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Complaint Review: Computertraining.com - Oakbrook Terrace Illinois

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  • Computertraining.com One Mid America Plaza (North Tower) Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois U.S.A.

Computertraining.com Rip off, terrible course curriculum, rediculous financing option. Oakbrook Terrace Illinois

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I am a victim as well as the 20+ other students that were in my class. Allow me to start off by saying that I am not here to falsify anything. I am providing simple facts that I both observed and was part of.

While the commercials do sound promising, along with the whole sales pitch they provide when they practically beg you to come in. The sad fact is that they are misleading everyone of there prospective students. And to be honest I blame myself for not being smart enough to realize the crap they fed me. There is simply no job on this planet that you will walk into your first year and make 50-70k a year. This was the bait for me, as at the time I was making slightly less than that.

Now I do have a computer background and was one the 4 most knowledgeable in the class. But that is saying a lot. Looking back I should have gotten out the first day. That is when I realized the caliber of people they we trying to cram all this information into. 5 of my fellow classmates could barely operate Windows XP. And please do not take that lightly. Most of them did not understand the function of double clicking, no joke. Of those 5 people, one stuck it out to the end.

The instructor. Well what can I say to put this lightly. He should not be a teacher. He had no sense of timeline for the classroom. Nor the class required to conduct ones self as a professional. The first two months we spent going through the 70-270 book. This is the one for Windows XP. Why, you ask. Because most of the class did not understand it. We then began the 70-290 book. This one we blew through in a month and a half. 70-291 took another month, 70-350 we spent another month on. The last 3 books we went through in the last month and a half. Which in my mind were the most important books.

I can't really say anything bad about the classroom itself. The equipment was functional and clean. As well as the room. But the way the instructor conducted himself was an outrage. Literally making fun of students in front of the entire class, like a child. Talking to adults that were his senior in manner that should have been cause for dismissal. Telling some people in private that they shouldn't be in the class, long after we were more than half way through the course. I would have to say that if we had the instructor that was next door to us. My only complaint would be how much it cost and the interest rate. In that classroom, passing the tests was top priority, as well as a proper curriculum.

20 hours a week, total bull. One month into the course I was spending 20 hours a week just reading, and another 5 hours completing homework. 3 months into the course I was spending 30+ hours reading and 5 hours completing homework. After that, I literally slept at my computer trying to play catch up. I would come home from work, eat dinner while reading and stay up till 12, 1 oclock in the morning every night reading, On class nights, I would get home at 11 p.m., and do the same. My entire weekends were consumed with reading. And this has nothing to do with being a slow reader. I am about average as far as speed. But when you are required to read 4 to 5 chapters per night, plus homework, and study for exams. Things can get a little hectic. Towards the end my daughter was literally begging me to spend time with her. That alone almost made me quit.

The career service's is a complete joke. During my six month stint, we had two different personal responsible for getting us a job. Neither of which were employed by CT.com when we graduated. Of all the people on my class, only one that I know of got a job. And that was for grand total of 25k a year. You can make that much at the local McD's with no education. And for the few replies I saw to the other CT.com complaints. These career service personal ARE responsible for getting you a job. Its not like most schools were they simple give you a piece of paper, and tell you were to look.

I graduated with a 97% in the class. And I felt lost at the end. I had the basic concepts of what I learned. But I did not feel secure with most of the knowledge I received. How is that possible. How do you graduate with a 97% and feel this way? Now that is not to say I didn't learn anything. I feel I learned a lot. But not enough to get certified. And personally I feel this all goes back to the instructor.

Now the part of the whole scam that boils my blood to this day. The student loan they cram down your throat. It is supplied through Sallie Mae. Who in their kindness, allow you a one year grace period. And then the loan enters repayment. What CT.com does not tell you is that they are NOT a federally backed school. Which means you can not get a federal loan or federal grant for there school. It also means that the loan provided by Sallie Mae is private. And you will have no hope of ever refinancing to a lower rate. Which incidentally is currently 13.20%. And in case your wondering, the rate they provide you has nothing to do with your credit score. My 25K used car loan is less than half that. When you figure that one out, let me know. Please

With all this being said. I know many of you may be thinking. You should have read the fine print. The part your missing is there salesmen pressure tactics. They called me multiple times a day until I agreed to come in for an orientation. And within minutes they were handing me papers to sign here, sign there, sign this, sign that. And walla, I was enrolled in a $25,500 6 month training program. A twenty five thousand, five hundred dollar six month training program. That's and entire college diploma at some local colleges. And you'd have a federally regulated interest rate on top of it.

My whole take on the school Computertraining.com. There course is far too expensive, far too short, and poorly mismanaged. If they stretched it out to a year, people would definately have a better chance. If the upper management cared the slightest about the conduct of there instructors, things would change. And the fact that they are not a federally backed school says it all for me.

Sincerely, Hurtin in the pooper.

Me
Oakbrook, Illinois
U.S.A.

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