Virginia College
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LividtotheMax
Chicago, Illinois
Please avoid this school (Virginia College)
I graduated from this hellhole of a school with an Associates but could not attend my graduation because of the incompetence of the financial aid department. The staff are bums and *** from the Dean on down and then they have the audacity to catch attitudes because you call asking about YOUR refund check that YOU are going to have to pay back. We, the students have to suffer because they switched over to a new system of dealing with your disbursements and refunds, BLAH, BLAH BLAH. All of these excuses are just a smokescreen to keep your money. They act as if they are doing you a favor by giving you YOUR money. When I called in to the financial aid office I always got a *sigh* and an attitude because these functioning retards do not want to do their job. The financial aid coordinator that I was assigned to never had any information about my loans. She just told me some *** to get me off the phone. Why was she even there? There was never an exact breakdown of what I was paying for. If you go on the student portal, which btw is a joke of a website that looks like it had been created by a intoxicated toddler, they only show your loan disbursements and your balance so that is not a true breakdown either. These people are shysters to the core. Let us not even get on the illiterates that they have for professors/instructors. They have the audacity to *** points if you make one typo but they can jack up a whole paragraph and think someone is supposed to take them seriously. One of these so-called "instructors" told me that I was SOL since my computer crashed and did not even try to help me with the situation. This was not the case for all of the instructors but the great majority seemed like they could have phoned in their so-called "instruction." In addition, the process of securing an externship was a total fiasco. I was told at the very last minute that I could not use certain sites for an externship. The first externship coordinator that I had did next to nothing to help me. However, the second coordinator worked her butt off to help me secure a site. She actually gave a ***. However, when I did secure a site it was in the third week of the *** course teamed with the fact that the *** externship was 30 miles away round trip. Therefore, I am spending 80-100 bucks a week in gas and putting wear and tear on my car trying to get my externship hours. Again, I am coming out of money and no one is going to reimburse me for my gas but they have the gall and nerve to hold my refund check hostage and tell me that I am the bad person for inquiring about MY OWN money. Are you serious?? Oh and finally yet, importantly, they switched the graduation date of the ceremony by a week and did not have the decency or the tact to apologize or give an explanation as to why this was done. The e-mail, in a nutshell, went like this "we switched the date of your graduation ceremony can you still attend?" They did not give a thought that some students might be from out of town and have made plans and reservations to attend on the initial date. That *** was so unprofessional and inconsiderate. I have totally had it with this bootleg establishment posing as a college. I was enrolled in the bachelors program but after this last debacle with my refund check, I have since ditched this school for a more reputable one. Messing with MY money and making me miss an opportunity to walk across the stage was the last straw for me. Anyone considering this school, either online or otherwise, should avoid it as if it was an STD!!
Joni G Hpl
Atlanta, Georgia
Virgina College Of Greenville
Virginia College Of Greenville is the most ghetto college I've ever seen. I attend this school and got dropped. But besides the point I said if I ever finish or stop going for whatever reason I would bash them. The college is just ghetto. The clinical teachers are ghetto and have no class to be in such a profession. They worry about being professional and bomb rush everybody that isn't in dress code but they don't practice what they preach. They have a bad state of mind about teaching and really not sucessful with that. I think the board should go there and see how they are in class. The board should go undercover because the mouse will not come out in play if the cat is near. Such ghetto and a big disappointment.
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unhappy Kcc
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Virginia college baton rouge campus
Hello.. I enrolled at va college baton rouge campus in 6/2011. Out of 3 instructors, one was in my opinion not good at relaying the information to the students. He was too busy laughing and trying to be friends and telling stories of his days in the field. Many of his jokes in my opinion were very rude and un called for. One in particular of many was him telling the class to break and told us when to be back, I simply looked back at the clock to make sure I would be back in time, his reply to me "what is that ok with you, cuz you looking like I cant tell time" I ignored his comment, another was a student answered a question, I looked at her book and asked her what page he went on to tell the student that I was asking what page "oh she rolled her eyes at you" now he dosent know if the other student would have took that wrong or what. This school has had several physical fights amongst students, the authorities have been called on several occassions. The instructors bad mouth one another, saying some of the instructors can't teach. Well I spoke with the dean to withdraw, she went on to tell me she is disappointed in me, I am a dissapointement to the school and I didnt give them a chance. In my opinion that was very unprofessional of her to say, she has no clue what other issues I could have been dealing with. I had been attending since 6/2011 and withdrew 7/27/2011 I feel that is ample enough time for a school to show what they are really made of, and this school did not, now to mention none of your credits will transfer, regardless of what they tell you...
Anonymous
Dallas, Texas
Virginia College bait and lure
No, the media is not picking on for-profits for a reason, everything negative that has been written about them is true. Being a former employee, I saw students tricked into enrolling into degree programs that couldn't even read or write. Many employees were threatened, harassed, and bullied by campus and corporate administrators for not making their quotas or retaining students. Those who stay in this type of environment and prey on these students are only motivated by GREED! These top level executives and campus presidents are getting rich with Title IV funds (U.S. gov't financial aid). When employers see that a student graduates from this college, their resumes go in the "*** no" pile. Students be aware!
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Anonymous
Austin, Texas
Virginia College - Smooth Sales tactics
I admit, I was lured by the sales rep in the admissions department. They said the classes would be easy and could I make my schedule any time of the week. That was not true. Only the academic advisors/directors could make the students schedules. When I tried to drop out a term for medical reasons, I had about 7 different dept. reps try to talk me out of withdrawing and wondered if I could postpone my surgery that came up unexpected. The nerve. My advice, go to a public two-year college first, plus the credits transfer and they aren't hardcore sales people.
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Anonymous
Meridian, Idaho
Financial aid
I have been a student at virginia college since May 16, 2010. I have been trying to get a student loan check since july. They keep telling me to call back in two weeks, when I call they tell me a different *** story. Now here we are nov 29,2010 and now they are saying late jan early fed. I can not keep doing this. I only eat once a day now. What do I have to go completely without food.they have gotten all of my stafford loan checks, pell grants , and yet no money. I am trying to transfer , and no one will take the credits.they are crooks. they are stealing our money.
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Anonymous
Birmingham, Alabama
Virginia College at Birmingham rip off technical school
Virginia College promises a great education, but they are a complete rip off. I was on financial aid but still managed to have to pay 7,000 out of pocket. When I tried to attend another college they tried to say i still owed them 1,500 more dollars. I paid The Department of Education all this money plus all this interest. When I went to the school to get my transcript they told me about oweing all this extra money!!!! Who do I call? If you have had the same problem please let me know what number I can report them too.
Loss:
$7
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Connieleeinred
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
I was taken by va online college of my money
I was enrolled with, VA college online in Birmingham Alabama. I was to get 423.00 in pellgrant, 3,23.00 in student loans and 1000.00 in a scholarship. My computer broke and I had to drive 10 miles to a library to use their's. I kept calling the school to ask them when I would get my money so I could get me a computer. I was told four different dates, I quit going to that school and they have spent all my money and I also found out my books were old books and no good.
Loss:
$10
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I have also attended there. All true.
What they preach is most definitely not what they themselves practice.
Alot of favoritism and instructors acting like children. Not professional at all.
I went for a walk through and talk to them filled out all the paper work then after meeting with F Aide point blank u dont have the money so u can't go here sorry let me show u to the door basically