ITT Technical Institute reviews and complaints

I started at ITT West Covina for course in Web Design. Tried to get financing and was denied. I approached the principal and she told me to speak to a Asian Finance Manger and I tried to quit and was told I could not as I have signed to take the course and was told to speak to counselor and than was told to go to my council Person who never replied to me. I got letter from the counselor which was fraud that he knew me for years. FYI I have seen a counselor at EDD El Monte who walks with limp passing out flyers at EDD which I found is not legal.

Regardless I waited for response as instructed by Finance Manager. Sad but true Algebra teacher wrote all the answers on the board for final exam as he was in hurry to go home and watch the game. Had one teacher supposed to be teaching programming who kept on saying WORD COOL over and over again and kept on telling us about his marriage and his wife all the time. He would show us a program over the board and when it failed he would tell us just figure it out. Dont get me wrong had good teachers also. I got loan from Citi bank for ITT due to non approval of my loan. By these time I was a quarter away. Due to a project not done in my last class, I would told my teachers aid a fat female who walked me out of the class and told me I have failed the class and will not graduate. I spoke to Ali believe he is from IRAN in the hall way and he just smiled and walked away as he did not give a damn. Is there any resource of getting my refund as they did not allow me to graduate.

I am having a problem with the financial aid department at ITT Technical Institute. The person in charge of processing my loan did not process it correctly and will not return my phone calls. They will not even provide me a full accounting of my loans and how they are applied. I have contacted the corporate office and the US Department of Education to request assistance but no one will return my phone calls and it has been months. I have submitted the following email to many divisions of ITT Tech and the US Department of Education. I really could use some assistance to at least tell me how I should proceed.

Who would you contact if you are having a problem with the financial aid department? The US Department of Education says the head of the financial aid department but I cannot get anyone to return my phone calls. The person that has been handling my loan did not process it correctly and has not corrected the problem yet. It has been months and I cannot get anyone to return my phone calls. I have left several messages.

I wish I would have listened to my brother when he told me not to attend ITT Tech. He graduated in 2004 and had a very hard time getting a job. He eventually found a great job through a friend. He has friends in high positions and they let him know that they really don't like hiring people from ITT because they give degrees to everyone. In fact, they even made the news in my city when a student submitted a recipe and received an "A" with a "Good Job" comment.

My problems with ITT Tech occurred quickly. I first enrolled in August of 2009, but due to a family emergency I had to drop...way before classes started. I re enrolled in December and noticed right away that you will be given an "A" no matter what kind of work you turn in. After three months of utter crap I decided to dropout and attend another school. Right before I did I found out that they never turned in my financial aid papers on top of that they kept my Pell Grant from August. They never sent it back like they were suppose to do. I contacted the Dept of Education and they said what ITT Tech did was illegal. That's not the worse of it, when I called to drop out the woman was extremely angry and unprofessional. I made sure that I was officially dropped out and signed at a different school and thank heavens I did because two weeks later after I was officially dropped from the school. I found out that they tried to take a loan out under my name. If I hadn't signed up at a different school when I did..they would have gotten away with it. Also if you're thinking about enrolling at ITT Tech do a little searching on the web because many of their campuses have been raided!

Campus: saint rose - 098
Director: william wells (approved hire)
Director of career services: r. Christian bilich (hiring manager)
Curent staff: patricia marshall and shelia jones
Problem: neither has a bachelor's degree as required by job posting.

How can the itt students have gainful employment when the representatives of the department to assist in finding employment are not properly educated per the job posting?

Job posting from itt web site:

Career services specialist
Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social science, discipline, human resources, business, marketing or a related area preferred.
At least 6 months to 1 year of experience in executive search, employment staffing, career services, out placement services or sales experience in the corporate sector.
Excellent communication skills along with a helpful disposition necessary to deal effectively and courteously with internal and external contacts.
Past history of developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
Proficient in utilizing a personal computer and microsoft office.
Ability to multi-task and handle a high pressure environment with timeline pressures.
Experience in organizing, writing and presenting reports and presentations.

