Amberton Lied To Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[norema]

I took graduate courses before I OFFICIALLY graduated from Excelsior. Well, [SIZE="7"]AMBERTON[/SIZE] told me that as long as they were graduate courses they would transfer. [SIZE="7"]THEY LIED!!! [/SIZE] and I am [SIZE="7"]PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/SIZE] I am so tired of having to fight my way through school. I even asked to take 4 courses instead of the 3 usually advised and I was told no. Why in the hell would a school not want you to take a course. Obviously I would know what I could handle better than someone who knows nothing about me. It pisses me off that I take so long to figure out where I would go and finally decide based on lies. My options are to stick it out with them, which I can't even stand to contemplate because I don't bow to people like that. Or I could find another school to go to. Only thing is that now I'll soon have 21 graduate credits, no school will transfer that many credits. I am just so pissed off, I can't think straight right now.

[alleycat]

OMG, Norema I am so sorry to hear about this problem with the school. So they did not take any of your grad courses that you transfered in? They are just telling you this now? That is terrible. Wow, this people in higher education act like we the students have nothing better to do but jump through hoops for them. Sorry

[peace123]

Norema,

That really stinks. Did you get it in writing ahead of time, if so, perhaps you could use that to get them to hold to their "original" word.

Will they not allow the courses because they are EDUC courses or is it because you took them prior to obtaining your BA/BS degree ?

If you are looking at other colleges to jump to I think APUS accepts 15 grad credits in transfer. What's Accepted-Graduate

[kevin7314]

graduate courses from where?
Excelsior?

How about applying those credits to the institution that you got them in?

how can you spin it into a good thing?

Can you get your masters from the original school you got the credits in and then get a PhD at another school?

[norema]

OMG, Norema I am so sorry to hear about this problem with the school. So they did not take any of your grad courses that you transfered in? They are just telling you this now? That is terrible. Wow, this people in higher education act like we the students have nothing better to do but jump through hoops for them. Sorry

That is what has seriously ticked me off regarding all of the schools I have gone to. Even though I am done with my bachelors degree now. I would have finished it years ago, if I hadn't had to grow through so many hoops to get it. After this degree I initially thought of also acquiring an EMBA from AJU, a teaching certificate from a CC, then another MA in Teaching from Morningside, and possibly a PhD from Mountain State. Well, lately I just been feeling tired of school and decided to put to rest all of those thoughts and just finish this degree from Amberton. Leaving me to function on other things I have neglected in my quest to obtain my degrees, such as me. Now, that I am smacked down once again by administrators at a college. I am even having a hard time finishing the classes I am doing now. I only have 3 more weeks of it, and I don't want to just loss the $2000+ it cost me. However, I am just so tired. I have had to fight so much with educators not only throughout my college endeavors, but also throughout my children's schooling. Why is it so hard to get people to just live up to what they tell you? I'm sorry I am all over the place with this, but it just sucks big time. I think the problem right now is that they caught me in a down shift of my education state of mind, and part of me just want to do nothing and give up. Now, after I DECIDED was going to finally bow out after finishing this masters degree, I am being forced to go a different direction once again. The other degrees were really just going to be 'gravy', well hell this masters degree was actually just 'gravy' from my initial endeavor. I, however, wanted to finish on my own terms, unlike how it all happened throughout most of my 23 years post high school. Anyway, I may sound like I have quit and I sure do feel like doing it right now, but I know I can't. I wish I had time to figure this all out, but time keeps on tickin'. Assignments needing to be turned in, courses needing to be enrolled in. Yet, I want to find another school that I could trust. I am so pissed off that I am actually numb, and am having a hard time moving forward in any direction. Part of me is wondering why am I taking this so hard, but I guess its because I am just so tired tired TIRED of it happening to me once again.

[norema]

Norema,

That really stinks. Did you get it in writing ahead of time, if so, perhaps you could use that to get them to hold to their "original" word.

No, I didn't get it in writing. They of course wouldn't do that, since they hadn't received it yet.

Will they not allow the courses because they are EDUC courses or is it because you took them prior to obtaining your BA/BS degree ?

They are say it is because I took them before obtaining finishing my BS. However, when I questioned it all, I was then told that they don't allow courses to be counted twice. Like the two graduate courses I took within my bachelors degree. Which would allow me to have two courses to be transferred that weren't applied toward the BS degree, but then they want to go back to their initial statement.

If you are looking at other colleges to jump to I think APUS accepts 15 grad credits in transfer. What's Accepted-Graduate

I thought about them, but the courses would have to match up and I think only 2 courses would.

They just keep coming up with all sorts of ways or reasons to not allow me any credit.

[alleycat]

They just keep coming up with all sorts of ways or reasons to not allow me any credit.

So out of the 4 grad class you took did they only take 2 of the grad courses since they will not allow you to have them counted twice?

[norema]

graduate courses from where?
Excelsior?

How about applying those credits to the institution that you got them in?

how can you spin it into a good thing?

Can you get your masters from the original school you got the credits in and then get a PhD at another school?

I took graduate courses from Morningside and Chadron State. I thought about finishing out with either one of those colleges. I've thought about a number of different avenues I just keep coming back to not getting any further. I have 6 credits from Morningside where I could transfer more courses in to. I could take 12 more cheap credits with VESi for them. However, I need to get my teachers certificate first, which wouldn't be until summer term. Which is when I wanted to be done with my masters. Then there is Chadron, whom I have 6 credits with that don't apply towards any degree. Therefore, they might not even be used, and if so they would be the only elective credits allowed. Still not allowing me additional room for more credits to transfer. Now there is the 9 credits that I would more than likely get from Amberton, if I finish these courses. All of the ins and outs of going to different colleges didn't matter as much going to Excelsior or any other college for an undergraduate degree. Throughout all the crap I went through to get my bachelors degree, I ended up going to or through 7 colleges. That doesn't work when it comes to acquiring a masters degree. I even looked at Excelsiors masters, and was quickly reminded about how much each course cost. Amberton was the only college I came across that had a liberal degree, that did not state 'liberal' in the degree name. That also did not cost a crazy amount of money, who also transfered in the 12 credits I had. That also did not care about what courses were being transferred for the degree I was going for. Yes, I thought it was too good to be true, maybe it would all be true if I took the courses after Excelsiors conferred date. I don't know. I just know that I have been screwed.

[Gary]

WOW norema, I can feel the heat from your breath. What about that Christian commitment they talk about on their website; Amberton University is a nondenominational Christian institution; all employees of the University believe that Jesus of the New Testament Bible is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior. We believe that our Lord has blessed and continues to bless our service in Christian education, and that Amberton University has been shaped by Christian values and devotion to academic excellence in educating working adults.
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[Gary]

OK, now lather down time!
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