Did this Excelsior Admissions Counselor just lie to me?

[Exfactor]

2011, Terrell Adgers, my COSC admissions rep jumped through hoops, gave excellent advice, and was a generally swell guy...he was ultimately the reason I enrolled there. TESC was bad, EC was much worse...EC still stinks at least till your enrolled. Even paying the application fee doesn't get you much access beyond what you can find on their public website.

The admissions rep I had at COSC rarely answered the emails I sent her, and when she did it was weeks later, only after I enrolled and was placed with someone else did my experience at COSC improve. Even dealing with the financial aid department at Excelsior was a more pleasant one than what I experienced at COSC. However, everyone has different experiences. My experience at Excelsior was great, beside some issues I had with my degree conferral. Other than that my advisor was great, and the financial aid department was wonderful and extremely fast with processing stuff.

It's a complete ripoff financially. 9/10 times a degree through either TESC or COSC will be superior than one from Excelsior for the price alone, and will 9/10x be easier to test out of.

They are state schools, they should be cheaper. However, Excelsior still has more students than both schools combined, and as someone who had an abundance of brick & mortar credits, who didn't need to test out, and who was fine with taking some online classes Excelsior was a better option for me, as they required me to complete a smaller amount of courses to complete my degree than what COSC provided me in my degree evaluation. Do what works best for YOU.