1, Report:
#1096354
Posted Date:
Jul 21 2014
Complaint Review: Academic Advantagge | Notice: Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration Decision: A neutral and independent Arbitrator has determined that the following Report contained one or more false statements of facts. The false statements have been redacted as ((Statement REDACTED as false pursuant to Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration)) | Academic Advantagge 1 on 1 Learning With Laptops, At Home Tutors ((Statement REDACTED as false pursuant to Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration))!! Los Angeles, ca California
RIPOFF REPORT VIP ARBITRATIONSUMMARY OF ARBITRATOR’S DECISIONThe Academic Advantage, Complainantv.Anonymous, Author of Report #1096354, ________________________________________________________________________ Complainant The Academic Advantage (the “Complainant”) has challenge...
Entity
Academic Advantagge
Categories: Government Corruption
2, Report:
#1156479
Posted Date:
Jun 24 2014
Education Futures Corp EFC NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE OIG, THEY MISCLASSIFY WORKERS AND WON'T PAY YOU IF YOU DON'T ASSIST THEM WITH CHEATING THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SES TITLE I TUTORING PROGRAM Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
PLEASE READ AND PASS ON Karlton Roberts and Thomas Cobo are scam artist, they poses as SES Providers in the following states; TX, NY, NJ, IL, PR, ID, SC, CA, and god knows where else they have set their traps. They assign people in each state to bogus positions, yet they have t...
Entity
Education Futures Corp
Categories: Con Artists
3, Report:
#1094423
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2013
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Academic Advantage, Los Angeles Unified School Board, Tutor Scam, LAUSD Academic Advantage, K-12 tutoring fraud, david silver academic advantage fraud, chilling effect, rip offs tutors students, fake reviews Los Angeles California
Los Angeles Unified School Board of Directors to Receive Detailed Package on Academic Advantage Tutor Fraud.
What details did Academic Advantage keep from LAUSD’s board related to his internal dealings with Academic Advantage, and what new evidence has been discovered.
An audio...
Entity
Academic Advantage, Los Angeles Unified School Board, Tutor Scam, LAUSD Academic Advantage,
Categories: Tutoring
4, Report:
#1087544
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2013
Academic Advantage Learning With Laptops Avoid Working here Los Angeles California
So i got hired as a tutor for this company, first off the orientation was overbooked, originally set for 8AM on a saturday, (i was told it would take 4 hours).. Got placed into the 12:00 orientation instead, which lasted a total of about 8 hours (unpaid... ended up paying babysitter...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
5, Report:
#1080129
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2013
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Academic Advantage 1-on-1 Learning with Laptops AcademicAdvantage paid only 30% after I tutored 4 students over 3 months via a debit card with no accounting. They cited paperwork issues - corrected - but still won't pay. Los Angeles CA
I tutored for Academic Advantage for three months. Their training advertises Learning with Laptops but I was called in to do paper-based tutoring for 3 students for English. Because it was late in the term, I was asked to start sessions immediately, even though the...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
6, Report:
#1072775
Posted Date:
Aug 03 2013
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The Academic Advantage Horrible scam for both tutors and students Chicago Illinois
I was drawn to this company for a chance to make my own schedule and for the 17$/hour pay. I am a graduate student so I thought I was smart enough to figure out that this wasn't a scam and to navigate the paperwork/attention to detail, etc.
Chicago Public School students needed 2...
Entity
The Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
7, Report:
#1064894
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2013
Academic Advantage Alexandra HericLian Salvan Vargas They stated that I was not reachable yet I repeatedly emailed them, called them and faxed them ALL of the information that they requested on se multiple occasions. Riverside California
They just took money out of my account, I filed a complaint with my bank so my bank credited the money back to me. Then The Academic Advantage sent my bank the signed credit card information. The thing is they said I wasn't reachable, therefore they were entitled to taking the mon...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
8, Report:
#1054489
Posted Date:
May 28 2013
Academic Advantage They don't pay tutors, mishandle paper, accept no responsibility, defer fault to school districts, refuse to disclose public officers Los angeles California
This company sets you up for failure. Their stringent, arcane reportprocess senses and haphazard documentation all but ensure that you as a tutor will fail to get the paperwork right. And when you don't, they will refuse to pay you. They will claim that you have made mistakes that w...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Corrupt Companies
9, Report:
#1051188
Posted Date:
May 15 2013
Academic Advantage fraudulent and deceptive Los Angeles ca
complaint-
Learning with Laptop in Los Angeles is ripoff. It charges $80.00 for you to be fingerprinted using only their people and they jazzed you up about tutoring, then they put you through two days of training without pay, and ask you for you for all kinds of personal informat...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: K-12 Language
10, Report:
#1044160
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2013
The Academic Advantage One-on-One Learning with Laptops A very dis-organized, hellish nightmare of a place: You don't get paid on time, which dampens your morale and enthusiasm. One has to fight to get paid, even though this is America and the company' Internet
A very dis-organized, hellish nightmare of a place:
I have not been paid for services rendered. Per our contract, if we sent in paperwork ontime (which completed), we would be paid on the 15th of every month. This month, we have not been paid due to delays in paperwork proc...
Entity
The Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
11, Report:
#1027011
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2013
Academic advantage Risk of not getting paid Los Angeles California
Due to their delay with students and a lot of mistakes i caught in emails, i determined that their inconstancies would affect my pay. I knew this would cause issues with completing hours and as a full time college student, i do not have time for their errors and whatnot.I emailed th...
