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  1. I feel like I'm an an alternate universe here. The majority consensus is no, attending WGU is not a good idea? What is your definition of a majority consensus? Three people said it wouldn't likely matter either way and no one said "Yes, from my experience adcoms hesitate to admit someone that got a degree from WGU or similar." Bingo! It's like you have finally read my posts. You know, the one where I said I couldn't go anywhere else right now? The ones where I said it's WGU or nothing? You tried to answer a bunch of questions that I didn't ask and then you wonder why I wasn't grateful for the info. You don't know my situation and you apparently don't have the ability to trust me when I say I've already evaluated the impacts on other aspects of my life and career and now and looking for help in an area I am unfamiliar with.
  2. You did. After telk's snarky comment. Before, you didn't. You commented on how it would look on my resume. Appreciated but wasn't what I asked. I'm sorry but that's bullshit. Look through my posts and tell me where you answered my question and I pushed back. I pushed back against the resume questions because I've already considered those. I don't need input on someone that doesn't know my work experience, doesn't know my work situation, to comment on an aspect of my situation that I've already considered. I came here because I thought individuals here might have some insight on the admissions process. I see that that's not the case.
  3. Ok, so the only attempt that anyone made to answer my question that I could reply to was a vague reference while discussing my resume? I don't understand what's wrong with you. I haven't done anything overtly offensive and yet your first interaction with me wasn't helpful, it was accusatory. I think it's clear that there were not "several" attempts to answer my very specific question that I ignored in order to push my point of view. I mostly don't understand why, if you couldn't be constructive, you even posted in here.
  4. Where? You certainly haven't tried to answer it until your back handed answer just now. R_S answered right before you jumped in. That would be all of one answer to my question in almost ten comments.
  5. You are reading what you want to in this conversation. I'd ask you to stop doing that and read what I'm asking. I don't want you to confirm my clear belief in WGU. I didn't ask for a general opinion of the school. I didn't ask for a big picture of how the school would prepare me for life or look on my resume. I asked a very specific question that you are either unable or unwilling to answer. Will WGU have a negative effect on future grad school apps?That's it. That's all I asked.
  6. I really resent this comment. To your first point, welcome to the real world. I wish I had the luxury of attending one of my first choice programs. But I don't. And I'm on a time crunch. This degree would make me more competive for my dream job, a job I would spend the next 20 years doing and WGUs program alows me to dedicate signifanct time in order to reduce time spent in school. For this reason, WGU is my only option at the moment. It's WGU or nothing. To your second, I'd encourage you to read the replys to my question and my responses. If by "you seem to already have the answer you want" you mean I wasn't sufficiently grateful for answers to questiosn I didn't ask, then fine. I asked "Would WGU hurt admissions chances to top universities?" I recieved lots of info about jobs and resumes. No one even tangentially addressed my actual question until the post right above yours.
  7. If I get this position I will spend my entire career with my current employer. If I don't and I don't get another job right away I go to grad school. Thus the question. Also, I have a hard time understanding why a WGU degree would hurt me. I could leave it off my resume. There's no gap in employment since I'm still at my current job. But even with it on my resume, I have a hard time believing that there's more name recognition for WGU than some random school like North Colorado University. Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like 90% of schools that aren't elite universities (ivy league), or big state schools (UVA) are looked at the same. So what do you think? Let's say I apply to Georgetown's M.P.P. or J.D. program. Let's say I'm right on the fence. Will a WGU degree push me over the wrong way, or will they just roll their eyes and ignore it (given that I haven't turned it into a selling point like "Graduated from WGU's rigorous M.S. in leadership program").
  8. My employer couldn't give two shoots about where the degree is from. WGU is regionally accredited and non-profit. The benefit to WGU is the ability to bust my tail and get it done quicker.
  9. The grad degree would make me competitive for a new position within my current organization and cost would be negligible as a result of WGUs low tuition and y organizations tuition assistance.
  10. I am in a weird situation. I am applying for a program at work next summer. In order to be competitive for that program I am looking into attending the M.S. in Management and Leadership program at Western Governor's University. If you don't know much about WGU, all the classes are self paced and students have been known to be able to complete grad programs in as little as six months. WGU is regionally accredited and non-profit. I don't think most employers will no the difference between WGU and Central Colorado State University. But the school can't have much of a good reputation in academia. The problem is I don't want to close any doors for the future. Will getting a M.S. from this school harm my chances f getting in to a top tier school in the future? Specifically I'm interested in policy or public administration. Will having this lower tier M.S. make me less competitive for a M.P.P. from a top 25 school?
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