cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:15 PM |
I'm going to be switching to UCF (University of Central Florida) to study Computer Hardware Engineering (advanced track) and Information Technology (advanced track).
tl;dr, scam don't go. Go to a real college. Read on for more information.
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Listen, 1. I Didn't pay anything, this is only my first month at FSU (I'm dropping out this week) and I had a lot of scholarship money and 2. Was pulled in by their advertising and promises given by admissions.
I have a huge suggestion to ANYBODY wanting to go to a for-profit college: do your research. Like seriously, go to a State College/Community College if you can first. It's the same education but cheaper. Not all for-profits are bad, but just be careful.
The thing about Full Sail is that it's not only a for-profit college, but it's a shady for-profit school. They operate their school 100% as a business (unlike other schools that focus on business and education), plus the fact that they spend almost 1 billion dollars a year on advertising ALONE.
I didn't get a guidance counselor when I started my classes, they direct you to the BUSINESS OFFICE to get help. Compound onto that, that each class is ONE MONTH in length and most don't require any kind of testing afterwards.
Full Sail is /NOT/ regionally accredited, no matter what they throw at you. The ACCSC (Federal Organization in charge of accrediting colleges) shows that NO schools in the southeast united states and some other across the country will not accept any credits from Full Sail. They're technically, "Nationally Accredited", but the last full accreditation check was done in 1989.
Add onto the fact that their degree program for a B.S. (usually a 4 year program) is 20 months (Yes, not even 2 years in length) and only has 1 basic english class and 1 basic math class, and no other core classes other than an integrated science class.
Please, please do more research and don't make the same mistake I did. I don't have to pay anything, but I wasted my time and honestly I wish I could go back and just go to UCF instead.
Thanks.
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:17 PM |
| Congrats full sail a terrible college |
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Genann
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:26 PM |
| I will keep this in mind thank you |
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:28 PM |
Don't be taken in by their Behind the Scenes tour, or any of their flashy buzzwords or images.
A degree there costs 100k or more for A YEAR AND A HALF, and has increased interest on the loans.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND for A YEAR AND A HALF
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:33 PM |
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:43 PM |
I know a kid whose grandmother basically mortgaged a bunch of her condos to pay for his education at this fraudulent institution.
It's sickening, honestly.
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devHoodie
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:45 PM |
i was thinking of going there..
currently second year in FIU
i'm guess i'm glad i didn't go
i live in miami
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:50 PM |
@devhoodie
Yeah :/ Glad you didnt go lol
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devHoodie
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:50 PM |
currently doing IT(software track) cause I didn't wanna do the math in CS lol
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:53 PM |
| That's really cool! I want to design computer parts and do a combo of hardware and software, so I'm going CS and I'm probably gonna go get my ######### |
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devHoodie
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:55 PM |
I'm probably going to change majors later..
I really love programming and developing but I also love filming, acting, directing, writing scripts... editing!
but still not sure... |
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:56 PM |
A lot of college students switch majors, so just go where you feel the passion is (kinda cliche, but meh).
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devHoodie
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| 27 Jun 2017 04:56 PM |
Oh I know.
After a year in CS I switched to IT but now I'm not even sure about IT
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:02 PM |
I really like computers, so. The list for me only goes so long
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:03 PM |
I was planning to go there once i grow up
Thanks for the info!
PRAISE THE SUN! |
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:04 PM |
i see commercials for that place constantly and i always thought it seemed "too perfect" in a shady way
now, reading this, i guess my hunch was correct lol
r+://885366220r+://885366505 |
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:05 PM |
>NXT is there >surprised it's for-profit 🤔🤔🤔
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:06 PM |
@steel
I'm not even surprised that it's for-profit, I just didn't know A. How bad for-profit schools usually are, and B. How bad specifically this for-profit school actually is
but yeah, i should've known better. But hey, I learned without it really costing me almost anything.
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Slamdunks
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:16 PM |
| It's sad because that's the way many good deals turn into frauds. |
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cruore
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cruore
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| 27 Jun 2017 05:40 PM |
I'm surprised no major news outlet is doing research into this. :/
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