Thomas Edison State College : B.A. Communications Reviews

Anonymous (Graduate) on June 14, 2011 (email verified)

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Great Way to Finish Up Your Degree After attending a state school in Minnesota I left 20 credits shy of my degree to work full-time in the Minnesota National Guard to get some relevant job experience, which sparked my interest in finishing online so i wouldn't have to go back after I completed my job. I chose TESC because of the military program, impressive accreditation (same as Princeton and Rutgers) and it being a state school. These factors help make it a legitimate college unlike many of the schools that are based mainly online. My experience finishing my last 20 credits at TESC was great, the professors were helpful and the assignments were thorough (I learned just as much as i did at the state school in Minnesota I attended). The classes rely heavily on book reading and class discussions, but it helped me learn because I was forced to actually do the reading and interact with classmates. TESC is not a pushover college or a degree mill, it is even tougher than traditional college and I came away with more than I did at the traditional state school I attended because of the extra work required to learn online. The convenience of the online classroom far exceeded my expectations as a student and i was easily able to work full-time and be a full-time student. The only things I would ask is for are a student e-mail address so I could enjoy many of the student discounts that are available everywhere; and for more employees at the college offices, I was sometimes on hold for a long time trying to call the financial aid office. Other than those two things, great experience and I am proud to say I am an alumni at TESC.

Anonymous (Graduate) on June 3, 2011

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Challenging, but worth it in the end I received my BA in Communications from TESC last year. For all those who are on this thread complaining about the school, please let me point out the fact that this is a school for mature adults. Its programs can be rigorous at times. There are a lot of reading assignments, several forum posts that take a well thought-out explanation, and many writing assignments. In my experience, the mentors who graded my assignments didn't simply give me full credit because I had the assignment completed, they read through my papers and posts, meticulously grading me on all errors. This "tough love" ensured that I was shaped into a better writer, and communicator. I am by no means a perfect communicator, but a better one, thanks to my education at TESC. This school is a regionally accredited school, and not a simple degree mill that you will find at some nationally accredited schools. It does have its faults, mainly with mentor-to-student communication, but if you keep yourself motivated, you will achieve your education goals. If you're lazy, and need somebody to constantly remind you to accomplish tasks, then this school is not for you - look at ITT Tech, or one of those other overly marketed online schools. I almost get "the giggles" when somebody tells me they're "A Phoenix."

Anonymous (Graduate) on June 17, 2010 (email verified)

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Incredible School Thomas Edison State College is an incredible school. I left college in 1968 and I thought that my educational opportunities had passed years ago. I discovered Thomas Edison State College in 2004 and enrolled shortly after I found it. It was the hardest, most challenging and exhilarating experience of my life. But I did it...in a year and eight months. By June of 2006 I had earned my Associates degree and by August of the same year, I had my Bachelors. Understand that this is not a diploma mill. It's an amazing educational opportunity. If you're thinking about going back to college, it would be worth your while to investigate Thomas Edison State College of New Jersey.

Miss_pauline_2006 (Graduate) on June 1, 2009

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Thomas Edison State College is awesome! I loved Thomas Edison State College. Compared to other schools the cost for Thomas Edison cannot be beaten. If it were not for Thomas Edison I would not have had the opportunity to earn my degree. Considering the school is online I believe it is awesome. Yes, you may have to wait a day or two for an answer but one must remember there are other students. We have access to mentors, their phone numbers and the whole nine yards. Buying books is easy as 1, 2, 3. You order them online and I have gooten my books in days. i would recoomend Thomas Edison State College as my experience has been awesome. Too bad the whole world does not know about the school.

Anonymous (In Progress) on May 21, 2009 (email verified)

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Awful experience. This is really hard for me to write out because of my experience at TESC was so hurtful and awful. I was an honors student at both other schools I attended, one of which being Northern Arizona University. I had great relations with every one of my teachers. I loved school, including all the online classes I had taken outside of TESC. After I had my son I came to TESC with 82 transfer credits, I think. Was expecting it to be wonderful, because I could be at home with my new son and still finish my degree. Well I was very wrong. I had awful teachers, not all of them, I think 3 were wonderful and helpful, but the others were either, downright rude or incompetent. They never got back to me regarding questions, most were hopelessly uninformed when it came to teaching online, and one completely destroyed my ability to get into graduate school which she knew she was doing. I plan on placing a web site up telling my story because it's really horrible what they did to me, and now I'm paying for it and will be for the rest of my life. I wasted 12 months of my life, and went really far in to debt, with nothing to show for it. I have even spoken to a lawyer, and if we can, I plan on taking action. What I'm trying to understand is why me? I'm a great student and a good person, I guess just had really bad luck with these teachers. I cannot even do anything about it, and I'm really sad, mad, and just in general upset about this. I do not recommend this school, unless you are taking the tests to get your credit. Now I'm left with 125 credits, with no degree, bad overall GPA because of two very bad teachers and an enormous amount of debt. I had before going to TESC honors status and a 3.65 GPA, but because of these two horrible teachers, and that TESC doesn't count my past GPA, I've been left with a 2.9 GPA, which does not show prospective employers or schools how good I am. I was hoping to get my Graduate degree from Harvard, now I have no hope to do this at all. I just want to cry because it's so unfair and there's nothing I can do about it, at least not that I know of right now. Did I mention I even kept my honors status while my mother was on her death bed. She told me not to give up on school, no matter what, so I pushed really hard for this. Worked as a single mom and through my mothers death, but now, even though I worked so hard I'm stuck with this. It not ok! Yes, I've complained to the school, but was given the cold shoulder because there is no one there to represent the student. Everything the teacher said, even if it were lies was taken as truth. Trust me these two teachers lied on two occasions but I couldn't prove anything, because the teachers went in and changed the information on Blackboard. This making me look like a liar, I asked if there were a way to see if anything were altered on BB but was told that it wasn't possible. I think that's untrue, but it's me against the school. No! don't take the risk of experiencing what I did.

Mt (Graduate) on January 25, 2009 (email verified)

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Military folks, TESC is for YOU!!!! If you're in the military and haven't finished your degree, TESC is the best deal for you! I've been all over the world so staying with one school for in-class instruction has been hard. TESC residency requirement of 12-hours is AMAZING! You only need 4 classes and can pool the rest of your credits from the military and other colleges. The only thing neagtive about the school is the email support. It's better if you call them to handle questions. If you're overseas, this may mean late night calls to them. If you're looking for the "college experience", you can get that with the classes at your base and just transfer them over. If you wat to go to a big name school, try your luck doing that hoping you get assigned there. I'm finished up my Master's degree from the University of Okalahoma. So don't let people tell you this degree isn't real. It's good and you can have the degree in less than 12 months!

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