Students involved: c. carter, p. mckay, and g. turner

Itt employees involved: dennis artis, registrar, renee s. hall, associate dean, and william wells, director

Problem: the registrar and associate dean (approved by the director) put these students online without prior notification and these students felt that they had to try the course because they were in their last quarter. they feel they were not advised properly. these students were placed in online courses during week 1 (no advising performed) and given no opportunity to test out. they sat in class waiting for the instructor but was told by a finance person that the class was moved to online. the registrar or associate dean did not communicate anything to them. these students were in their last quarter at itt - graduating. these students were tutored by the associate dean who is not qualified to tutor economics. she teaches english. she did not know the topics necessary to help them successfully complete the course. she did not know how to solve the problems or explain how to solve them. the tutor hired was not present on the days they came to school. now, these students have failed the course and not able to graduate. itt has failed these students.

Please investigate the st rose campus... these students have paid too much money for a degree they cannot use... these students are now very upset that their graduation is delayed because of wrongful actions of itt

I am writing because I believe that ITT Technical Institute may be trying to circumvent the "program integrity" mentioned on your web site regarding the gainful employment regulations:

Dated: September 24, 2010
"The Department of Education today announced that it is on schedule to implement new regulations of the for-profit education sector dealing with gainful employment and 13 other issues to protect students and taxpayers... Final regulations to ensure program integrity in federal financial aid programs are scheduled for publication on or around November 1, 2010, and will go into effect on July 1, 2011..."

The new regulations, in my opinion, focuses on the marketing practices to new students, relationships to federal funding, and employment strategies of for-profit education providers. However, I believe that ITT is partially moving the marketing of students to the academic area. They are calling this marketing strategy as the "re-entry" program. The focal point of this program is to gain 10% of the gross dropped student for the previous trailing 12-months. A bonus program was also attached if you achieve a certain percentage above the 10% (star bonus). Here is where I believe this strategy becomes unethical and an effort to circumvent the new regulations. If a student is dropped from a quarter, then that student is a drop for every quarter in the trailing 12-month period which means some students are counted at least 3 more times than the 1 time that student was dropped. For example, for the March quarter of the new year, ITT counts the trailing 12 months of drops which is counting back 12 months from the new quarter:

December quarter
Student dropped

September quarter
Student counted as dropped again

June quarter
Student counted as dropped again

March quarter
Student counted as dropped again

The trailing 12-month gross dropped number is more than the number of students in the school and that is the number they use to make the goal of re-entry students for the academic personnel (the 10% of the gross drops = 10% of a fictitious dropped student number - fathom students). I am told that the gross dropped student number in one school was approximately 490 but the program from its inception did not get more than approximately 350 students. How can you drop more students than you ever had in the program and then be asked to market and attain 10% of this fictitious number?

One student counts at least 3 quarters (3 times more). Then the representatives from the academic area must try to market to the actual drops (the real amount of dropped students, not the inflated number). There rationale behind this is that the period to attain re-entry students can go back decades of years, but the people in charge know that normally after a year or two of being out of college the student will probably not return. I believe that these unrealistic goals are trying to be made into a new marketing path to possibly circumvent the regulations of the gainful employment implementations. Additionally, if what I am told is correct, a re-entry fee is charged to the students in addition to the exorbitant tuition, which seems almost like a practice of "extortion". Just my opinion but please check it out!

I already disapprove of ITT holding the current technology back given the money charged for tuition - the computers are not the top of the line, the software is outdated, and equipment used in sub-par ()opinion) - when the cost of a Bachelor degree is quickly approaching $100, 000. The students should be using cutting edge equipment with the latest software. When ITT was beginning to teach Windows XP and Office 2007, Windows 7 and Office 2010 was out in the market. These students could be doctors with that price tag!

If ITT continues in this fashion, then the pressure will be off the marketing team because the academic team will be another marketing source off the radar. Off the radar because the academic marketing strategies was not mentioned as a part of the area questioned under this gainful employment regulations.

As most i too fell victim to itt-tech. while attending this *** heap...i had come extremely close in gaining a position with two separate networking companies. the interviews went well, the energy was quite positive until the three magic letters came into the air...i...t...t! before i knew it the eye contact was broke and the employer was talking on the cellphone! *** you itt tech! if you are pursuing a promising career itt-tech is not the one! earn a certification it cisco, red hat, windows 7, windows server 2008

*** you itt-tech!

Mistake of a lifetime, they encourage people to stay in their program regardless of proficiency.
All they are after is cha-ching
Stick to public schools, community colleges.
Your best interest is the goal of public schools if you drop a class they will not call you to keep you in a program you are ill suited for.

