a little COSC whine

[cookderosa]

I mentioned in another thread that the COSC registrar placed a hold on my son's account and he had to schedule a phone call meeting for them to verify his identity before he could proceed. Highly annoying to the point that I even posted about it here. Anyway....

So, now he's gotten an email from his advisor asking for a phone meeting to discuss his courses for his individualized studies. On an aside, my son works for a business that just opened last month, so he's been working 10-12 hour days 6 days per week since December during the launch, and is barely getting his Cornerstone done- he has so little free time. His words "I really don't want a relationship with these people- can't we do that through email??" and I have to kind of agree. I used TESU, never COSC, maybe they just have such a small school that they like to keep it cozy?

I can't think of more than maybe once between my online classes, my husband's or my other kids that anyone has ever insisted on so many phone meetings. He's only been at COSC a few months and this is the second one already.

What do you guys make of their approach? I almost feel like they are way too hands-on.