Give a Thomas Edison review. (Is Thomas Edision Accredited?)

[journey21]

Have they ever lost their accreditation at any time?

I have considered finishing my degree with them, however I am not very familiar with them, and I do not want to get a degree through any school that in the future might lose thier accrediation.

For the reason that, it would make my degree worth nothing.

Would like to hear people's opinion of this college.

Did you recieve your degree though them?
Was it a good experience?
Is there any risk of them in the future losing accrediation. If so how high is that risk?

Can I go to Master's degree if I obtain my Bachler's through them?

If you graduated through them, what further education have you gone on to pursue?
Did you find that this degree hindered any future endeavors?

Does one have less of a chance of getting into a good law school, due to this degree?
Is this college looked down on?
Would on be able to go into the service as an officer, with this degree?

I know a million questions......

Would like to hear personal reviews and experience with this college. If you have an opinion, yet no prior experience with this college, still feel free to speak your mind.

Would like to hear you guy's thoughts : )

[naeliz04]

I think no matter what school you get a degree at there is aalways a chance that they could loose there accrediation, although, probably pretty unlikely. I have a girlfriend who graduated from Thomas Edison, and had a great experience. I am sure if you were able to get a BA or BS you would be fine getting into the military or law school or whatever you would like to do, all three of the big three have been around for a while and have a pretty good reputation around. Just my two cents...

[naeliz04]

BTW, you can look under the tab about colleges to find out more info!

[cookderosa]

Technically, accreditation is the accreditation at the time of your degree.
For example, I graduated from The Culinary Inst. of America in 1990. At that time, it was not regionally accredited. They are now- but, when I applied to bachelor programs, every school I applied to (including Excelsior, TESC, and University of Phoenix) did not award me any credit based on the conferral date of my degree- which made my credits nationally accredited, not regionally so. Nationally accredited schools all awarded 100% credit- which is the route my husband took. I went ahead and started from scratch. The dates are the key- so if you graduate with an RA degree, forever you have an RA degree.


I know you have a lot of questions, and I think you can search the archives here to find a LOT of TESC info and personal experiences shared. They are what they are. In my opinion, you only go to TESC for 2 reasons.
1. You want unlimited ability to use exam credit.
2. You do not want to meet a residency requirement.

As you may know, TESC is one of only 3 regionally accredited colleges in the United States that meets both criteria. That said, the bulk of their students are locals and have no idea about them being unique in that respect. TESC is not where you go if your goals exist beyond the 2 criteria I outlined.

P.S. I got into every grad school I applied to, including the very competitive University of Illinois- and I technically didn't even meet their admission requirements.

[brothermike]

They have been around for a long time and are pretty well known in NJ. The students in my online class seem to be clueless about testing out of the vast majority of classes.

Colleges are given several warnings before loosing their accredidation therefore I would like to think TESC would change whatever policy/procedure their governing body was unhappy with.

As an aside, I get the impression that they have purposely created some of their policies to be just within acceptable standards for their region. I think this is why they recently got rid of some of their TECEP exams.

One more thing, at least with the class that I am taking at TESC I think an auditor would find that the TESC class is more difficult than the one offered by my local community college, especially since TESC requires closed book, essay style, proctored exams and my local cc lets you take the exams from home and all mutliple choice (online).

The mba couselors (state schools) that I have spoken to are more than happy to accept me with a BSBA from TESC and dont care that I tested out of almost everything as long as my GMAT score is acceptable.

[malcs]

Having been involved with this distance learning thing at times in the past, I have observed that EC has been getting stricter with their acceptance criteria for credits, while TESC is a bit less strict.

EC follows pretty much the same degree requirements that all four year regionally accredited universites follow. They don't like life experience kind of stuff, etc. (They used to be more flexible)

TESC allows FEMA credits, and a few other things which are non-standard. If you take any non-standard kind of credits, make sure that you finish your degree in a reasonable amount of time. Non-standard credits have a way of being accepted one day, and not another. I know this from past GRE credits, and Empire State College credits for courses that were custom made.

[Griffin]

I got into every grad school I applied to, including the very competitive University of Illinois- and I technically didn't even meet their admission requirements.

Very awesome and well put!

A big selling point for me is the reputation of TESC, which is pretty good in the area of the school (NJ & greater Philly), but less-great with super-distance learners that go because of credit acceptance and cost. They tend to take a while with advising, so needing an answer now to make an exam decision is not a good place to be in. People that plan out and work in advance seem to have less trouble with this type of thing (your mileage may vary).

TESC also accepts up to 25 FEMA credits toward free electives, which shaves off almost a year of tuition! I know it's said a lot, but it's hard to over-sell that benefit.

journey21: It's great to ask questions about the schools you are looking at -- a college degree is a huge investment! There have been lots of schools that have closed, lost their accreditation and/or merged with other schools. But those that graduated before they lost accreditation or closed are set. TESC has never lost accreditation, and is actually in the process of getting more accreditations. I think they are a good school, but I'd recommend calling them to discuss your plans so that you can get a feel for whether you'd like to go there.

brothermike: agree. Essay-style can be difficult, depending on the class. My current school does open book and open note for most online class quizzes and assignments, which I like a lot.

[cookderosa]

TESC also accepts up to 25 FEMA credits toward free electives, which shaves off almost a year of tuition! I know it's said a lot, but it's hard to over-sell that benefit.

Ohhhh you can never emphasize the benefit of FEMA enough! Not only is that a year of college credits, but FREE FREE FREE. That's a savings of around $5000!! When is the last time you got a $5000 scholarship?