I was being billed from sallie mae money I did not owe. When taken my taxes they stated that was all i owed but never could give me a receipt for payoff. NOw come to find out they billed me for $8, 147.87 who can i contact to complain besides their attornies? I called Eric Reicin there attorny he said he could not answer any questions and can not help me. I know that there has been alot of complaints and to let people know i went through ITT Technical Institute which a scam. I know a representative / recruiter quit because of their scams.

Itt Technical Institute is a rip off! The recruiter are lieing big time just to get you sign up for these huge unbelievable loans. They lie that ITT Tech. has top of the line education that ranks like 2nd or 3rd. - BS. We had 15 minutes of lectures per week in CAD classes. I was recieving Highest Honors each quater i was there. Well, it took me a year to realize that theyir credits don't transfer to any onther university or community college and that all of my friends who have graduated are still looking for work. They could find a job for 3 years already. Thats sucks isn't it...So, you pay wild loans for campus education while getting an online education where you are on your own. Plus recuiter lied to me about transfering to different university and ITT Tech finding you a job. Anyone who want to sue them with me call me: [protected] and we DO IT!

I am a former instructor for ITT, having chosen to quit after learning the truth about what goes on behind the scenes inside the ITT system.

If you are considering any ITT school, LOOK ELSEWHERE. The reasons?

1) Frankly, you will be embarrassing yourself if you attend there. Anyone can get into ITT; in fact, the recruiters target low-income, minority, and under-qualified candidates to attend. The majority of the students I knew were not even reading or writing at the high-school level. Many of them did not even have a concept of how to behave in a college classroom.

2) You will not find a job unless you are extremely lucky, or self-taught. Companies have wised up to the fact that ITT classes are watered-down and that the degrees are relatively worthless.

3) If you intend to be a serious student, you will be surrounded by people who do not. Trust me. Students at ITT are trained to expect their grades to be handed to them. There is no accountability whatsoever.

4) You will probably not get quality instruction. Instructors are re-hired based on "numbers, " which refers to how many students pass each class, get high grades, attend, etc. The result is that we are basically told, in code, to hand out false or inflated grades, and most instructors do it. We are also trained to treat the students like children. We call them to make sure they come to class, email them about homework, feed them treats to keep attendance up, and have "raffles" and other nonsense incentives to make them feel happy at school.

5) You will be paying more than you would at a prestigious private college.

6) I have taught at multiple colleges over the years, and can say with certainty that the material at ITT is so dumbed-down that I would be embarrassed to teach it to a sixteen-year-old. They design the courses so that it is virtually impossible to fail. This means that the bright and hardworking students gain no skills, and that the lazy students gain a false sense of confidence and ability (since they are getting A's mainly for attending class and turning in sloppy work whose content the instructors are trained to grade for completion, not content).

7) If you try to transfer, you won't be able to. I woke up to what was going on at ITT when some students confided in me that they felt "trapped" at the school because nobody would take their credits. One student of mine was so angry and crushed by ITT that he was willing to start from ground zero at another school (none of his classes transferred-- over a year's worth of school wasted).

Are you convinced yet? I am not saying any of these things as a disgruntled former employee. I left very quietly, choosing to seek work elsewhere because I felt guilty and ashamed about remaining a part of this organization.

It broke my heart to see some really sweet and well-meaning kids get duped into enrolling here. They deserved the truth. So give it a second thought and don't fall into the same pit.

-embarrassed former instructor

In my opinion I was ripped off by ITT TECH. 50K for a 2 year degree. Was told how I would save lots of money on books, lab fees because they were included with the class cost. Well at $400+ a credit hour and each class being 4 credits. 96 credits later with interest 50K.

Here's my problem. A basic class like Composition 1, same as English 101 at a real college. Here's how they got me. composition 1, 4 credits cost 4X433 Books free = $1732 12 weeks 4 hours = 48 hours of classes.

