I am hijacking (with his permission) hubby's identity here in order to ask a question regarding tuition at Thomas Edison. Sorry if I sound stupid - just call it "newbie-itis". I desperately require Title IV funds and I read here that you can't use financial aid to pay for the comprehensive plan. The TESC fin aid handbook says, "for the purposes of financial aid, the comprehensive tuition plan will be offered only to those students who begin enrollment at TESC during the months of July, August, Sept, Oct, Nov, or Dec." SO...that sounds like you could use Title IV funds if you started during that time. Am I wrong? Also, do most students go comprehensive or enrolled for tuition? I can't figure out which would be better because it seems like you need to know if you plan to take a lot of TECEP or CLEP exams or do credit for life experience...I have no idea if I would do any of that. All I do know is that I don't think I would take 36 credits per year, so it seems like sort of a waste? I've emailed TESC, ordered some materials and did some searches here before I posted, but hoped some current students might shed some light. I really think it would behoove TESC to simplify its tuition plan however!! Thanks to Mr. CargoJon for letting me use his screen name. Mrs. CargoJon -desperate to keep up with hubby's brand new Bachelor's degree
CargoJon's Better Half, I don't know the details of TESC and Title IV funding. I did read you've emailed TESC with a question. You will probably have better luck calling them instead, and speaking with someone else if the answer you receive is not clear. My experience has been that they are generally quite helpful on the phone and hit-and-miss via email. In my particular case, I enrolled on the 'a la carte' plan, paying enrollment and other fees as incurred. I had essentially all the credits ready for a degree so bundling classes into a comprehensive tuition plan would not have made sense. Congratulations on moving forward on a degree program. You're choosing the road less travelled if you intend on submitting credit to an evaluatory school like TESC versus attending the local college with the masses. Be prepared to occasionally encounter challenges including confusing tuition plans, obscure curriculum requirements and unclear graduation instructions. These are not unique to TESC; it happens when you take your education into your own hands. Best of luck, Mark
The education department our our company called TESC to ask about payment (my co. prepays) and were told to send a check for $5,830. I thought you could register, have your credits analyzed for about $275, they would then tell you which classes are needed to graduate and you could take them CLEP, DANTES, etc. I thought there would be a fee when done in order to graduate, but dang I didn't think they would want 6K to start.
