Thomas Edison Sucks

[lmech]

I love this forum and when I was still working on my degree I was on here just about every day. Now that I have "finished" I don't get on here that often. This site was made up of good people, giving good advice, sharing their stories, and just encouraging people as much as they could. People were honest about there experiences but also rational and mature. I just read through this thread and am amazed.

I had a really good experience with TESC. They were timely, curtious, and even went out of there way to help me when applying to graduate school. I have talked to them on the phone multiple times and each time felt like I was important. That doesn't mean that others have not had their problems but to make a statement like "Thomas Edison Sucks" seems to be...well a little immature, an unfair broad generalization, and not really in the spirit of this site.

I read about TESC, COSC, and Excelsior before I decided on TESC. I read useful posts about the good, bad, and sometimes ugly of each. I went to each website to read their own materials. I weighed the pro's and con's and then made my decision. It is the same way when I buy a car, laptop, or tv. I research and get information and then make a decision.

I wasn't surprised by my interaction with TESC because of all the people on here who had given valuable information and the information I had read on their site.

I say all of the above to give some background to the following questions. These questions are for "thatbrian" and anyone else that made inflammatory comments about TESC:

Did you do any research on TESC prior to joining? I did and found a lot of useful information on this site and on TESC's site.

Did you read their materials, guidelines, and other information about how they did business? I did and knew exactly what fees were involved and when graduations occured and most any other question that I had.

Did you feel that making the comments you have made(on here) really helps someone make an educated decision to what school to choose? I don't feel that you have helped at all. I feel that the comments cause more confusion than they do good.

I would even argue that if you can't say that you researched the different schools and read their materials/guidelines before you chose TESC that you are responsible for your problems, not TESC. I would even suggest that if the "truth" about your situations were to be really known that one would probably conclude that most of the problems you complain about are self inflicted.

I could be wrong but experience suggests that a large percentage of people who have different(bad) experiences than the majority are people who caused the different experiences by not being able to follow simple directions or comprehend basic guidelines.

I guess for a post this long I need to write a conclusion...I love this site. I am thankful to all the people that have posted useful, honest, and logical comments. I had a great experience with TESC and would recommend them to others. TESC isn't for everyone as each of the "big 3" have different characteristics that make them better for some than others. They aren't perfect but if you are honest with yourself, none of them are. I hope that it does not become common place to start posts like this one. It is embarrassing to it's author, counter productive, and in direct opposition of the spirit of this site.

Did you do any research on TESC prior to joining? YES

Did you read their materials, guidelines, and other information about how they did business? YES

Did you feel that making the comments you have made(on here) really helps someone make an educated decision to what school to choose? YES
I don't feel that you have helped at all- Sorry you feel that way, but I agree with most of the points Brian has brought up concerning TESC. Please read my comments on the first page for details.