Now at a real college here's the math. English 101, 3 credits + cost of books.

3X259 + $89 for books = $866. 16 weeks 3 hours = 48 hours of classes

where's the savings? -$866 savings

96 credits for 2 year degree 96X$433+ books free = $41, 568 and that's without interest.

A real college requires about 70-75 credits for 2 year degree. we'll use 75 for this argument.

75 X 239 + books for 25 classes @$100 (high estimate) = $20, 423

Think twice before going to ITT TECH!

I'm sure prices have gone up since I went there. Remember their credits don't transfer anywhere. If you want to get a Bachelors degree, It will cost you you nearly $100, 000.

Try paying for it in today's job market. Won't happen in our lifetime. A house for $100k? or a ITT TECH degree for a $100k.

LEARN BY MY MISTAKE, DON'T GO THERE

I've submitted complaints about ITT Tech before (on this site and some others). However, there are people out there who claim that the ITT Techs at their location does not suck and offers a very good education. With that said, I guess I can't say every ITT Tech *** since they do operate with over a hundred campuses nationwide. I don't know which ones suck and which ones don't, but I've read blogs and talked to people going to ITT Techs at a lot of other states and most of them have been saying the same things that I have. It's all over the internet and students at my campus are saying the same thing, everyone is saying that ITT Tech offers a very poor quality education and they're overcharging for it. How are they going to charge us an immense amount of tuition as though they were a top notch school like Harvard or M.I.T. when are not a school that is up that high of the totem pole? ITT is among down there in the bottom of the totem pole. The education quality they offer doesn't even come close to that of even a high school education. They over exaggerate their degree programs and their job placement rates just so they can lure in students to collect their pell grants and other financial aid sources, it's like a predator laying a trap to catch it's prey and then sucking it's blood dry. They also use the recession to scare students, and say things like: in today's economy, you have to have a college degree to get a job. Our degree programs get students into recession-proof jobs. With a degree from here, you can make $40-$50, 000 a year right after you graduate (with an associates degree...). And they show you all kinds of statistics to try and back it up. I know all this because I am a current student and they used all these techniques on me the day I enrolled. I was a sucker that fell for it, and now I'm in for something that I'm going to regret big time.

As of right now, my campus increased their tuition to $495 per credit hour and you need 96 credit hours to get an associates. Holy shiet...

12 of my classmates are transferring out to other for profit schools like the University of Phoenix, the Art Institute, etc. They still may be for profit schools, but at least they push you a lot harder so that you'll actually learn something. And my classmates told me that places like the University of Phoenix don't charge as much as ITT.

The reason they chose for profit schools again was because ITT Tech's credit won't transfer anywhere else, but to schools like these. They wished they never enrolled here at ITT in the first place, but it was too late, they've already spend the last 16 months here. They're just glad their credits were able to transfer anywhere at all.

Bottom line is, avoid for-profit schools like ITT Tech. Well, there is nothing wrong with for-profit schools, but just make sure you get the quality education you pay for, not just some S.H.I.T. Tech quality education that won't even make 1st graders break a sweat. I myself am looking for a much better school with a better quality of education. It's going to be tough since I went to a school that's nationally accredited (yes, ITT is accredited by the ACICS, a career college accrediting commission).

What schools like ITT Tech are doing is similar to what the banks did to drive this country towards the recession, in a way. They lure in students into their crappy *** programs and lie to them and sell them fake dreams, etc. And then they take all their pell grant money and make students take out ridiculous amounts of loans that really require a high paying job pay back. Then, when students graduate, no one will hire them because ITT did not really prepare them to enter the workforce or employers recognized how unskilled these graduates are. Some might land jobs, but it might either be at Burger King or at some job that pays only $10-$13 bucks an hour. And with only $10 an hour, how in *** are students expected to pay back over $45, 000 for a degree that did not get them anywhere? The students then find themselves back in day one, the situation where they are struggling to find employment and thought that getting an education was the only way out. The students then are only to find that they've just wasted a lot of time and have been scammed for all their money.

Students are most likely to default on loans and have no way of paying the money back, because they are barely able to make ends meet. They might try to file for bankruptcy, but they don't know that it's extremely hard to file bankruptcy on student loans.

