Joe
Austin,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, September 23, 2010
I ALMOST GOT RIPPED OFF BY THE HARD SELLING SALESPEOPLE ---ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS MY ***!
TOO MANY THINGS DID NOT ADD UP AND TOO MANY QUESTIONS I HAD WENT UN ANSWERED AND THEN THERE WAS THAT TACKY LITTLE MATTER OF THE FINANCIAL AID WOMAN WHO KEPT ADDING NON-EXISTENT FEES TO MY TUITION -- SO IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $80,000 TO GET A PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE WHEN ONE SEMESTER AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL COSTS $38,000!
NO WAY IN HELL.
VIRGINIA COLLEGE IS NOT EVEN A REAL COLLEGE AT ALL.
WELL, I GUESS IN A WAY IT IS SINCE THEY WILL TEACH YOU SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO GET RIPPED OFF IN THE SCHOOL OF REAL LIFE ACADEMY OF HARD KNOCKS.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON AND CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO VOTE AGAINST FOR-PROFIT TRADE SCHOOLS RECEIVING ANY GOVERNMENT AID! THIS INCLUDES THE ON-LINE CROOKS THAT CLAIM TO BE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
YOU CAN ALSO COMPLAIN TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ABOUT DECEPTIVE PRACTICES.
AND YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A BOOK I GOT FROM THE NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER CONCERNING STUDENT LOANS. YOU MIGHT FIND SOMETHING IN THERE TO HELP.