00:00what's happening guys it's Shane here
00:01and in today's video we are going to be
00:03going over how to get a legitimate
00:05college degree in one year and I know
00:08that a lot of people probably think that
00:09this is some sort of Mickey Mouse degree
00:11or it's not possible but actually it is
00:13it's a respected degree that you can get
00:15in one year or less what
00:18what the and this is going to be a
00:20strategy that previously I only revealed
00:21to Consulting clients or people who took
00:23my college 101 course but I'm actually
00:25just going to be putting it on YouTube
00:27so I can help as many people as possible
00:29so if you appreciate that go ahead
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00:35more videos just like this so this is
00:37going to be a seven step process overall
00:39so let's jump in right now with step
00:41number one which is you need to evaluate
00:44your current situation so people
00:45watching this video can come from so
00:47many different backgrounds maybe you're
00:4818 thinking about going to college maybe
00:50you're you know 20 you're like halfway
00:52through college or maybe you're somebody
00:54who's like Midway through their career
00:55but they want to go back to college and
00:57get a different degree so we really have
00:59to evaluate your current situation and
01:01by that I mean we need to make a list of
01:03all the certifications you have all the
01:06experience you have all the classes that
01:08you've already taken so we need to get
01:10your updated resume your updated
01:11transcript get all of that information
01:13in one place because if you have certain
01:15certifications you can actually test out
01:18of classes is and we're going to get to
01:19that a little bit more later on in the
01:21video but if you have job experience
01:23sometimes you can also test out of
01:24classes there and of course if you've
01:26already taken the class from another
01:27University then you can test out of
01:29classes with that as well another thing
01:31is you might have military experience
01:33and in many cases you can use your
01:34military experience to test out of
01:36certain credits as well if you took AP
01:38or IB exams during high school and you
01:41had a certain score on the test many
01:42colleges will let you test out of those
01:44as well so there's many different ways
01:46that you can test out of classes but
01:48some schools are much more generous than
01:49others about what they accept and that
01:51brings us to step two which is you want
01:53to find a competency based University so
01:56what exactly is a competency-based
01:58university well the best way to explain
02:00it is just to contrast it to traditional
02:03Universities at a traditional University
02:05they try to fit all different types of
02:07degrees into the four-year model so
02:10you're expected to graduate in four
02:11years whether it's a super super easy
02:14degree or if it's the most difficult
02:16degree and I know that difficulty is
02:17subjective different people have
02:19different strengths of course but
02:20objectively speaking some degrees are
02:23just much much harder than others and so
02:25therefore it doesn't make sense to try
02:27to fit a degree that you could get done
02:29in one to two years into the four-year
02:32model just to make everybody fit into
02:34the same box competency-based
02:36universities are different because they
02:38will allow you to go at your own pace
02:40you pass the classes or don't pass the
02:42classes based off of your competency not
02:45based off of how much time you spent
02:46taking the class now I'm going to give
02:48you a list of schools that are very well
02:50known to be extremely friendly in terms
02:52of the transfer credits that they accept
02:53in and they have different models of how
02:56they teach people but typically it is
02:58something very similar to a
02:59competency-based model and these schools
03:01include but are not limited to WGU which
03:04is Western Governors University tessu
03:07which is Thomas Edison State University
03:09Excelsior College snhu which is Southern
03:12New Hampshire University Charter Oak
03:15State College or cosk
03:17umpi which which is the University of
03:19Maine at Presque Isle and there are
03:21several others but those are the main
03:23ones now probably the most popular one
03:25is Western Governors University and for
03:27the purposes of this video just to keep
03:29things simple I am going to be using WGU
03:32as my example but with that being said a
03:34lot of these other colleges are
03:35phenomenal as well and there are certain
03:38strengths and weaknesses that each one
03:39of them have so definitely look into it
03:42on your own also keep in mind that some
03:43of the universities might offer the
03:45degree that you want to get whereas the
03:46other ones don't so that might also
03:48influence your decision on which
03:50university you attend step three is
03:52going to be to contact a counselor at
03:54whichever University you choose so a big