Next thing you know, you have thousands and thousands of students who went to for-profit schools like ITT and cannot afford to pay loans back.

What do you think will happen next? Another bailout?

Please, please, please, please, please! Do not pick this school to invest in getting an education in. You will regret it big time. ITT Tech does not adequately prepare students to enter the job market so why should you be in debt over a degree that won't get you anywhere in life?

I am a current student here at this school and I'm sad to say that I highly regret coming here in the first place. First reason is the quality of education and the second reason is the cost.
When I first started here, I was very enthusiastic and motivated about pursuing higher education and thought I was in the right place to be. I was a high school student who graduated one year prior to enrollment at ITT. Little did I know that this school was a for-profit school that was all about making money and NOT delivering the product their students are paying for (a quality education). Now there is nothing wrong with this school trying to make money since they are for-profit, but they should at least make their curriculum a little more challenging and push their instructors to do a better job of teaching. If these instructors are already doing their best, then they should be fired. I remember back in my junior high and high school days, our teachers would do a better job of teaching than these ###s.
As of now, my campus is charging $495 per credit hour and you need 96 credits for an associates degree. They are charging us like they are some renowned top-notched school like Harvard, when they are actually a low quality, suckass school with very many unhappy employees. I would have to say, from my experience, that this school would rank down there among the lowest when it comes to the education quality. And what's bizarre is, if they are offering such a poor quality education why are they charging so much for it?
I've also seen many students who graduated from my ITT campus that can't find employment. The ones that do find jobs are NOT working in the fields they've spent 2 years studying and those jobs will not provide any relevant experience (a new hire at my job recently graduated from ITT Tech with an associates in criminal justice, and with that degree, what on earth is he doing here detailing cars? He told me he had trouble finding a job, even after brushing up his resume and practicing his interview skills with real life professionals who are current parole officers). I've also talked to some other grads and from what I've heard from them, they were just fortunate to land any job at all. But it's jobs where they do not make enough to even be able to pay back student loans after the six months grace period. How are you supposed to pay back a $45, 000 debt with interest incurred, when you're only making $10 an hour? You can barely pay rent with that much, let alone keep the lights on.
After everything that I've seen from fellow students who started school before me and already graduated, I began worrying a lot to the point where I could not sleep at night. I kept thinking to myself, will I be able to find work after I graduate? Will I even be able to land an entry level job like tech support or helpdesk? And I'm not expecting to land some job that pays $50-$60, 000 a year right out of school, I know that you do have to gain experience and work your way up. But, it's sorry if I graduate and can't even land a job like tech support.
Sure, they tell us it's the experience that matters the most, but how do you gain experience if your degree won't even get you an entry level job that will provide you with any relevant experience? That's the whole point of going to school in the first place, to earn a degree and get a basic entry level job (that has to do with your field) and work your way up. I've been going to all my classes, did all my homework and studied hard, so I've been putting a lot of work to try to get something out of this school, but it just seems like it's all going to go to waste.
If graduates here aren't getting jobs, then it must be that employers don't recognize ITT as a reputable school and don't want any unskilled graduates. I'd like to transfer out now, but can't because no other school will take ITT Tech's credits. If I drop out now, I will have a huge debt that I don't know how I'm going to pay back. This is just horrible. Our government should do something about school like ITT Tech. What they are doing is a crime and they should not be allowed to operate and do business. If they are going to charge over $45, 000 just for an associates, then they better make sure students get their moneys worth. They're having students take out an awful lot of money that they won't even be able to pay back with the jobs they get upon graduation. I should have went to community college and transferred to a university like the rest of my friends. Now I feel like I fell way behind all of them.
People, do not consider going to this school. It's just not worth it. Sure, you can't expect to land a $50, 000 job with a 2-year degree, but if that's the case then why not get your degree elsewhere like a community college, where the cost is significantly less and you'll be getting a better quality of education? If an associates degree won't get you that far, then why pay $45, 000 for one? Pay ten times less at a community college.

ITT Technical Institute is a joke. One would be better off taking a fake bank to the check, take $100 of $5000 and send the rest to some anonymous address overseas. I taught at ITT a couple of years ago and trust me it is all about the students. The students can do whatever they want and still pass. One student came once out of 11 weeks and got an A. One of the deans changed the grade.

