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Complaint Review: ITT-Technical Institute - Bessemer Alabama
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6270 Park South Dr Bessemer, 35022 Alabama, U.S.A.
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ITT-Technical Institute - ITT A four year degree with more than $80,000 in student loans. I don't make enough to make payments that they are demanding. This is not counting 9000 they recieved from PELL grants. Bessemer Alabama
I started ITT in the Fall of 2002. I started getting my degree in Computer networking systems. I had to take off two semesters to have a child. The tuition kept going up and up. They told me when I was close to graduation and was having a hard time finding a job, that I needed experience in order to find a job. They told me my chances would improve dramatically if I had my bachelors degree.
In the meantime, I took it upon myself to find internships and do volunteer work to gain experience. The school had very little to offer as far as internships and very little to offer in lucrative job offers. They did not have the credentials to offer the students as far as getting to take your certifications on campus at a discount.
We had to go outside of the campus and pay full price. I did not get them because of the price factor. I got my bachelors degree in Internet Security Systems. I had a GPA of 3.70 in associates and 3.65 in my bachelors. When I graduated, ITT tried to get me to go to work at a place called teletech making $10/hr. $6 less an hour than I was making at the job I quit to go back to college.
With the help of a friend I landed a job that paid more than that. But with more than $80,000 in student loan debt, that does not include $9,000 that A PELL grant was given to me, I still cannot afford to pay the astronomical payments that they are demanding and still be able to raise a family and pay bills. The job that I got hired at requires that you have banking experience and customer service experience, some of my coworkers only have high school degrees. I have learned my lesson about scams.
The counselors that work at these schools to recruit people are sales people, they are there to keep the numbers high.
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caveat emptor
all that glitters is not gold
if it's too good to be true, it probably is
Gilliansmom2004
Helena, Alabama
U.S.A.
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In the meantime, I took it upon myself to find internships and do volunteer work to gain experience. The school had very little to offer as far as internships and very little to offer in lucrative job offers. They did not have the credentials to offer the students as far as getting to take your certifications on campus at a discount.
We had to go outside of the campus and pay full price. I did not get them because of the price factor. I got my bachelors degree in Internet Security Systems. I had a GPA of 3.70 in associates and 3.65 in my bachelors. When I graduated, ITT tried to get me to go to work at a place called teletech making $10/hr. $6 less an hour than I was making at the job I quit to go back to college.
With the help of a friend I landed a job that paid more than that. But with more than $80,000 in student loan debt, that does not include $9,000 that A PELL grant was given to me, I still cannot afford to pay the astronomical payments that they are demanding and still be able to raise a family and pay bills. The job that I got hired at requires that you have banking experience and customer service experience, some of my coworkers only have high school degrees. I have learned my lesson about scams.
The counselors that work at these schools to recruit people are sales people, they are there to keep the numbers high.
(((link redacted)))
caveat emptor
all that glitters is not gold
if it's too good to be true, it probably is
Gilliansmom2004
Helena, Alabama
U.S.A.
CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.
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Joe
Austin,Texas,
U.S.A.
THERE IS A WAY OUT AND IT IS CALLED STUDENT LOAN LAW! FIGHT TRADE SCHOOL ABUSE!
#2Consumer Comment
Sun, February 08, 2009
I THIINK THIS WILL BE OF HELP TO THOSE APPRENTICE TRUCKDRIVERS WHO GOT SCREWED OVER BY TRUCK DRIVING COMPANY-SPONSORED SCHOOLS WHO KEPT THE ON ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO SCARF UP THAT FEDERAL LOAN MONEY AND THEN CAN THEM AND BRING IN A BOATLOAD OF NEW SUCKERS/MARKS/VICTIMS. IT MIGHT HELP YOU TOO AND I HOPE IT DOES. HAVING A KID IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND IT DEFINITELY CHANGES YOUR LIFE AND FINANCES AND THEY ONLY GET MORE EXPENSIVE AS THEY GET OLDER WHICH IS WHY YOU NEED TO RESOLVE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A RIP-OFF. I WAS BUYING USED LAW BOOKS WHEN I CAME ACROSS A VERY INTERESTING ONE CALLED "STUDENT LOAN LAW: COLLECTIONS, INTERCEPTS,DEFERMENTS, DISCHARGES, REPAYMENT PLANS, AND TRADE SCHOOL ABUSES" IT IS PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER. I CAN NOT GIVE YOU ADVICE FROM THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT IS THE 2002 EDITION AND I AM SURE THAT IT HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY A NEWER EDITION SINCE IT IS NOW SEVEN YEARS LATER --2009! I THINK THERE ARE LEGAL FORMS IN THE CD ROM IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK TO BE FILED IN COURT, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE TO BE FILED IN FEDERAL COURT-- NOT A PROBLEM FOR MOST ATTORNEYS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO PUBLISH THIS BOOK AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET A MORE RECENT COPY SINCE I DON'T KNOW MANY LAWYERS WHO MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THIS SORT OF LEGAL PRACTICE AND IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK A LAWYER, HE OR SHE AN DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CASE AND BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO HELP YOU. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A COPY AND SHOW IT TO A LAWYER AND SEE IF HE OR SHE COULD HELP YOU GET OUT FROM UNDER THAT DEBT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO BE A LAWYER OR A LAW STUDENT TO GET THIS BOOK BUT HERE IS WHO YOU WRITE TO FOR MORE DETAILS: PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT,NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER,77 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON MA 02110. THE SITUATION YOU ARE DESCRIBING SOUNDS LIKE A CLASSIC CASE OF TRADE SCHOOL ABUSE AS IT IS DEPICTED IN THIS BOOK BUT YOU ARE GOING TO NEED AN ATTORNEY TO STOP THIS. M Y ADVICE TO YOU IS TO CONTACT YOUR STATE BAR ASSOCIATION--THEY SHOULD HAVE A LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE AND SEE IF THEY RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO WORKS WITH STUDENT LOAN LAW. OR CHECK WITH AN ATTORNEY WHO KNOWS BANKRUPTCY LAW AND ASK HIM OR HER ABOUT STUDENT LOAN LAW. I UNDERSTAND THAT ITT HAS BEEN SUED BEFORE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFULLY! GOOD LUCK! YOU DESERVE A LOT MORE THAN STRUGGLING TO PAY BACK ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZED CRIME-STYLE LOANS WITH THE INTEREST THAT NEVER STOPS!
Gilliansmom2004
Helena,Alabama,
U.S.A.
ITT-Tech
#3Author of original report
Sun, February 08, 2009
Please someone help me, I have a child to support and I will most likely die before I get to pay all of these student loans off.
