Le Cordon Bleu Miami Career Education Corporation exploits liars you'll be sorry Miramar, Florida

This is a warning to anyone considering attending any of the Le Cordon Bleu schools. This was once a prestigious culinary school but, is now owned by a company named Career Education Corporation, a for profit company.

The school will accept anyone who is approved for student loans, even convincing students to obtain additional loans, as Stafford Loans won’t cover the entire tuition, if you don’t get any grants as well. They break the tuition up, instead of giving you a total amount, in an attempt to get the students to not worry about having to pay the money back. They provide students with bogus amortization tables, leaving them to believe they have to pay back far less than they actually will, once interest comes in to play.

Here are the facts about tuition at this school. Even if you receive a full Pell Grant, which is highly unlikely if you are working at all, you will owe a total of about $31,000. After interest, using an income contigent plan, if you are making about $30,000 per year, you will end up paying around $50,000 in total for your Le Cordon Bleu education. If you think you are going to become a chef at a top notch restaurant, after finishing up at the school, you have a reality check coming. Yes, you will notice some students come back to help promote the school and participate in different activities with the school. What you don’t know, is these people came from wealthy parents, and had the money to go and open their own restaurants or, had connections before even attending the school, and were already working in a good position when they attended.

For the normal students, you will be lucky to find a $10 per hour job in the industry. It’s more likely that you will move on to a different profession, just to be able to afford the hefty debt the school left you with. Thought you might own a house one day soon? You can forget that, if you default on those federal loans. Also, don’t forget the fact that the restaurant industry isn’t doing so hot right now. There are layoffs galore all across the country. Many places have also cut back hours, making nearly their entire staff, part-time employees.

My girlfriend attended the Le Cordon Bleu which calls itself Miami located when it’s actually in Miramar, and she got sucked in by the school. Fortunately, I looked in to the school, and she pulled out before throwing our future down the drain with unaffordable, pointless debt. Can you believe that after she spoke to an advisor at the school, telling them she wanted to pull out, they actually told her teachers. What a breach of privacy. Two different teachers gave her extra credit points the following day and, gave her a lot of praise, recommending she stay at the school.

This school is now all about making money. Please do not waste your time, or cause debt that will destroy your future, by attending any Career Education Corporation owned schools. You are better off going to a either a city or state college to pick up an Associate’s or even a Bachelor’s. Go out and find a job at a restaurant, and work your way up with the degree as a fallback. These schools do a great job at exploiting people who feel they aren’t smart enough to obtain regular degrees. They even prey on young people. I found out that one young girl at this school is only 16 years old. Her credit is going to be shot before she is even 18 years old, and she still won’t be able to find a better paying restaurant job after attending this sorry excuse for a school.

Beware Career Education Corporation owned schools and do yourself a favor and read up on them. They also own AIU, which is currently on probation again, and in jeopardy of losing its accreditation. Don’t let them take advantage of you. You can do far beter.