I went to college to earn a bs in web design and multimedia and picked westwood college online, big mistake. I have heard from others online, and the school dean that there have been many lawsuits and complaints since attending college. I have heard rumors about my courses here would not be accepted at most other colleges and that nobody will hire a student with no experience. The school offers no job placement assistance at all, and the only help was to send me some job site links where I can submit my resume online, that's it and its no help.
Westwood College promised to take care help me handle my finances, train me in a growing field, and give me a great education, they lied. I' am most of my way through school, so it seems impossible to stop now.
I was initially told by the financial aid department, after many problems that my all my loans (Federal and school) would be basically in one account and I could make one payment to them to cover all the interest. I have never gotten any statements or bills telling me any account information, interest, or anything, but have been sending them the agreed amount anyway.
I consolidated all my federal loans with salie mae, and now that is growing interest at almost the same rate as my Westwood payments. Meanwhile I am still sending payments to a school (supposedly for the school aid) even though they have refused to disclose if I owe them any money, or any details. Financial aid department is a joke and they routinely dodge answering any of my questions.
They have provided me with many very poor classes with messed up courses, messed up quizzes, and many unnecessary classes. I have also not been given any good classes that I would really need to succeed in the field. I have been in school for web design two years and guess how many course assignments have included designing a full web page, one. How can I really expect to get a job when I don't even build web pages in school?
Messed up quizzes, have sent me the wrong book with software, and billed me for a book I couldn't use, or exchange it for a new one. I feel they took a graphic design course and slapped a web design title on it since most classes are in graphic design, and few subjects even cover web design at all.
At this rate the only web design experience I have will be the few I have designed on my own, the school has not taught me much. I feel I will be over charged, under trained, and royally screwed after graduation, with no job to show for it and huge bills, What can I do about it?
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