51, Report:
#378092
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2008
Collins College - CEC Corporation And Regional Adjustment Bureau The next Taxpayer Bailout to come- Excessive Defaulted Student Loans Tempe Arizona
The next big American Tax Payer Bailout: Excessive fees and penalties in the unregulated student loan industry attached to defaulted student loans. After falling behind on a loan (that you cant afford to pay due to not finding work in your field due to Collins College poor reputatio...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
52, Report:
#311256
Posted Date:
Sep 23 2008
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 g...
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Categories: Trade Schools
53, Report:
#70283
Posted Date:
Sep 21 2008
Collins College (formerly Al Collins School Of Design) FRAUD is to nice a word for this scam school Tempe Arizona
I won't bore you with a flame about some school I will let the letter I wrote today to the employees and department heads speak for itself. At this time I am considering suing the school for multiple counts of fraud. And rest assured just because some of the Admin/Falculty Heads are...
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Categories: Trade Schools
54, Report:
#346893
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2008
Collins College - CEC Taking a tutition issue higher Tempe Arizona
Okay well I would like to say DO NOT go to this school. I started out with high hopes for this school and needless to say they were shot down, hard. I looked at going to this school to get my BA in Animation as I was having a hard time learnig this stuff on my own. During the enroll...
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Categories: Private Schools
55, Report:
#333080
Posted Date:
May 17 2008
Collins College Do not put Collins College on your resume, unless you move out of Arizona Tempe Arizona
I have worked very hard at going into debt. After reading the numerous complaints about this school, and the rebuttals, I can honestly say I agree with most of the underdogs and some of the rebuttals. My experience wasn't so much that I received a bad education, it's just that Arizo...
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Categories: Trade Schools
56, Report:
#309684
Posted Date:
Feb 18 2008
Collins College Lied to get me to go there, shoddy teachers, NO job assistance!!!! Tempe Arizona
I was told by my Collins rep that I would learn TRADITIONAL animation, and that my credits would be transferable to any college. I moved 3 states and got here to find there was 1 class in traditional, and the rest were computer courses! But by now, they were already paid, and I hasd...
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Categories: Trade Schools
57, Report:
#291051
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2008
Collins College Trouble with the Feds Tempe Arizona
i was a share holder for a while. thankfully no longer. In the event that you are looking at this school, you need to know about it's recent history.
Controversies
The United States Department of Education conducted a 2003 Program Review of Collins College and found several se...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
58, Report:
#296658
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2008
Harrington College Of Design, AIU, IADT, Career Educational Corporation These schools are owned by a corporation which is sinking. Read the investigations Hoffman Estates Illinois
Harrington College of Design, AIU, IADT, Collins College, Gibbs College are owned by a corporation (CEC) Career Educational Corporation which is traded on the NYSE.
They have and are being investigated and sued by many people and companies along with their share holders. This c...
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Categories: Private Schools
59, Report:
#296650
Posted Date:
Jan 03 2008
IADT International Academy Of Design And Briarcliff College, Collins College IADT, Briarcliff College and Collins College are ripping students off: Degree Mills Hoffman Estates Florida
These groups are reporting all CEC schools:
facebook: http://academy.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5604847490
myspace: http://groups.myspace.com/Theiadttruthadvocate
Watch the investigation unfold into IADT and all CEC schools. CEC is a sinking ship and it's taking the schools...
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Categories: Private Schools
60, Report:
#274055
Posted Date:
Dec 27 2007
Collins College money over education quality and students Tempe Arizona
When I was looking for a college to go to (back in highschool) my family and I were invited to take a tour of Collins College. My mom and I were quite ignorant of what a good art school was so we were easily impressed with the facilities (now I know that they are less than decent). ...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
61, Report:
#285991
Posted Date:
Dec 12 2007
Collins College (CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION) ENROLLMENTS AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR AT COLLINS COLLEGE, A PLACE LACKING IN INTEGRITY TEMPE Arizona
I would highly suggest for anybody who feels (knows) they have been ripped off at Collins College to contact the Department of Education ombudsman:
U.S. Department of Education
FSA Ombudsman
830 First Street, NE
Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20202-5144
There are guidelines t...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
62, Report:
#280720
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2007
Collins College, Collin's College: They just dont care Tempe Arizona
I am one of the many how would love to make a career in video game design, but thanks to all of the reports or rip offs and scandals that ive heard about collins college i was saved.
First off i want to make sure that everyone knows that i wasn't ripped off, i was spared. I had w...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
63, Report:
#272331
Posted Date:
Sep 04 2007
Al Collins (AKA) Collins College Scammed by Al Collins and Still Paying for it 15 years later! Tempe Arizona
Try this on for size I was fast talked into school in 10/4/91 later discovered the school was losing its acrediation people were quiting school so I decided to to quit al collins on 12/91 they had recieved my student loans forged my name on them to the tune of $15,000 and I have bee...