At the ITT in Maryland, most of the students cannot read and write. And they are always questioning the instructor and complaining to the dean. The instructor's work area is ridiculous, as there are "new computers" running XP with no service packs. Student computers are even worse.

And some of the faculty and staff got involved with students. Especially a librarian who seemed to date a new student every week. Humanities is taught there, but where are the ethics? There are none. The school lies and gets students to sign up for loans by Sallie Mae, frauds, who are part of the bailout crooks.

The cost for this college is unbelievable, as $40, 000 will earn an associate degree to nowhere. It is unaccredited, but with ITT's purchase of an accredited college last summer, they can claim accreditation.

It is more or less a camp for mostly adults who cannot go to real college. I did encounter some students who really did want to learn and I told them to go to a real college.

It would be a mistake going here, but one could always hide it by recalling Oscar Wilde's suggestion: "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

Hello all. I left my job as a representative/recruiter at ITT Technical Institute, not long ago. I have been perusing through the complaints online and have decided to share with you what we are taught as "Educational Recruiters/Counselors" at ITT Technical Institute.

First of all, be wary of any place that asks you to come visit the school and all of a sudden, you are being asked to schedule a financial aid appt. You see, as a former rep, I was instructed by my supervisor just to sell you guys the appointment and once you get in the school, make the sale.

Second, you will be told it is about you, the student. Well, wake up! It is not about you, it is about you attending ITT and padding the pockets of the Tax Accountants and Fat Cats that own and run the business. It is a For Profit Organization. That means it is about the bottom line and essentially, the students that sit in class make the bottom line.

Third, Check the credentials of your instructors or all instructors! At any other college or university, you must hold a Masters Degree or Higher to be an instructor. A Bachelors will not do. I have more education than the District Manager, the same as the School Director, more than my supervisor, the financial aid director and most of the instructors. The Dean is the only person there that had more education than I and I was relegated to the lowest position of employ on the campus, Recruiter/Representative.

Fourth, Always ask to see the figures on placement and average salary for the last years graduates. IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO SEE THAT INFORMATION. Don't be caught spending that $45K for an Associate Degree when your annual income will average less than half of what your education cost. CJ students be very wary! Don't let anyone, not even the instructors tell you you can use this degree to go into forensics or law school. YOU CAN'T. Forensics requires alot of science and anatomy, something you will not get at ITT. And as of last check, there is no "online or walk-in" law school in this country and that is the only type of law school you would be accepted to if you get an ITT CJ degree. Remember, universities with law schools also have undergraduate programs to make sure you get the correct classes in order to meet entrance requirements.

Fifth, Yes, ITT is accredited through the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and every Rep will try to tell you that it is an important thing. Guess what! It means absolutely nothing to any other school that you apply too. It is a national accreditation and all state and local (non-profit) schools have a regional accreditation and will not accept your transfer credits. So, unless you go to another nationally accredited school, you will not advance your education past your ITT Diploma. Why do you think they put that disclaimer on their commercials that "not all credits will transfer". Protecting their butts!

Now that I have shared some tidbits, let me explain why the reps do what they do. It is all about production, meaning that the more students they enroll, the more time off they get and the higher their salary rate goes. We are given a quarterly quota and woe be the rep that doesn't meet the goal. They will be working Saturdays, forced overtime, and placed on a 90 day letter that ultimately results in termination if they do not improve their enrollments. That is why we call you more than once or twice. You see, it really isn't about you. It is about me and being able to keep my job and keep food on my table so that my kids can get braces and be in gymnastics. It upsets reps when you fail the entrance exam or can't qualify for enough financial aid to cover the cost. Oh yeah, that reminds me. Did you know that if you cannot cover the cost of school with the Federal Aid (which you won't) that ITT will float the remainder of your balance, at no interest, until your next installment of Federal Aid and the time that you may qualify for a personal education loan! Sounds good, doesn't it? Personal education loans, the interest is based on your credit score and will be significantly higher than a Federal Loan and in most cases, you will be floating a higher balance than what the Federal Aid covers in the first place. So, ITT gets their money and you get a high interest rate. Bad thing is, the company preys on those who cannot afford the $493.00/Qtr Credit Hour cost. Yeah, a university could cost you more, but they have more FA opportunities in place to help those less fortunate afford an education. You can go to a community college or JUCO and cover the whole thing with Federal Aid. I have some guilt for working for ITT for as long as I did. I never quite understood how people couldn't see right through the BS, but then I realized that I am presenting myself as a counselor and a mentor. That is when I woke up and quit ITT Tech. If anything I have integrity and when I realized that it wasn't really, truly about the students, I had to decide if my integrity, pride in who I am, conscience, and professionalism were worth selling out for the company and the answer is "no". So, if this little dab of information helps you make the "right" decision for your future, then yeah, it was worth leaving and I wish I had done it long ago. Don't forget, in 2004, the Corporate Headquarters in Indiana was raided by the Feds. Can you really trust an "institution" that the Feds don't trust?

