ITT Tech is nothing but a big scam and greedy for money.
I signed up for classes in mid December right after the start of their winter semester which started December 6th. I had my meeting on December16th because I figuered ITT tech would be good for me, a smaller schoolwith a smaller, more hands on learning environment and I had a 3 hour meeting with my counselor about setting everything up for the upcoming semester. After talking with my counselor I was still able to sign up for the Winter 2011 semester
During my first meeting with my counselor I had been advised to go aheadand sit in on a 9a-12pm Saturday class to see how the class functions and it would work and I was told that I would even be given books so that I could use them to go sit in on my class. During our meeting I VERY WELL remember that there was no topic regarding any sort of paymentfor sitting in on that "trial class" even though I was already registered.
I signed the enrollment agreement and I saw the break down cost for the SEMESTER (which equated to $4,768) and was then given my books by my counselor and on my way. A few days later I went and sat in on that Saturday class and I thought it was nothing new and after talking it over I decided that I could not follow through with ITT Tech.
I told my counselor that I had to withdraw from the program due to othercircumstances, she didnt care much because Im sure she already got her comission. This all happened within the last two weeks of December.
She then told me that I had to return the books and that was that. I never contacted her again, nor returned the books. Fast forward to a month later (Yesterday Feb 4th).
I recieved a call from a collections agency stating that I owed ITT Tech$1,136. I called ITT yesterday and of course no one was there so I called the collection agency and asked what the charge was for (I thoughtit was for the textbooks I havent returned yet). The guy looked it up on the computer and told me that it was for "tuition" because if it werefor books it would of said something along the lines of accounts recievables.
This morning I called ITT Tech back and spoke to a woman in the financial department about this and told her that I didnt understand whyI was being billed $1,136 for a "trial class" that I was advised to sit in.
It turns out my counselor never mentioned anything about that $1,136 when we went over the enrollment agreement, she just told me that I could go sit in on the class and then go from there. There was never once any mention about any sort of payment for that class
The woman on the phone wasn't very helpful either because I told her that I was never given any warning about this at all, but I told her I did sign the enrollment agreement and was aware of the cost broken down for the SEMESTER, not for that one class that they are charging me for
She gave me the run around about the campus director not being there untill Monday and that she'd let her know and if she knew anything shed call me back. She also told me that for me to be able to sit in that Saturday class I had to sign the enrollment agreement and another sheet of paper, which I did, but my counselor never mentioned anything, NOT ONCE about it affecting anything towards the "balance owed" ($1,136)
Now Its time to lawyer up because this is sickening and Im not going to let it get on my credit because as of yesterday I have 30 days to resolve this.
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