Mt Sierra Collage Mt. Sierre Collage Pricing $78,924.00 to $86,578.00 Is Their Education More Valuable Than Traditional Colleges Monrovia, California
I attended an event at Mt Sierra College on August 27, 2011, it was free work shop offering free food (sandwiches) and an IPOD shuffle. At the time I wasn't interested in anything other than occupying my feeling of being bored so I attended.
Where do I began? Not only was this what I deem as a cattle call for those experiencing the distress of, WHAT DO I DO WITH MY LIFE...it was in my opinion ( MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH) people being taken advantage of. Before I was taken in a hot class room or took a seat for the initial presentation in the college auditorium, I was given a tour along with a
group of I'm sure what Mt. Sierre College viewed as potential profit.
The tour was given by a man that spoke fast yet very direct stressing the importance how Mt. Sierre College prepares you for industries in, Business, Information Technology, and Media Arts Design. He reminded me of a used car salesman trying to meet a quota. Now I'm a guy on my way to attend an out of state major university to one day become a famous
journalist. Since I was a kid I would watch Dan Rather's give breaking news and new I wanted to be like that.. Well during the drive through tour of the school and I call it that because for the money they charge for level of education they offer I would expected the whole building to have been the college. The place could have been one of the smallest
schools I have ever seen. I'm thinking if I could have video recorded this I would have posted it online. The man from Admissions I believe the High School department slipped twice telling us during the tour that he attended college for 6 years before receiving his degree but here's the thing when asked that question again towards the end of his tour he
said 5 years. I asked him if the credits could be transferred to attend a major University he said yes. I later discovered that major Universities don't except there units.
Please avoid this rip off that Brandon Cosio the Sr. Admissions rep and Manager of the High School department is peddling!!!!!! I seriously question if he has a degree from a University. If he doesn't he shouldn't be representing
degrees. Once taken in Mt. Sierra College's auditorium I was appalled and disgusted at how over crowded it was. Hot and over crowded. The Director of Admissions spoke first...boring I thought as I visually canvased the audience wondering how many people would buy into this rip off. Employers are seeking the best of the best in terms of people that rightly represent their corporations.... In other words I mean think about it's a common sense thing why would they higher someone from a school that looks as if they are going out of business.
One of the examples of success stories for there Games Arts & Design program an $86,578.00 education, works at Game Stop in Arcadia. Look on the Mt. Sierra College website, student gallery for Sasha Palacio. For $86,578.00 Sasha Palacio is a Sr. Game Adviser, she sales games at a Game Stop. Do you really want to attend school here?
Our politicians should do a probe on all these privately owned schools that claim that if you attend there colleges they will assist you in finding gainful employment...that claim they offer a more beneficial education as apposed to city colleges and major universities. (DON'T TAKE OUT A LOAN FOR THIS EDUCATION...IT'S MY OPINION)..
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Fred
United States of AmericaFormer student with similar experience
#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, December 10, 2012
The car salesman analogy is spot on. I had a similar experience when I visited the campus for the first time, except I actually enrolled and attended this school (more on that later). About halfway through my time there, I looked deeply into how my loan was going. It turns out the price I had been given as the estimate for tuition (the whole tuition) was quite an exaggeration and I was looking at close to double than what I had been told. Mind you, they are legally covered when it comes to this exaggeration because they make you sign a paper saying that it is only an estimate. However, it is so badly off the mark, that although not illegal, I found it very unethical.
Needless to say, I made some noise about it. I wrote e-mails and threatened to let the media and the city of Monrovia know of their deceptions. This got me a meeting with a counselor and the Dean (not sure if that's the title they used there, but it was the top guy). Both of these people are no longer there as their turnover rate for administrators was quite high. The guy ended up getting into a yelling match with me, which the counselor had to defuse.
Nothing was changed as they did have legal ground to stand on. I simply stopped buying anything from their book store and swore never to do anything to promote their school.
Even though the car salesmen tactics were a turnoff, I ended up going to this school because I was very interested in the curriculum they offered at that time. In the end, I graduated and eventually got a good paying job in the exact industry that I wanted. A little secret that many people don't tell you is that a lot of employers don't really care where you went to school. In the many years since I left Mt. Sierra College, I never ONCE have been asked where I went to school, which is a good thing because no one has heard of it. I work with people who went UCLA or USC and make just as much as they do (and some times more).
Of course, if you want to be a big time network reporter, the college you attend might actually matter. You should always look at your end goal when deciding what college to attend. Mt. Sierra, academically speaking, was good for what I needed, and it worked. However, I will always be bothered by the lies I was told by their sales department and the way the administrators handled my complain about it. If you are considering this school, you need to weight your options. There is always a chance these type of small schools can go out of business, which will leave you out in the cold. This happened with a school that used to share the building with Mt. Sierra. But also know that, depending on your career goals, going to a big name school is not always the answer. If you find Mt. Sierra to be an attractive school for you, I would suggest researching a similar school that might be bigger and more successful.
Thank you