Entity
Academic advantage
Categories: Cult
12, Report:
#1018379
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2013
The Academic Advantage 1-on-1 Learning With Laptops The Academic Advantage: Unprofessional, Incompetent, Disorganized NIGHTMARE The Academic Advantage: Not academically advanced in any way shape or form!! Los Angeles, California
I am a single mom of an 11 year old who has been out of work for quite some time so when I received a call from The Academic Advantage about a tutoring position paying $17/hr., I was ecstatic. The girl on the phone asked me a few situational type questions about tutoring, sort of li...
Entity
The Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
13, Report:
#1014580
Posted Date:
Feb 15 2013
Academic Advantage They take advantage of you! Los Angeles, California
I was called by Academic Advantage with a number to call someone at an extension who was never available. Instead I got a recruiter. I was told I could tutor children and they would send me paper work. I was sent information to go get fingerprinted and a TB test, w...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
14, Report:
#983970
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2012
Academic Advantage , 1on1laptops.com unfair labor laws,they make you sign a contract claim they are funded by government under no child left behind. you spend more than you make working as a tutor for them Los Angelos, California
I INITIALLY WANT TO SAY ALL THE KIDS I TUTOR ARE AWESOME AND MOTIVATED TO LEARN. ACADEMIC ACADEMY USES THE PREMISE THAT THEY ARE A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION THAT IS UNDER THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT. THE ALSO DO ONE ON ONE LEARNING WITH LAPTOPS. THE KIDS RECEIVE A LAPTOP ...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Public Schools
15, Report:
#938497
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2012
Academic Advantage 1-on-1 Learning With Laptops The company failed to compensate eaccording to the advertised rate of pay and contractual rate of pay Chicago, Illinois
Academic Advantage (aka 1 on 1 Learning With Laptops)in Chicago advertised to compensate individuals with graduate degrees for $19/hr. However, the contract I received stated my rate of pay would only be $17/hour. When I noted the discrepency, I was told to simply cross out the nu...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
16, Report:
#923703
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2012
The Academic Advantage the company advertise tutoring positions based on a scam. Makes you sign an agreement to start a position with the promise that they will give you work the same day, after starts charging you fees eve Los Angeles, , California
I'm reporting this company because they provide misleading information about the tutoring position they offer. They force you to pay fees unfairly without providing you correct information about the job requirements. It is a scam company very unprofessional.
Entity
The Academic Advantage
Categories: Liars
17, Report:
#817480
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2012
Academic Advantage cheating, lying, thief of services, no morals, Dickwads and anus heads L. A. , California
This anus head of a company will rip off any and all of its employees. Several dickwads to be wary of are JD Thompson, Maribel Flores, Topacio Vargas. They threaten you about contacting parents of students you have tutored and then lie to you stating that the parents of your student...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Public Schools
18, Report:
#815715
Posted Date:
Dec 30 2011
The Academic Advantage At Home Tutors Ripped Off Tutor Los Angeles, California
Academic Advantage is a fraud. Do not accept employment with this company. They'll make you fill out reams of paperwork to receive payment for the hours you perform. They will also go to whatever lengths they can to not pay you. Getting paid for your hours is a job in itself. I repe...
Entity
The Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
19, Report:
#699066
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2011
Academic Advantage SCAM DONT ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT FROM THEM chicago, Illinois
The Chicago offices of Academic Advantage are a group of people who do not have credible work ethics, and are not professional with any of their buisiness practices in this office. When you fax over paperwork their fax machines never work, if you email paper they ask you to call and...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
20, Report:
#692627
Posted Date:
Feb 09 2011
Academic Advantage is a scam and will do anything not to pay you ,even fabricating paperwork! Los Angeles, California
This is honestly the worst company I have ever encountered. The worst thing about this company is the paperwork, the amount if it and the way they deal with it. As you will read elsewhere (please do your research online--almost every review by an employee you see elsewhere will be n...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Tutoring
21, Report:
#685701
Posted Date:
Jan 23 2011
ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE GEORGINA SOSA FONG GEORGINA SOSA FONG: TO SCAM OR NOT TO SCAM? PORT RICHEY, Florida
Where do I start? I attended one of the many instructional schools owned by this local scam artist. I attended nursing school. Not only was I paying out of pocket, I was also receiving assistance from the state (Worknet Pinellas). I admit, at times, it was hard for me to make my tui...
Entity
ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE
Categories: Health Care Education
22, Report:
#672852
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2010
Academic Advantage Scam, Do Not Work For This Company Los Angeles, California
SCAM ALERT:Academic Advantage is a scam. Do not accept
employment with this company. The idea of tutoring underprivileged
children is the hook they draw you in with, but they'll make you fill
out reams of paperwork to receive payment for the hours you perform.
They will also...
Entity
Academic Advantage
Categories: Public Schools
23, Report:
#640159
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2010
ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE AKA GEORGINA SOSA sosa fong inc EDUCATION CONSULTANT IS A FRAUD, Internet
A Lady with a company called Academic Advantage send the school ( Medical Prep Institute of Tampa bay )numerous emails claiming to be an education consultant. At first we ignored the email but kept them. We finally responded to the emails because we desperately needed a Clinical Acu...
Entity
ACADEMIC ADVANTAGE AKA GEORGINA SOSA
Categories: Trade Schools