Student Reviews of Edison State College
Overall Rating for Edison State College is C+.
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- 64% of reviews said they would attend Edison State College if they could start over.
- 36% said they would NOT attend Edison State College if they could start over.
- Academics Overall: B-
- Quality of Program: B
- Quality of Professors: B
- How challenging is the course work?
- 9% said the course work is Not Challenging.
- 27% said the course work is Below Average.
- 45% said the course work is Average.
- 18% said the course work is Difficult.
- Additional reviews of academics:
- I will continue hopefully soon at Tallahassee Community College
- No complaints
- I would avoid this college and go to FGCU if your unlucky being physically "stuck" on the Southwest coast as opposed to the more vibrant East coast of Florida. I attended Edison State College for the summer 2010 taking two courses in the criminal justice track for another AS degree. I already had at the time of registration, both an AS degree and BA degree from colleges in New York. Edison in general is an average college for a community based two year degree. Although there is nothing negative based on my limited time in the academic environment, there is also nothing noteworthy or exemplary in attending this school. If you intend to pursue a Bachelor's, I would suggest going to FGCU as they offer more programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Edison at the time was only just starting to expand on their BA offerings. As a transfer student this school is horrendous for academic advisement. When you register your information is input in their 'myPortal" online system which you can login and view your transcripts, current and past courses and access email. The system implements an automatic evaluation of your transfer credits. This is where the nightmare begins. The online evaluation even states that this is not an official evaluation and exclaims you must make an appointment to see and academic adviser. Let me tell you, after attending 4 previous colleges & universities, this was the worst experience of obtaining absolutely no help from the academic advising dept. I met with an adviser on two separate occasions only to find they have no absolute power to actually help you decide which courses from your previous colleges will transfer over for credit for the Edison courses. In other words, the academic advisement is a joke since they can not or will not do what their job entails. One adviser even filled out a special form at my persistence based on a basic Philosophy credit I wanted transferred - That form never made it into the system and weeks afterward I was emailing and trying to find out where that transfer credit went? Needless to say, after numerous emails almost no one was willing to help or even return a response. I personally at the request of my second adviser went to see Mrs Gresham at building B for requesting credit for transfer courses- This was at the request of my so-called academic adviser who absolutely had no power to do his job or any willingness to transfer courses that were clearly the same. To make a long story short, I eventually had to file an official grievance with the college's Student Services department and the university ombudsmen in writing. This was after i already withdrew from the Fall 2010 semester in disgust with the way this school's academic and administration continue to ignore professional requests from it's student body. In the end I received the 2 course credit after my official complaint letter which included detailed emails from various school dept & personnel. I wasted considerable time and effort over something so simple any other college or university would have completed on the spot. Finally, this college forces a gift card type debit Mastercard on all it's students - this is what the school uses to issue refunds. I found this out after withdrawing and trying to get my refund for my 2 Fall 2010 courses I paid and registered. After taking on the phone with the cashier's office and finally going there in person I was told I could not get a conventional refund via check or cash - strange since I paid by major credit card and then paid my CC bill in full online so my CC bill had a balance of zero. This school is a major rip off in tuition reimbursement- they only want to refund your tuition for the Edison One Mastercard so you can use the money at the school. I had to call my CC card and launch a dispute to get my accelerated refund as the cashier's office told me they could only issue my refund my middle September which is insane since I withdrew and dropped all classes a week prior to the start in Aug 23rd. Avoid this school and if you must,pay your tuition via major credit card. Then you can dispute for the refund and let your CC card customer service deal with the insanity of how the administration works. Better yet, do what I did and go to a school that appreciates it's students and their unique educational backgrounds and needs and treats you in a professional manner. This includes responding to your emails, taking the time to work through issues rather then lie to our face and ignore you since they (school) has your hard earned tuition already. Fair warning!
- 82% said students are Friendly.
- 36% said students are Approachable.
- 45% said students are Open-minded.
- 9% said students are Arrogant.
- 18% said students are Closed-minded.
- Students who reviewed Edison State College rated themselves as follows:
- 9% said they rate themselves as Below Average.
- 9% said they rate themselves as Average.
- 73% said they rate themselves as Above Average.
- 9% said they rate themselves as Rocket Scientists
- Additional reviews of students:
- good
- Keeps to themselves
- Completly random
- 73% said faculty members are Friendly.
- 73% said faculty members are Helpful.
- 9% said faculty members are Arrogant.
- 18% said faculty members are Self-Absorbed.
- Additional reviews of faculty:
- ok
- Always there for you
- Some are uptight. it just depends on their personality and who they are
- Local Atmosphere: B+
- Nightlife: C+
- Weather: B-
- Off-Campus Dining: B-
- Off-campus Housing: B-
- Additional reviews of town:
- Naples is a beautiful place
- In a couple of months, this place'll look like a ghost town
- Diversity: B+
- Guys: B-
- Girls: B
- Athletics: C-
- Safety & Security: B-
- Greek Life: C-
- Campus Strictness: C+
- Campus Maintenance: B+
- Additional reviews of campus life:
- Every one is at peace
- I have no problem with it
- Campus Dining: B-
- Campus Housing: C+
- Computers: B
- Facilities: B-
- Parking: B-
- Transportation: B-
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