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Complaint Review: Collins College - Phoenix Arizona
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Collins College
9630 N. 25th Avenue Phoenix, 85021 Arizona, U.S.A.
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Collins College Keepers of many dark secrets till you start Phoenix Arizona
Last year I attended Collins College (Phoenix Branch) and everything seemed great I was going to finally break into the gaming world with this exciting program. Soon after I start I hear rumors from the depressed students further along than I was. Stuff like the only job you can get after attending Collin College is at THQ (not a bad company but definately not one of my top 10 I wanted to work for) and even that was hard to do. Then another student told me that this was not a nationally iacredited school, I ask a few other people and do some research and behold! They were right.
Now I honestly feel duped into this school now and had to leave, I had no chance to get my dream job attending this school. To me if they do want students to attend they need to be upfront about these issues otherwise there will be several more just like me. Now they are hounding me for money and refuse to take payments, they want it all up front, sorry I don't have $6000 laying around Collins but you'll just have to take payments or wait for me to win the lottery.
Ian
Francesville, Indiana
U.S.A.
Now I honestly feel duped into this school now and had to leave, I had no chance to get my dream job attending this school. To me if they do want students to attend they need to be upfront about these issues otherwise there will be several more just like me. Now they are hounding me for money and refuse to take payments, they want it all up front, sorry I don't have $6000 laying around Collins but you'll just have to take payments or wait for me to win the lottery.
Ian
Francesville, Indiana
U.S.A.
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Jramsey
Calexico,California,
U.S.A.
P.S to Anonymous
#2Consumer Comment
Mon, September 22, 2008
I like how your link http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp is a dead link.... It goes nowhere. Nice try though.
Jramsey
Calexico,California,
U.S.A.
National Accreditation
#3Consumer Comment
Sun, September 21, 2008
Ian I'm sorry to hear that, I too attended Collins College(Tempe Campus), and graudated with a B.A in 3D animation, when I moved back home to become a substitute teacher and help out with the finances at home I discovered that CA does not recognize Collins College's Accrediting body. National Accreditation? They must be talking about it's jurisdiction not their reputation. It's a sad feeling not being recognized for a 60-70 some thousand dollar degree.
Not Disclosed
Phoenix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Ian, Please take a second to read my note.
#4UPDATE Employee
Thu, April 24, 2008
I am sorry you had a bad experience at the college. I wish you would have taken the proper steps to file a former complaint against a professor. As to some of your remarks I wanted to clarify a couple of things out of general concern. One, to find out if a college or university is accredited you should go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp, that is the link for the office of post secondary education through the US Dept of Education. Collins College is nationally accredited through the Accrediting Commission for Career Schools and Colleges of Technology, which is a recognized accrediting body for national accreditation. The most concerning thing I read in your comment was that Collins College is hounding you for $6000. We do not have a department on campus that handles collections, but you may be receiving calls from the lender of your student loan or the collections department for federal loans. I went through a similar thing myself when I took time off from college and it can ruin your credit if you don't stay on top of it. One thing they often don't mention if you have gone into default status is that there is a reconciliation program that you can be set up on so after a year of good payments they will put your account back in good standing. I don't know if that is important to you or not, but if you are furthering your education in the future it is critical because you won't be able to receive federal aid until the loan has been reconciled. Good luck to you, and I am truly sorry for your experience. -staff member at Collins College
