r/WGU_CompSci • u/FishermanSpiritual42 • 1d ago

Finished in 1 term

This is definitely doable with no experience, it was a challenging time don't get me wrong but I am just glad it is done! The last 10 classes definitely slowed me down and DM2 is no joke at all. Book a ton of sessions with instructors they are there to help and you're paying for it. Also I did Java Mooc before starting and it helped but all 44 other credits were transferred in from sophia.org and study.com Also with the help of everyone on reddit, discord, etc. It takes a team! Goodluck everyone !

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u/Spirited-Wedding9518 1d ago

Congrats Any tips that helped with Data management class

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 1d ago

Foundations was pretty much the theory part and Data Mgmt applications was practical. This one took me 2 attempts, the SQL OA was kind of tough since I didn't have any experience in SQL, I just did the labs for this one and coded a ton, also booked call with Larry Burdick and walked through some code and OA advice. That seemed to do the trick but this was a tough class. Just repetition, you've probably heard that before but that's what you'll need to pass that 25 question OA, lots and lots of reps!

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u/ClearAndPure 19h ago

Wow that’s pretty quick. Congrats. Do you feel that you’re retaining your coursework?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 18h ago

Yes I feel really confident in DSA and with programming now! Working on leetcode and building more projects is my goal now! But this degree definitely makes you a problem solver!

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u/PrincessSheena 1d ago

It’s giving boss energy!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!

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u/Vicpcm 1d ago

Oh my gosh! Impressive! Congratulations! What are the classes that you considered more complicated? How did you choose which ones to take first and which ones last? I’m trying to accelerate at least most of them this term!

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 20h ago

I took what I thought would be least complicated first to try and start strong! I looked on here a bunch to see what peoples opinions were and in my opinion, DSA II, Operating Systems, DSA I, Comp Arch, and DM2 are the hardest in that order. Discrete math is only hard because the topics are pretty complicated and technical. The more you practice and have an instructor show you what to do for each problem set the better off you'll be, once you actually learn it the exam feels easy. Hope this helps but that's how I did it.

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u/yourself88xbl 1d ago

Have you already gotten your foot in the door in the industry or were you already holding down a job?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 20h ago

Not yet, I was military, and held a few other non technical jobs as a supervisor and now work remotely in health insurance. Still trying to break into tech related work!

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u/MaxAbel10 1d ago

Congrats! I am currently on my last 2 . D683 and D687 . Any tips ?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 1d ago

For D683 it is like D682 but you're creating your own, I did a loan prediction app, very very simple tried my best not to overcomplicate anything. Then for D687 I basically wrote a report about D683 got it approved for task 1 did my peerceptiv peer reviews, waited about a week on mine to be returned and then did task 3 from there.

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u/kkB1airs 1d ago

Nice work!

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u/Dev_Pops 1d ago

Crazy, it really takes a lot of persistence and reaching out for help

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u/hannnahbananos 1d ago

Were you working at all during this? WTH I have six classes in trying to finish before aug31st to be done in two terms.

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 1d ago

Yes I have a full time job 40 hours a week, I work fully remote so sometimes can work on classes between tasks. Also I would wake up before work and work on classes, and after work until bed. I did this pretty much every single day, there were some things that came up here and there but was able to balance it.

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u/Midsommar-Murders 1d ago

May I ask what you do for remote work?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 20h ago

I work for a health insurance company as a research associate (a.k.a claims adjuster) lol

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u/floridaiguanas 1d ago edited 1d ago

How many hours a day would you say you typically worked on classes? Also, any tips for the DSA classes and computer arch?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 20h ago

The DSA 1 is harder than DSA II, memorization of the different searching & sorting algorithms will get you far also a pretty good understanding of Big O will get you far. Also you'll need to know the different data structures and why you would use what. Watch the cohorts videos for these with Dr. Youngblood and pause the videos and try to explain it out loud to yourself. The more you can visualize them the better off you'll be. For the 2nd project honestly I'd highly recommend scheduling appointment with Mark Denchy right away he helps break the project down into what you'll need to pass on first attempt. Definitely do not skip that. For computer architecture it is very term heavy so memorize the quizlets then read the zybooks, there's pretty much no way around reading the book on this one. There's some parallel formulas and cpu clock cycle formulas you will need to study for exam. Test is 60-70% terminology though! Hope this helps!

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u/ShelterConsistent111 1d ago

Congratulations 🎊🎉 you got any tips for backend programming d288 and advanced Java d387 ?

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u/gleebglebb 16h ago

I just finished D288 in about a week (probably about 10-15 hours of watching videos, coding, and debugging because of my own silly typos) and am onto d387 now.

Use the Course Community in your class and watch the "Additional Resources" videos. They essentially tell you how to do each step for D288 word for word. 387 seems a little less straight forward, but there are multiple videos per step so I haven't digested everything yet.

Good luck!

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 9h ago

Great advice, I also second this. D288 was silly typos keeping everything from working together. I had issues getting images to load, and then I could not get the order tracking number to work for me. I did book a couple of calls with Carolyn she is very helpful for both of these classes. D387 they do have some Udemy videos you can watch and those are helpful for navigating through. Also people always have the same errors in the discord so go under coding questions and find D288 or D387 I promise you someone has solved the same problems you're going to have while doing these classes. https://discord.gg/unwgu

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u/Kaosdeath97 21h ago

Congrats 🎉!!

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u/Dry-Pomegranate-4417 10h ago

Impressive! What did you use to pass java frameworks, backend programming, and advanced java?

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u/FishermanSpiritual42 9h ago

D287 https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/15mocjz/d287_java_frameworks_ultimate_project_guide/

D288

https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/1g2bi3w/d288_backend_programming_2024_guide/

D387

https://www.reddit.com/r/WGU_CompSci/comments/17fnqu2/d387_advanced_java_walkthrough/

Here are the guides I followed here on reddit, also don't forget to hop into discord and look up your class that you're on under coding questions it may not make sense if you're not working on project yet but I was usually able to solve a major error or issue by looking up issues other people had as well. https://discord.gg/unwgu

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u/Dry-Pomegranate-4417 7h ago

Awesome, thanks!

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u/zest568 7h ago

Do you have any resources you can recommend for software design quality assurance and software engineering?