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University of South Florida - TampaJennifer Coffman: I never go to the USF campus, so I expected more. I was attending the Engineering EXPO today and was excited to share with my little guy as he enjoys robots. We found our way but werent greeted as I thought we would be. There wasnt any signage as to where to go, where to park, and people were still setting up after it started. It felt like the school didnt even care about the event. We enjoyed what we experienced but were not impressed with the way the school treated the event. I guess because it was free... what should I expect. I expected more because of their marketing, and that is an annual event. Im not sure Ill attend again.
Secondly, they had a huge USF diner truck come out and place a ton of pizzas on the property right next to the vendors. We were excited to partake when we were told it was only for the vendors... then why make a big show of it for all guests to see... including children!!?? Again, not caring for the guests! We had to leave the EXPO off campus to eat. Not worth it!
The Academy - Fort LauderdaleGiovanni Garcia: This is such a great program! The staff is super helpful and the teachers are a great resource. We get hands-on experience through labs, and have access to practice exams. They also help us get jobs in the industry. Im super grateful for everyone at The Academy and am very excited for this journey.
Everest University Pompano Beach - Pompano BeachKelli Davis: People who are calling the school "thieves" , are mainly the ones who paid out of pocket , or did not get accepted financial aide. If you paid out of pocket, YOU are responsible to make sure you put that money and education to good use ! Stop being lazy and expect life to cater to you on a silver plater. This is my school & i love it. Wouldnt have motivation without my everest! This school makes me want to achieve goals i never thought i could reach. I graduate in December.
Everest University - OrlandoVanessa Spruill: I was an accounting major the teachers were no help so my GPA dropped neither was the administration. I wrote a letter to get back in started in October 2013 but had to have surgery that was going to put me out. Spoke with Mary and we both agreed I will start in January 2014. January came I heard nothing. I called and then was told by Mary theu were not accepting students back with a low ROI. Then I find out they closed the Colorado campus. So now I am thinking why did they just tell me. So now I am left with a high st I could not even get an associate degree because it was a 4yr program.udent loan with nothing else to show for it.
International College of Health Sciences - Boynton BeachSandy West: Please stay away from this institution. They are the most unprofessional and horrendous education establishment I have interacted with in my 25 years working with various colleges and schools in USA. I totally agree with reviews provided by Bob and Mirell regarding the way this colleges administration handles the students, their studies, and play with students future. The have no compassion, no structure, no respect, its borderline harassments of students at the hands of the management and administration that operates this institution. I am going to share some points below:
a) This batch was asked to sit for Capstone final at the ICHS campus rather than take remotely as proctored, which was not how they had administered for all the past batches. Me and my other colleagues thought this seems like good idea, we hoped that the college administration had a plan in place if any of the students couldnt pass that those students would perhaps be asked to remediate or retake exam again so help students that are on fringe for them to be able to pass, but no, it was another game or plan by the administration to harass students by having them travel all the way with no plan in place or compassion to help students that were 1% to 10% below passing, which for a 120+ question exam would be no more than 4 - 5 questions..
On of my family friend went to local SoCal Nursing school, that school was very transparent ahead of time, if a student failed within 5 percentage points, they would have those students take 8 hour remediation sessions on the topics that they scored lowest and thereafter would give them credits to pass, for any student with more than 5 percent and under 10 percent they would offer them to take a retest within 2 weeks by paying a small test retake fee. Why not ICHS had something like this planned, why were they not transparent ahead of time with students and communicated clearly that although we are asking you to come to Florida campus for test, if you dont pass there is no retake or remediation and you will not be allowed to take Exit exam. Why students were kept in dark? I guess they are smart enough or really dont care for students time, emotions or money wastage.
b) Why is that after every semester finals they dont confirm final score right away, they always say give us couple days to finalize scores of the test and that we are checking in the backend to make sure that questions were not faulty... are the students guinea pigs for this administrations stupid games.. if they are not 100% sure themselves on their exam questions structure, content, or complexity why have the students go through a test that even thy dont have confidence in? There are obvious patterns here that either they are very incompetent. Very fishy and unprofessional, how can anyone trust them?
c) Two of my batchmates have 8 to 12 years of LVN practice experience, I was in disbelief to know that even they couldnt pass. It seems for this batch again almost half or more of the students couldnt pass. We are also consulting a local law firm in California, and they have partner law firm in Florida, we shared our experience and initial contract we signed with ICHS, upon quick review the attorney said that its obvious that ICHS is in breach of their own contract. They have advised as first step to submit complaint to Florida Commission of Independent Education as next steps and possible lawsuit thereafter.
Now ICHS will offer all failed students to enroll in next semester, waste their time and hard money again with no guidance or structure. Why not offer failed students to retake the exam, if you as institution are confident in your education that you provide why is this is not an option offered.. They will not because they just need to make their $2,500 per each student again, and this is their only agenda. They are a greedy business where I am sure everyone makes commissions on how much fees based revenue they can bring in by failing students.
Sorry for long review, but this greedy and shoddy intuition deserves it.