03:56thing here do not enroll yet
03:59very very important do not enroll in the
04:02University you are just contacting the
04:04counselor in order to send them your
04:07experience right you're going to send
04:08them your resume your transcripts what
04:10experience you have and then ask them
04:12which classes can I test out of and you
04:15might even want to do this at several
04:16different universities and see which one
04:18of them are the most generous and after
04:19you send all that information into WGU
04:21for instance they will send you a report
04:23back telling you which classes you
04:25transferred in and which ones you still
04:26have to take and then we're going to
04:28move on to step four which is you want
04:30to test out of more classes and again I
04:33just want to emphasize you do not enroll
04:36at this point okay you know the
04:37counselor might be trying to get you to
04:39enroll and that's not the step that
04:41we're at that's still several steps down
04:43the line because if you enroll at this
04:44point you're going to be wasting a lot
04:46of time and money and I don't want you
04:48to do that now at a normal university my
04:51favorite way to test out of a lot of the
04:53Gen Ed classes is by taking what are
04:55known as CLEP exams these are the
04:58college level examination in program and
05:00this is basically the low hanging fruit
05:03of testing out of exams because it's
05:05much easier to take a CLEP exam than it
05:08is to take an AP exam for instance and
05:11you get to test out of the same amount
05:12of units now I've talked extensively
05:14about CLEP exams before on other videos
05:16but basically you just have to get 50 to
05:18pass there are many people that
05:20especially with some of the easier
05:21classes can pass on their very first try
05:23with minimal studying some of the harder
05:25classes you might have to study a little
05:27bit more for but they're very cheap very
05:29inexpensive with that being said at some
05:31of these competency-based universities
05:33such as WGU there are even better
05:37methods for you to test out of an exam
05:39and this is basically by taking those
05:40same classes through third-party
05:42companies such as study.com
05:44straighterline or Sophia now in my
05:47experience with coaching clients as well
05:48as talking to people who have actually
05:50gone to WGU such as my friend Josh
05:52matacore study.com seems to have the
05:55most classes that you can transfer in
05:56and they're also like really good UI
05:59it's just really easy to use them and
06:01it's pretty easy to get through the
06:02tests and it also tends to have the
06:04least amount of issues when you're
06:05transferring those classes in but with
06:06that being said depending on the degree
06:08you're taking there might be a situation
06:10where you know you can take 10 of the
06:11classes through study.com but there's
06:13two classes that you have to take
06:14through Sophia or straight your line
06:16because study.com doesn't offer them and
06:18all of these services do have a cost by
06:20the way but it is very minimal compared
06:22to what you would be paying to take
06:24those same classes in college now
06:26basically for all the different degrees
06:28you have to take around 40 classes to
06:30graduate sometimes it's a little bit
06:31less than that so if you can take these
06:34classes about one per week if you're
06:36working and you're just doing it part
06:37time that means that you could graduate
06:39in about 40 weeks and the truth is with
06:42a lot of students that I work with
06:43they're able to knock out like one class
06:45per day especially with a lot of the
06:47easier general education classes if you
06:49use the advanced strategies in this
06:50video by taking classes on city.com and
06:52you really you know put your mind to it
06:54and put a lot of effort into it you can
06:56even graduate with a degree in two
06:58months like my friend Josh matacor did
07:00with his computer science degree now
07:02that is an extreme example two months is
07:04pretty crazy to be able to do that but
07:06with that being said a lot of people
07:08graduate in six months or less or one
07:10year or less and even if you're doing it
07:12part time and you're going at a
07:13relatively slow pace it's very realistic
07:15to be able to graduate in two years or
07:17less whereas normal degrees take four to
07:20five years on average now some of these
07:22strategies get incredibly complicated so
07:24what Josh and I did is we actually
07:26created a spreadsheet that Maps out
07:29every single degree that you can kit at
07:32WGU and it Maps it to the direct class
07:34that you can take at study.com and if
07:36there is nostudy.com class we are
07:39actively updating it and putting in
07:40Sophia or straighterline so we worked
07:43really hard on this project this
07:44basically does all the work for you and
07:46all you have to do is click the link
07:48that is down in the description or the
07:49pin comment and make a copy and it's all