I finished up a two year degree in Computers and IT at a two year college and decided to further my education by returning to school for a Bachelor's at ITT Tech.

I began speaking with my recruiter, who was very pleasant but pretty much rushed me into a meeting with her. I met with the recruiter and I took the entrance exam, yes ITT Tech actually has an entrance exam, after I passed I was shown a nice powerpoint that pretty much made me feel like this was the perfect decision to make. When I told her that I already possessed an associate's degree in IT work she basically told me, "too bad, tough luck." I was then informed that I would have to repeat the associates program through ITT Tech in order to even begin working on the bachelor's degree. They told me some of my credits would transfer, and they did, but I still have to complete five quarters out of eight just for the associates. So think twice before deciding whether to go to ITT Tech if you plan to grow from associate's degree to bachelor's.

I got through all of the registration and began my first quarter, thinking that completing another associate's would be no problem. The first quarter went smoothly and I got two A's and a B. I thought for sure I would get an A in that last class but for some reason all the questions on the final were things that were never covered in class. The reason I did get a B was thanks to my homework that I had completed. After the grades came in I went to my dean and asked for four classes per quarter. I was given the go ahead but I never saw that fourth class.

I began my second quarter during December and that's where all my major problems began occuring. First day of class and my books weren't in stock. Nearly every class has homework issued on the first night and I couldn't do it because only five people had books. When I went back to get the books on week two the books that had already come in were already out of stock, again! I didn't recieve my book until the third week of class. And it put me behind horribly, as the amount of work for the class was quite heavy and I've been playing catch up ever since.

On the first day of class we were having lecture and all of a sudden a group of people over in the corner were beginning to get kind of loud. Our teacher called over to them, "Can you guys quiet down, I'm trying to teach a class." One of them replied with, "So am I." ITT actually scheduled more than one class in that room at one time. That's just the tip of the iceburg, we only had access to the lab for an hour and a half before moving into a lecture room for the rest of class. How are we supposed to learn in a class that requires a lot of hands on, if we spend most of the night in a lecture room? I had two classes where we switched out like this. One was WAN Technology and the other was Linux. How can you learn these concepts without a computer to work on?

One day I got to school early and plugged in my netbook at a station and then a staff member kicks me and another student out of our room so that they can have a faculty meeting in there. That one sent me over the top. I sent the nastiest e-mail I think I've ever written to ITT's feedback line detailing just about every problem I have listed in this complaint. A week later I got a call from my department head telling me he needs to meet with me. I met with him and the Associate Dean. They told me I had to appologize for the letter I had sent. I appologized for the language I used, the worst of which was the word "stupid". The Associate Dean told me that our campus was not over capacity and that all ITT Tech schools practice the class rotation system. She said there aren't enough computers for all the students to have access to one, thanks for stating that obvious point, so we have to rotate out. If they are lacking that many computers then I think they need to get more computers, not limit our time on them. We did address the faculty meetings, which in my letter I had called stupid and was made to appologize for. I think this aspect has been cleared up. Ever since our talk I have not encountered a faculty meeting since. I also complained about one of my teachers and I was told that they would talk to him and have him adapt his methods since the entire class was clueless. We would sit and watch him put Linux commands into his computer and never understand why he was doing what he was doing. After speaking with the Associate Dean, my teacher has still not changed his methods and as the final draws close the class still has no clue.

