International Academy Of Design And Technology ripoff Chicago Illinois

This school makes many false promises and is very misleading. They do anything possible to get a new student.

When I firt applied there they told me they had job placement as well as career placement. I was told that I could go to school there no matter what my income level was.

I came to find that their job placment program consisted of a big notebook filled with help wanted ads for mainly food related jobs. They were supposed to help me find a job related to my career so when I graduated I would have a foot in the door.

They only acceppted the Pell Grant, so everything else had to be taken care of by loans. Before I knew it I was paying $150 a month for intrest only.

Then I began recieving my loan approval forms by mail. I was told everything was taken care of.

I was beginning to notice my student balance was not going down so I contacted Student accounts, who assured me everything was fine, just keep paying my $150 per month.

Ater almost a year had gone by, I recieved a notice that I owed aprox.$13,900, before I could attend class again.
I went to student accounts with my mother and we had to refill out all the paperwork that was already finished.
They told me everything was taken care of.
Unable to afford the monthly payments I was forced to leave the school.

About a month or so after leaving the school I recieved a letter from collections saying I still owed the $13,900
I was forced into a payment plan of $126 per month and I don't even attend there anymore.

None of my credits transfer anywhere except to that school. I am currently in a dispute with them because I can't pay the $126 per month. They are threatening to send me to collections again.

Rachel
Lansing, Illinois
U.S.A.