Work Backwards from Goal Dates to Complete a Course

Work backwards from goal dates to complete a course – Simple math is incredibly helpful.  If you have 3 courses to complete in 6 months, you have 2 months to complete each course. That’s a simple calculation.  If your goal is to complete 1 course every month, and your course has 4 tasks, you have to complete 1 task every week.  We all have different pacing, and WGU lets students study at their own pace, but that doesn't mean a snail’s pace is acceptable.  I've found that successful students have a time frame they want to complete a course, and set up a plan of action to reach that goal.  If you leave a course open-ended and will complete it when the time is right, inevitably time is wasted, delays are always occurring, and completing all their courses in a term is very challenging.

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