International Academy Of Design And Technology
IADT - ripoff lied about transferring credits to another school

I attended IADT, Tampa right out of highschool in and graduated December. Anyway, after graduating I had to relocate to find a job (they couldn't help). The following will pretty much sum up my issues with IADT.

Accreditation:
When I spoke with the admissions reps at IADT I specifically remembering asking them over the phone about being able to transfer my credits from IADT, should I wish to attend another college afterwards. They told me "Oh sure, that shouldn't be a problem at all!" They said the same thing to my mother and I when we went to visit the school, right before I signed my life away to them.

In other words, they lied to get me in there, and screwed me over. They are, in fact, "accredited, " but they are only nationally accredited, through ACICS (Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools). All the school I wish to attend now are regionally accredited through SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.) I did quite a bit of research on this and linked ACICS back to the same private company that actually OWNS International Academy of Design and Technology. So they basically accredit themselves. When you have that much money, you can do what you want I guess. Buy some schools, and if they can't be accredited by a legitimate accrediting agency, just create your own.

Well, there blows out my idea of continuing my education. No university I wish to attend will except the credits! They tell me the best thing to do is to start over, and this time go to a community college! That's $32,000.00 down the drain for me. And to top it all off, IADT doesn't even offer my program anymore (Computer Networking). It was more of an exeperimental course. They evidently didn't enough suckers for the class to make enough money, and quite shortly after I graduated. So my degree is basically worthless. The school can't be "well known" in my field if they only had the program for a small amount of time, and it isn't even offered there anymore.

It just ticks me off beyond belief to know that I am $32,000.00 PLUS $10,000.00 interest in debt because of a rip off such as this. I'm not sure what to do or where to turn now. If anyone has any information, I would very much appreciate it!

Please do not attend this school and get ripped off like i did.

Randall
Tallahassee, Florida
U.S.A.

Company: International Academy Of Design And Technology
Country: USA
State: Florida
City: Tampa
Address: 5104 Eisenhower Blvd
Phone: 8138810007

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