COSC bad rep? TESU shooting self in foot?

[sanantone]

I've had preliminary evaluations at all three schools. I couldn't really tell what I still needed at EC, and they wanted me to pay for enrollment before having some of my courses evaluated. COSC's evaluation was clearer, but not as clear as TESU's. TESU told me exactly which course applied to which requirement and gave me the course codes that were assigned. COSC told me which requirements were satisfied, but didn't show me which courses were used to satisfy those requirements. Granted, this was in 2011, so I don't know if COSC and EC have improved their evaluations.

With that said, I don't know why anyone would get the impression that COSC has a bad reputation on here. Outside of the forum, hardly anyone has heard of the school.

Some people are anal about saving every single dollar now and don't pay attention to how that can affect their savings and earnings in the future. If you're spending under $10k for a bachelor's degree, you're already getting a degree very cheaply. At this price point, choosing less just so that you can save a few hundred dollars or even $1k is kind of crazy. When you can't get into your dream graduate program because you don't have a GPA, you're going to wish you spent that extra $1k. If you can't get a certain federal government job because your business degree wasn't accredited by ACBSP or AACSB, you're going to wish you spent that $1k. When you come across a cheap, AACSB-accredited program, but you have to spend extra money on prerequisites or foundation courses because your undergrad program was lacking, you're going to wish you spent that extra $1k.

The federal government has wised up to pass/fail courses. You cannot claim superior academic achievement if most of your courses were pass/fail. That means you can't qualify for GS-7 with just a bachelor's degree and no experience. You'll have to earn a year's-worth of graduate credits or settle for the lower pay of GS-5.