International Academy of design and technology - Education (if you want to call it that)

To Long to explain.

I need an attorney that will listen to my case and help me file a class

action lawsuit against The International Academy Of Design and Technology

Tampa and maybe the Nashville location too.

Short version... My credits will not transfer to the same school just a

different campus including my Gen Eds. I spoke with a State University about

trying to transfer there and will not take any of my credits and they said

that is because IADT is not an accredited college. I have been doing some

research and I have found numerous class action lawsuits that have been

filed against IADT (all locations) For all of the same reasons.

I feel they misrepresented their school to me. They told me they were a top

4 accredited college. They are not!!

I have allot of money I in federal pall grants, parent loans, and Stafford

loans that I am not at all confident went towards my education.

One of the reports I just came crossed on IADT said that the president of

the Pittsburg location was just recently arrested for embezzlement.

I was told by the admissions rep for this school that all of my teachers

would be the best of the best with masters degrees in their field or at

least ten years of experience to back them up. That was also a lie.

I am going for Graphic Design and My sister has worked in that industry for

10 years I had her come to class with me one night and 1 the teacher that

quarter was not a graphic designer nor did he have a degree in the field his

degree was in Audio Production (What is a music teacher doing teaching a

Photoshop class?)

I wish I had put two and two together before I gave them all this money and

wasted three years of my life expecting an education that would help me

succeed now all I have is a whole lot of debt and a really bad he ache that

will not go away. All I really want is my money back and to forget I ever

went to this faux college.

If you are a past or present student of IADT (any location) and are having

the same or any issues like this please email me back and maybe we can take

action together. The only way we can stop this place from stealing peoples

money and giving them false hope is to take action.

Please help me I do not know where to turn.

Amanda

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Hello, I am having the same problem as you. IADT has sucessfully ruined my life for now anyways. Please email if you have anymore info or you want to take action together. troy33607 AT hotmail.com

Thanks so much.

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Here's the horrible experiences I'd like to contribute to ANYONE EVER CONSIDERING THIS SCHOOL:

I never became a graphic designer after attaining my degree. I looked for almost a year. I couldn't even get anything related to design. At one promising interview, at a company about 10 minutes away from IADT Seattle, the design director scanned my resume after seeing my portfolio and was very cordial - until he read the "IADT Seattle" part. "IADT?" he asked, "what's that?" I told him it was an art school down the road, and he replied with, "I know about all the good schools in the area, and have never heard about IADT...why would you choose to go there?"

I was humiliated. He didn't mean to insult me, but the degree I worked so hard for apparently didn't impress anyone it should have. I worked full-time all throughout school and still made the honor roll, which wasn't easy - yet I don't feel like I accomplished much now.

I wish that was the worst of it. If it was, I wouldn't be posting this. I'd be like a lot of other recent college graduates and just suck it up. But, it gets even better...

From out of nowhere, about 6 months after graduation, I got a call from their financial aid dept about an 'outstanding balance' of over $500. Apparently they didn't apply it correctly (part of last semester's tuition) to my student loan(s). So, I was told to pay up or it goes to collections. No apologies, no mention of it being their error. They treated it as if I had been fully aware of this all along...

They warned me that collections would tarnish my credit, especially as a recent graduate with over $15,000 in unpaid loans. I knew they were right, but there is something very tacky about a threat like that, which I believe was intentially done to alarm me.

But the icing on the cake is when my co-signer recently discovered his credit has been trashed...courtesy of IADT's incompetent financial aid team. (Sallie Mae's infamously inefficient way of operation probably didn't help either, to be fair.) What happened? TWO delinquent accounts have just been 'discovered' and show up on his credit reports now. Those two accounts do not exist under my name. They went delinquent because I was never sent anything in regards to their balance(s). We went back and forth with SM because things didn't add up, and never got a straight answer. Why was he getting all the "Your account is X days delinquent" calls? I called SM to make a payment once and asked if I was doing anything that could hurt my co-signer. They said, No of course not - you'd be aware of anything like that. Still the "delinquent" calls kept coming to him, and only him. It didn't make any sense until now.

Moral of the story? Don't go to IADT unless you think you're somehow different from everyone else who's been burned by them. Trust me, successful graduates are a complete coincidence. And for every 1 of them, there are probably 30 with similar stories as mine.

Any action taken against them I will wholeheartedly back up. They exploit people who sincerely wish to better themselves through schooling, just to make a profit. And they do it with a fake smile on their face the entire time.

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I would join with you , because I am in the exact situation, my money and time is wasted seriouly.

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CEC Truth Advocate3rd December 2007, 08:50

CEC has many law suits against them and they're in a lot of trouble with The Educational Department and current investigations into CEC practices. CEC schools are losing accreditations and losing credibility in the career world if their was any credibility in the first place. CEC is a corporation that oviously is more interested in making money for it's (CECO) stocks than offering a an education that prepares students for the real world.

We have a Law Group and a news investigation team here in Tampa, Florida and if your interested in joining we do urge you to do so. CEC ripped off enough students and made enough money and they need to pay for their illegal practices.

Here is the link for the CBS 60 Minutes Investigation:

link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/31/60minutes/main670479.shtml

If you're interested in joining our cause please contact me through these

Groups:

Facbook: http://academy.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5604847490

Myspace: http://groups.myspace.com/Theiadttruthadvocate