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Categories: Trade Schools
64, Report:
#252588
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2007
Collins College School Of Design - Technology Collins Ripoff college is full of false promises and fraud Phoenix Arizona
I am a collins college student on my second year in the interior design program. When I started my initial search for schools Collins looked like a decent institution that offered every thing I needed to full fill my dreams of being a designer. The initial interview and visit were g...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
65, Report:
#231408
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2007
Collins College ripoff Phoenix Arizona
I would suggest you never get involved with this place. I have found them to be dishonest, and when I questioned them about the remarks on this site their response was The comments on Rip Off are from students that were not able to complete the course that was all fine and good, I f...
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Categories: Private Schools
66, Report:
#215306
Posted Date:
Oct 12 2006
Collins College ripoff Tempe Arizona
This is supposed to be a stand up private college,but they are partial to the wealthy people. They have staff that is unproffesional and unknowledgable. they suspend students on medical reasons, and other non sense. They r not truthful, they scam on student loans .They tell liesto s...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
67, Report:
#215160
Posted Date:
Oct 11 2006
Collins College message to skeptics on Collins being a fraud Tempe Arizona
I have noticed a few attempts to counter the dozens of bad reports this school is getting. They all blame the students, basically saying they didn't take good enough advantage of the resources offered at Collins, and blamed the school for their own incompetance.
This seems to go...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
68, Report:
#42317
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2006
Al Collins College of Graphic Design Computer Technology ripoffs hollow promises Financial Nightmare Tempe Arizona
Be warned, this is long winded. I've had a year and a half to mull things over. :o) In advance, I apologise for its length.
I've read reports on both sides under 'Al Collins' or 'Collins College' - four entries at the time, some even quipped with rebuttals and updates. Might be s...
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Categories: Private Schools
69, Report:
#147072
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2006
Collins College ripoff, let down, unqualified, scam, horrible, lack of education, a joke Tempe Arizona
As a student here, I am truly disappointed about with this school. I am months away from earning my associates degree and do not even think I have learn ANYTHING. This schools leads you with numerous false claims.
Class sizes aren't small
Lack of equiptment for every departmen...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
70, Report:
#138063
Posted Date:
Oct 07 2006
Collins College Education money scamming ripoff Tempe Arizona
My name is Megan and I went to Collins College for an Associate's degree in the Arts in Media Arts. All I really wanted was a tour of the place, and the next thing I know, I'm sitting down with a representative and handing her a check for $100. I'm still stunned to this day how fast...
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Categories: Trade Schools
71, Report:
#207067
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2006
Al Collins College dishonest, misleading, uninformed, unprofessional ripoff Tempe Arizona
I'm an older student returning to college. After 2 years at community colleges. I decided it was time to look for a professional school that would help me gain the skills I needed to suceed in the industry of animation.
Lets face it. The truth is, that anything you do in life de...
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Categories: Adult Career & Continuing Education
72, Report:
#194980
Posted Date:
Jun 06 2006
AIU - American InterContinental - Career Education -- Career Education Required to Repay Financial Aid Funds to U.S. Hoffman Estates Illinois
Career Education Required to Repay Aid Funds to U.S.
8 May 2006
The Wall Street Journal
Career Education Corp., a big operator of for-profit colleges, has paid the U.S. Education Department nearly half a million dollars to resolve government findings of financial-aid violation...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
73, Report:
#190769
Posted Date:
May 10 2006
Collins College ripoff Tempe Arizona
Enrolled in said school went two weeks was charged 7000 dollars for student loans which they forged my signature on checks and am now being billed for.
this is a rip-off help
Douglas
Phoenix, ArizonaU.S.A.
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
74, Report:
#123116
Posted Date:
Apr 05 2006
Westwood College - Westood College Of Denver - Jennifer Stenback recruiter, ripoff Lies about school info, finacial aid, Transfer Credits. Changes story at the end. California, Denver Colorado, Chicago Illinois, Dallas, Fort Worth, And Houston Texas
The recruiters for this school lie, lie, lie. If your going for Animation or any kind of tech program AVOID THIS SCHOOL. Recruiters told me a bold face lie over the phone. A recruiter named Jennifer Stenback from the Denver, Co Campus told me I would gradute in a year and it ended u...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities
75, Report:
#100177
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2006
Collins College AKA Al Collins Graphic Design School suspension and then termination rather than fix their own broken policies and procedures ripoff to students Tempe Arizona
im a 25 year old male who moved to mesa hoping to escape the drab existance i used to dwell in while residing in montana. having just spent 6 months living with an old friend turned heroin addict, i figured i would focus on getting an education and straighten my own life out.
it ...
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Categories: Colleges and Universities