24 Aug, 2021 → by ClaimboUser609258
Educational Services
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I was enrolled in March of 2010. I was only looking for information but the lady in charge if enrollment insisted I sign up for a quick meeting to just check it out and tour the school Not knowing until later that I had basically signed up, as it was her slick way of saying "orientation". (Note: this course was a 15, 000 plus their fee. My grant was around $5, 500 and all in all my balance at the time was around $9, 500.) For the first month I would visit the enrollment office and ask them to let me transfer out, get my refund (as I was able to qualify for federal aid), and go to a different school. At first they said they would get back to me, then again, the same eventually they said give it a shot you still have some time to make up your mind. (30 days from original date, this was about a week before grace period was over). ON THE 30TH DAY, I had finally met the main head of the enrollment department and was basically told that my grace period was up and that I could either continue to work hard and graduate, "make my moneys" worth or I could drop the class transfer but would lose out on my government grant. It was a nine month course and I had started on March 18 2010 and graduated roughly between December 4 2010- December 10 2010. I went ahead and decided to "get my moneys worth" and continued with my massage therapy program. There were a total of 3-4 Massage therapy teachers including my teacher and roughly 4 classes per schedule one in the morning course one day course and one night course. Eventually it got to the point where teachers were being let go from the massage therapy department and eventually the classes started getting smaller. Around August of 2010 was started seeing the last of the students come in. One day, these higher ups from administration and the "principal" of the school came to our class and told us they were going to discontinue the massage therapy program and it was being talked about since the beginning of the year in January. When we asked why we were not told about the discontinuation of the program, they started giving us the run-around and when we asked about our refund, they told us we could either finish and graduate or fail and get nothing. We were forced to graduate and finish the program but when it came to out graduation we received no graduate robes or ceremony. Until this day I am still waiting on my original certification as I was only given a copy because they "ran out of graduation paper". When it came to looking for a job they were of no help and once your were graduated their resources were even less as you were expected to start your first payment six months after graduating. A few years after I graduated the school at my location was shut down now there are only 1 if not 2 UEI Colleges in San Diego. I wen to the school in Kearny Mesa off Aero Dr and Kearny Villa Rd.