#2 Individual Responds
AUTHOR: Mchael - Norfolk (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 07, 2009
POSTED: Thursday, May 07, 2009
Dear Ripoff Report.com,
I have to say that I am deeply honored for you to listen to my comment. However, I do have a financial, educational problem though. I have received my Associates Degree of Applied Science in the field in Information Technology/ Multimedia, in Dec 2007 from ITT Technical Institute, in Norfolk, VA, along with a 3.38 GPA. I happened to pay almost $38,000 for my education (only for an Associates Degree at ITT-Tech) and yet, I am receiving very, little value of my education. At first, I was VERY DESPERATE to get into any college and earn my degree in the field in Information Technology/ Multimedia. Now, I just realized of how I been ripped off through the poor quality of education I received in some of the classes, the expensive tuition that I am paying for & particular teachers that careless about my education, as me being both the student & customer. I first enrolled in November of 2005. I enrolled becuase I wanted to learn how to make websites, graphics, computer programming, video games, movies, music, animations, storyboards, etc. I truly love that stuff. However, some of the classes that I took showed very little appreciation of the $37,000 that I am paying for right now. Also, the school was supposed to help me in trying to find me a place to live. Apparently, I was lied to. What I expected was the best of the best, state-of-the-art training, hands-on technology, the world's greatest quality of education that I am supposed to be learning from, teachers that really care about your education, and no bulljive. (excuse my language, if necessary). Also, I seen & heard complaints that college credits from ITT Technical Institute are non-transferable.
Second, another sad factor is the ITT Tech representatives tell these new recruits that as soon as they graduate, they are supposed to be guaranteed a job, that is within their profession, in which they obtained that degree in. And it never happens for some or majority of folks, including me. So, I was wondering if you could have the school called ITT Technical Institute, investigated & why they are allowing these kind of price-gouging, low quality policies to happen to me & us hard-working ITT Tech folks. I am apologizing to myself that I got myself into this educational, financial mess. I could have took this $37,000 and done something very positive with it like either saved it, enroll into Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, or Virginia Wesleyan Univ. Now, that I have thought about it, if I had to do it all over again, I WOULD. I think that this school is choking the life out of the majority of these students financially and scamming their tax dollars for poor education in some of the classes, or maybe many of them. I'm stuck in a dead-end job that doesn't pay well (does not care about my number of years being there), and I have been applying for jobs, lately, I had no luck & it feels like that life is telling me, in so many words, to "give it up". But, I am not giving it up. I do not know what to do, except cry, cry, cry.
Thank you and may God bless America.
Sincerely,
Michael Alex Murray
michaelamurray1@yahoo.com