I'm one of the few that have managed to graduate with a CPL from soar this year.
Most of the complaints you read are true, I was fortunate enough to have one instructor with a few years of real world multi-turbine experience under their belt for my final 6 months who didn't let me make a single mistake.
It's disheartening to hear the industry reaction to Soar graduates. I love aviation and read everything I can about it, and am currently working full time to save up for MEIFR, but am not looking forward to doors shutting in my face when the inevitable question of 'so where did you train' comes up from potential employers.