07:52yours and if you use the code Shane
07:54hummus study.com you will get 30 off of
07:57your first three months so if you want
07:59to you know know give a little thank you
08:00to all of our hard work you can use the
08:02coupon code now on top of that there are
08:04certifications that you can get in order
08:06to test out of the classes as well and
08:08typically I kind of prefer getting the
08:10certifications because they might look
08:12really good on your resume so in that
08:13case in my opinion it's a good idea to
08:15take those certifications as well at
08:16this point and then go ahead and
08:18transfer those in too and again we also
08:20put the certifications that match up to
08:22WGU on this spreadsheet so it was like
08:25it was a massive amount of work in order
08:27to do the research for this so you know
08:29check that spreadsheet out it's going to
08:30make your life so much easier now once
08:32you've taken all these classes you've
08:33taken the certifications and you've told
08:35your counselor about it you've
08:36transferred it all in at this point we
08:38are going to move on to the next step
08:40which by the way is not enrolling yet
08:43you're still not going to enroll what
08:45kind of is that and that is Step number
08:47five you want to pre-game your classes
08:50so what do I mean by pregame I
08:52essentially mean you want to pre-study
08:55the remaining classes that you have left
08:57that you can't transfer in so maybe you
09:00have 10 or 15 classes left that you
09:03can't transfer in out of the 40 original
09:04classes that you had to take and you
09:06want to go ahead get a hold of the
09:08curriculum that they have on the website
09:09look at what you need to learn and then
09:11maybe just look up stuff on Khan Academy
09:13or any other number of resources that
09:15they have online so for instance if
09:17you're getting a computer science degree
09:18there's a lot of really great free
09:20resources online like the free code Camp
09:22the Odin project there's also some
09:24really good paid resources like you know
09:26depending on the language you're trying
09:27to learn there's some good stuff on
09:29udemy code with mosh is one that has you
09:32know I've heard has been highly
09:33recommended for math related classes you
09:35can actually take free classes online
09:37from schools like Harvard and and MIT
09:41Etc these classes are all available for
09:43free online they tell you the textbook
09:44they use they give you the same problems
09:46you have access to the lectures that the
09:48professors gave you can also even take
09:50the same tests with some of them so all
09:52of this stuff is actually available for
09:53free online all you have to type in is
09:55like take free Harvard classes online
09:57and that sort of thing is going to pop
09:59up so you can basically take the entire
10:01class you just don't get the credit for
10:02it at the end now for WGU for instance a
10:05lot of people will share strategies on
10:07what they should study for the different
10:09classes on the WGU subreddit so that's a
10:12really fantastic Resource as well
10:13definitely check that out finally we're
10:16going to move on to step six which is
10:18enroll in a competency-based university
10:20such as WGU at this point you will
10:24finally talk to your guidance counselor
10:25and tell them that you are ready to
10:27enroll now if you've done all the
10:28previous steps you know it might have
10:30taken you three months in order to take
10:32the initial classes on study.com and
10:35then maybe another three months for you
10:36to pre-study the classes that you're
10:38going to take at WGU and then it's very
10:40realistic for you to be able to finish
10:43the remaining you know 10 units or
10:45whatever it was that you have left in
10:47your coursework in another you know
10:49three to six months and most of the
10:51schools that I have on this list are
10:52extremely affordable like they typically
10:55cost less than half of what a normal
10:57university charges and you're able to
10:59get it done much faster so it's really
11:00like one-fourth of the price in many
11:02cases so at this point you enroll in WGU
11:04and you take those classes that you
11:06already studied for and of course you're
11:07probably going to be able to get through
11:09the classes extremely fast because you
11:10already know the material and then
11:12you're going to take the final test pass
11:13it easily and then move on to the next
11:15one and a WGU for instance each term is
11:18six months and you pay per term so if
11:20you're able to finish all of the classes
11:21in less than six months then you only
11:23have to pay for one term at WGU and step
11:26seven is you graduate and you get to
11:28brag to all of your friends that you
11:30were able to finish a bachelor's in six
11:32months everyone is going to think that
11:34you're a genius and if you're really
11:36nice you might share this video with
11:38your friends so they can be Geniuses as
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