Ok, here's a bad of the WGU experience. This is picking the nits off of nits, so take it that way. Consider it a lesson learned on my part. I'm waiting to take the CTV1 or SY0-401 certification test. The goal was this Friday. Well, goals and reality don't always meet up.
Within WGU, you have to request approval to go take your test with your mentor and quite possibly the course mentor. Once s/he approves the test, you have to request the test within the course of study. Then testing or whoever issues you a testing voucher. At $250 per test, I'll wait for the voucher thank you very much. Official policy is 48-96 hours or so is the policy to issue the voucher. Until this time, it had been less than 48 hours. Not this time though. Bah. Oh well. The location where I test is fairly flexible so I don't factor that in.
The lesson: if you know what day you want to take your test, make sure you give yourself 5-7 days to get all the appropriate paperwork filed. 10 days if you are that type (raises hand). Consider it your own personal project management experience. Yeah, knowing if you are ready 10 days out can be a challenge. You will figure out your rhythm.
