Look. You're comparing your old school flight training experience and standards to ATP. It's apples and oranges. ATP knows how to get your in and get it done to min standards that you never could imagine. I got my ATP there and they totally just train the checkride. It's kind of a joke, but that's how it works.
If you want to get it done cheap and quick, you can do that at ATP. Just don't expect to come away with the kind training experience that you have had in the past.
Here's the catch. You need to go into it totally prepared before hand. I'm sure they told you that. Whatever they send you before hand, Seminole manuals, oral prep guides, ect...you need to have that down cold before you show up. Same with the CFII written.