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 they can con people into going to their school.

After that, it all went down hill from there. The core classes were 5 weeks each, and there is a lot more information than time to learn it. Some of the teachers know what they're doing, and some do not. I agree with the other rip-offs, those teachers are underqualified.

So, I'm in school from July '03 to November '04. In the last few months I got a job in the library being a student assistant.

That was fun, until they started the remodeling in the lobby. Everybody who worked or went to class in that building got sick. Some of the employees filed compliants, including myself. Did that solve anything? No. They moved me out of the library into fiancial aide. Where I pretty much did nothing for a lousy $7 an hour.

They also moved another co-worker of mine. She practically ran the library and she couldn't even go in there because she'd get so sick. It's really hard to run that part of the school, when you're across the parking lot. So, they took a year to remodel the lobby. It still smells of polyeurthane, and looks weird. Too many colors on the walls, if you ask me.

But that's not all. When I found out they were raising the price of tution, I backed out of getting my BA. They didn't even teach Final Cut Pro! In the industry, editors use that, or Avid, and I learned only Avid. They should have Final Cut Pro in the curriculum as well.

Not only do employers not like Collins students, most colleges and universities don't take the credits. There is one tech school who offered take take all but three of my credits. And that's the Univerisity of Advancing Technology. They weren't pushy, and they had a lot of great programs. Except they wanted me to take web designing programs, when all I want to do is make films. So that school is out of the question too. Plus, they're more expensive than Collins. You should do more research about that school than I did, it might be a scam too. I don't know.

And now, the Firestorm I got doesn't work at all. All of my important files are on there and it doesn't work. It worked fine last month, and now it doesn't. Collins sells you crappy hardware and jacks up the prices of books.

And to top it all off, my husband went there with me, and now he's going to go there again for his BA. He said that they didn't prepare him for the web design market. He needed to know more programs. Just another way to rip people off, get more money. His credit is all ready bad enough. The worst thing about it is, he is really talented, as was I. He thinks he will teach at Collins when he's done. I will try to talk him out of it. It's just not worth it. He even tried looking into other schools. They wouldn't take his credits. He could be going to MCC instead, but no.

There's little I can do for him at this time. If there was only a way we could fight back and get our money back for a worthless piece of paper. (I got my degree in the mail, he hasn't received his yet.) We must band together and close them down. I urge all who read this, not to go to this school. It's a waste of your precious money and talent, and will do you more harm than good. I regret it everyday.

One more thing, I've noticed the other rip-off reports, and Collins hasn't said anything about them. Get you thinking, doesn't it?

Megan
Mesa, Arizona
U.S.A.