AIU Online IS THE MOST HORRIBLE SCHOOL!! THEY ARE NOTHING BUT THEIVING ROBBERS, RIPOFF! Hoffman Estates Illinois
I have nothing good to say about AIU! From the very beginning they would not leave me alone. They constantly called me at work even when I was really busy, they would not let me hang up.
So finally I applied cause I figured getting my degree faster ment getting a good job faster. But I was always being passed around to new so called "Advisers" I never new that was going on. I paid for the full first part of the program, which was supposed to be like 10 classes.
Well I ended up only going to half that amount, because on November 20th 2004 I was in a serious roll over accident and I broke my neck in five places! And while I has in the hospital hooked up to all the machines and with tubes down my throat so my lungs wouldn't collapse. My mom tried calling them to explain my situation.
Well the people there would not even talk to her they said they would only talk to me (even though that was completely impossible at the time) and finally when I was barley strong enough to grasp the phone and speak. The dean of the school got on the phone and was so rude to me I could not believe it. They told me that they could not help me, that if I'd gotten in my accident a few weeks earlier then they might have been able to do something. (Yea like I can time it when my car decides to roll and almost kill me.)
So they said they were going to remove me from their program, and the only way I would be able to get back in is to do the whole entrance essay and fill out all the same paper work all over again! And pay the 50 dollar fee AGAIN! what a load of crape.
Then I learned they were going to keep all my money and I have nothing to show for it, because they won't even release my transcript or anything, which I now learned are worthless anyway. But every time I call to try to talk to someone who knows something, I get passed from person to person, and get put on hold and so on.
AIU needs to be stopped. All they care about is taking your money. They were more then happy to take mine. So if there is going to be a lawsuit, then I am defiantly in on it!
Lisa
Mantua, Utah
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Paul
Anaheim,California,
U.S.A.
No, they didn't hold a gun to this victim's head. They used fraud to cheat them out of their money. That's why they have a complaint here.
#4Consumer Suggestion
Tue, October 04, 2005
Make no mistake. Using a gun or using fraud both turn out the exact same way. The victim is cheated out of their money.
Anyone who is stupid enough to believe that it's OK to use fraud to cheat people as long as they voluntarily sign up for it has to be out of their mind.
What if somebody took your money and made all kinds of false promises? Then, they turned around and laughed at you. Does that sound fair?
People who think that fraud isn't a real crime are idiots. Let them get cheated like this one time, and then let's see how they feel.
Spend years saving up your money, only to have some crook take it all away and give you nothing in return. Then, maybe you'll begin to understand how some of these victims feel.
Lisa
Mantua,Utah,
U.S.A.
Marc...How dare you??
#4REBUTTAL Individual responds
Tue, October 04, 2005
I'm not sure how AIU got my information to first contact me, but they did! And I admit I was a little interested because of all the lies they told me about graduating in 18 months and how all my credits were transferable. I wanted to stay home and help my mom with my disabled sister, so I considered online schooling. And then I did fill out the entrance essay but only because she told me that if I delayed I would have to wait several months to get in. and I wanted to see if I could get accepted into the school. But I never ever told them to call me at work, and when I would hang up they would just call right back. These people don't care about what is legal. They will call and call 24/7 if they have to. They only care about getting your money. And they sit there and make you feel guilty for not wanting to apply right then, by saying things like "don't you care about your future" or don't you want to make a good life for your family? I mean who doesn't want that! You have no idea what I have been through with these people. You have no right to be so rude!
Marc
Makaha,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
Did they hold a gun to your head?
#4Consumer Comment
Mon, October 03, 2005
I'd like to know what prompted them to call you in the first place. Why did you allow them to call you at work, and how did they get your number? And how did they force you to fill out an application? You are leaving a lot out of your story, most people would simply hang up the phone. Repeatedly calling someone on the phone is against the law in most states, and you could have avoided this trouble very easily.