Also know that ITT Tech has almost all their books written for them. The books are generally horribly planned out, full of errors and at times make absolutely no sense at all.

The teachers are almost always adjunct, and this in itself can be a double edged blade. Generally adjunct teachers work in the field in which they teach. This means that they have great real world experience and can really be great teachers, however they aren't usually great teachers, as they either don't care enough about teaching or they just don't know how to teach. Knowing something and being able to teach it are two entirely different things. ITT Tech doesn't seem to have a very good screening process for teachers.

Being a career college you would expect more flexabilty in scheduling. This coming quarter I have been scheduled for two of the three days that I currently work at my job. I was told that in order to change my schedule I must have a letter, written on my employers letterhead, stating that I can't come to school those days. Are you kidding me? I pay thousands of dollars a quarter and your telling me I don't even have full control over my schedule, and I have to involve my employers in the process. I'm sorry but if I pay you money you had better do everything in your power to make me the happiest person alive. ITT Tech is a for-profit school and you really can tell what matters more to them when it comes to students or money. I got the written letter from my work and turned it in to the registrar. I was then told that no classes were available for me and I was basically either gonna have to choose between work or school. Thanks a lot ITT Tech. I understand that the campus is small and not every class is offered every quarter but come on, don't you dare make me jump through hoops only to find out it was all for nothing.

ITT Tech also forces you to use this thing called the Virtual Library for your research projects. It's a virtual collection of articles and books. They push this on the students because they pay for it and have to have so many students accessing it. I have not found a good reason to use this tool. It's cumbersome and clumsy and generally it's more helpful, and faster, just to find the information online, but most projects state in them that one of your sources MUST come from the Virtual Library. When you use it every link will open one more browser window and you will end up with a screen cluttered with Internet browsers.

ITT Tech is by far the most irritating school I've ever dealt with. They don't care about the students needs and when students complain, the complaints are generally swept under the rug. I would stop going but with all the money I've put into it, I feel I need to get something out of this miserable experience, so I plan to finish this associate's degree and then be done with ITT Tech for good. I'll try my luck at a real four year school that actually cares about me as a student. Do not believe the commercials, they are trained actors, not actually real ITT students. They actually make you sign a release form when you start here saying that you would be willing to participate in a commercial, just so you actually think the commercials are real. I mean the release form doesn't even look legit. It was faded and messy, and just looked like it was thrown together. Don't take my word for this though, I just have a very high suspicion that they aren't actually real students in the commercials.

If you are considering ITT Tech try looking many other places before committing yourself to this. Always check the complaints and the success stories when looking at schools. It is always up to you to weed through all the hecklers and find the true complaints from people who are actually dissatisfied and not out just to harm the school. Trust me I was extremely excited when I started at ITT Tech, and it all seemed great but after all the problems I stated above I really don't think I can say the same anymore. I hope I save someone from making the same mistake I did. Perhaps ITT Tech isn't the school for me and it's perfectly right for you, just do your research first and be aware of what you are getting into before you commit.

ITT TECHNICAL Institute - SALLIE MAE

I would like someone to contact me, I want to file a lawsuit against ITT Technical Institute when applying for school in 2002 I was told sallie mae was my only option. ITT Technical Institute failed to state my accurate race which is Hispanic and they entered my data as a Caucasian. (I just discovered this error in January 2010 when reviewing the original documentation) I believe I have a strong case against ITT Tech for doing this. I would have received free government loans if my race was entered as Hispanic now I'm almost homeless paying three loans to Sallie mae one at 13.25% interest and the other two at 10.25%

Please read my story here.
www.bailmeoutfromsalliemae.com

Regards,
MonaSallieMae

I am working for ITT and I know what’s going on, everybody knows ITT-TECH and their fabricated information and invented reports, I am surpassed they still in the education business, they should be in the Sublime loans or any fraud and unethical business. The only concern of the management in the HQ is to increase profits and do not care about students, I believe ITT Tech soon will go down because I know about many lawsuits waiting for ITT.

Who would have thought that an educational institute in the U.S.A can be allowed to be up and running with so many complaints, ethics, morals violations, and educational deception and fraud.