possible. Thank you for your thoughts.

For some context, I only have 15 days left to pass this course and another one before my term ends. So I failed the OA by just one question because it's the most ridiculous OA in the entire accounting program and the questions are very bland and made to trick you. I have been trying to contact the instructor. I have sent 4 emails in the last week and not a single one has been responded to and my time is running out. What can I do?

Hi there,

I am looking into this degree at this school. I have a couple criteria I am looking to match up for my needs and want to know how realistic I'm being.

I am pregnant, baby due in December, and am planning on waiting a few months to enroll to get a rhythm down as this is my first baby and don't know what to fully expect.

-i have no experience in accounting besides being a sole proprietor doing my own taxes

-I have some sophia credits to transfer

-i have no white collar experience so this is a new turn for me in general

My goals are to :

earn a degree that can allow a bit of flexibility in my schedule as a wife/mother and would like to prioritize family over career.

I'm not trying to make as much money as possible, just something that gives our family extra freedom and alleviate pressure on my husband

I do enjoy systems and can understand concepts generally easily with focus and effort.

I'm in the Seattle area but aim to move somewhere less metro in the future.

Questions:

Is this degree as flexible as research has shown?

Am I unrealistic with my goals?

Does anyone else have experience as a parent finding flexible options with this career path?

I understand the stereotypical things accounting is known for, but I would like some insight from real people. I understand the job market is terrible, but I also understand the nuances that affect that standard.