Trying to apply at TESU

[dfrecore]

I am not sure were you are getting the $3400 figure from but that certainly was not a part of the per credit plan that the majority of the new students are a part of. In general, yes, the majority of all college students are not testing out of or transferring in 100+ credits. This is hardly the case for TESU. In my conversation with the Resistrar, she estimated that somewhere between 65 and 75 percent of the total student population are transferring in north of 100 credits. That would include people that were or continue to be brick and mortar folks at other schools, but these changes effect them equally as well. This is a money grab for them. The university has no one tasked with finding ways to make less money. Now taking 16 credits in residency for the out of staters will be just shy of $8000. compare that to the cost of 8 teceps that was $888. Or you can bribe them with $2000 to do nothing but lower their own standard of graduation. Guess which road most are going to take. The net benefit here is that of the University. I guess $2000 isn't a bad price to pay for a degree from a university that potentially has had only a 1 credit cornerstone interaction with you class wise, plus the capstone that is required to be taken with them for all the BA'ers. This is closing the $888 dollar route to residency in favor of one that is $2000 for doing nothing but collecting the payment, to $8000 for taking the classes. The benefit (read $) is to TESU.

P.S. I am not trying to ruffle feathers here nor do I desire to be combative and I apologize if any of my posts have been interpreted as such. My goal is to share information in a community of people working towards improving their lives through gaining a college degree. I welcome and need opposing view points as well as looking at things from different angles and situations that people find themselves in. Also I know that just like every other business on earth, TESU needs to make money and I don't begrudge them for that. (But if they get less of mine I am ok with that too!) Good luck in your endeavors my friends.

It's only in the last few years that the Per-Credit Tuition Plan even existed. Prior to July 1 2013, that wasn't an option at all. Everyone paid the Enrolled Options Plan fee of something like $3000 to enroll. When they added the PCTP with the TECEP being able to meet residency requirements, most of us on this forum at that time were shocked. We knew it couldn't last, and I'm surprised they didn't close up that loophole the very next year, let alone take almost 3 years to figure it out.

Anyway, while I understand people being unhappy with the school's decision to change it back to what it was (it's now actually cheaper than it was back in 2013 to enroll), you still have to just evaluate it for what it is and decide if it makes the best financial decision for you to get a degree at TESU based on WHAT IS, rather than what used to be. If it does, keep on moving forward. If it doesn't, move on to one of the other schools that gives you a better outcome.

And, schools and all businesses are here to make money. It's like being angry with your grocery store because they make a profit. If they don't, they go out of business. But if you don't like their prices, you are always free to shop somewhere else, where you feel like you get better service, or more for your money, or whatever you value.