United Education Institute [UEI]
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Trying to sue Nd get rid of debt from attending this fraud school! I'm in 15, 000 debt and school was not even credited! Please help [protected]@icloud.com

First of all they promise to give you a job at uei which I was sent too 3 and Career services gave up on me after that I would leave voicemails everyday with no response. Fatima the career service advisor was weird she would call me "Mija" and was very unprofessional. Besides the instructor was a pervert he asked me on a date when I first graduated. I can't believe i am in that much of debt and I have no job yet.

If you're thinking about going here but you're not sure, just don't go here and seek anything better. You will not learn anything more than you may learn on your own(online+books), you will at times know more than your own instructors and if you correct them on mistakes or how wrongly they've graded your exams they will not do anything about it and just ignore you. I went to the UEI in Encino for pharmacy technician; I don't share many regrets in my life but this is definitely a big mistake I would love to rectify if anyone is willing to share their recent horrid store about this establishment so that I may submit complaints to the Board of Education along with other agencies that will listen and do something about how poorly this school educates and how they've become just money grabbing leeches. I don't expect anyone to listen right away but something has to give if enough of us complain & if we keep bringing up the topic to them, nobody is stepping in and supervising or cracking down on this school, somebody definitely needs to. You want a strong economy don't you? Then we need to help each other rise not get sucked dry by something that has not yet taught or accomplished any of the things they claim when you first sign up, the worst part is that you don't realize how repetitive, useless and how bad the school educates until after your first MOD which is a little over a month but you only have 1-2 weeks to decide if you want to continue with them or not, it took me a month to realize how I was smarter than my instructor and cared more about the class than her but by that time I was told I couldn't leave without still having to pay the money back whether I continue with school or not. If you want to know all the points I have against this establishment please contact me, let's get together and do something about this school, I want a real education or atleast my money's worth. It's frustraiting to know the amount of friends and acquaintances that are left disappointed, in debt, or are living with a huge regret over this school including myself, I was one of the "good students" yet here I am waiting tables again because UEI failed me and my teacher was too lazy to educate. Me and most of my classmates had to educate ourselves after we realized our instructor was misspelling words, correct our exams wrong(when she gave us the answers to memorize every test)& our department is pharmacy technician meaning correct spelling to Brands/Generics medication is crucial and important in this field. I have a lot more to say and point out but if you'd like to know more or share your story please message me, let's get together and do something about this school. I mainly just wanted to let others who have not been victimized to look past this school, DO NOT go here, you will not learn more than you could on your own and you will mainly just be graded on attendance, that's all they care about because that's one of the main ways they get their m funding. You may be the dumbest person in the class and not do your work but as long as you show up everyday that's all they care enough to grade and praise over, this school is ridiculous and nothing else matters to them.

UEI is a huge scam making you pay $20, 000 for nothing but an empty dream. The schools did not teach me anything. The teachers gave us all the answers to past test. I wasn't allowed to come to class if I was late on payment which made me missed test or PowerPoints notes. And I was late on payment because at the time I was 17 with a part time job to not miss school. I made many sacrifices and still ended no where. Now I'm struggling to look for a job in the education that I studied. Oh! BTW I did all this to still find out I get paid $11 an hour. THATS NOT WHAT I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR .

I was a former student my at UEI college. I graduated for medical assistance but I had the worst experience ever.  I have filed complaints with the department of education. I will not give not give up and will fight until this school gets shut down. Its great to know that other people like myself are willing to do what's right. This school is fraud as for job leads we were asked as students to go out and find our own externs in our last module and find out if these offices were looking for externs and we had to bring in 5 forms along with business cards in order to get credit for that day. From what we are told is that the career services department finds our sites and sets it all up for us. We are pretty much asked to do their job for them by bringing in business cards along with contact information on the offices so that they won't have to. I was in the medical assisting program and I felt like I didn't learn a thing. I could of learned better home with an open book. This school has been scamming students for years and making promises of great careers and lifetime job placement and leads, there are so many of us without jobs and I get looks when I turn in my when they see the school I graduated from. UEI has a very bad reputation the worst and it's not the students it's the faculty. I'm very disappointed in the outcome I received Uei just fill people with hopes and dreams and mean time I'm stuck with all this loans. They just pocket the money and leave you to worry about the future.

This school is money hungry. They take all of your government grant funds then they make you pay them $90 every month saying it's going towards your tuition. And not only that unless you are quote on quote up to date with those payments you can't graduate, also so when ever you are done with your course they well with hold your diploma because of lack of money.

this school is a scam it is in the ghetto and it is a car accident for one waiting to happen bad setup I already new all the information which means it was basic information and common sense but they're teaching nothing complicated and a waste of my hour drive at night and 8 months of gas money and time I have received no job help the only available jobs they only have little things that I can get on my own in that city alone not anywhere they do not help you I did my resume on my own through templates online the teachers are even that strict and it's hard to get extra help which I saw from other kids that did need help but they give you Promises of job placement hundred percent and we are accredited and so useful and a life they make you sound so excited but it's worthless people who don't have money to go to college are tricked and lied to to waste money they don't have nobody should be wasting their money and they should give us all our money back because it was worthless now if you can use it and it was impressive on your resume and employers are allowed by it then it would be worth it but they aren't so it's of no help plus UEI does not even help you it is not worth the money around 19000 or even more for this little 8 month certificate. They definitely should wipe the loans out and not even be in business this should not be allowed it's just a scam. I still have to be on government assistance and can't use it but I try to use it but it is worthless nobody cares about a little certificate and I also have to have collections on me and credit destroyed because of this? That's not right.

I was a student in 2012 at UEI for dental assisting. I was completely lied to during my enrollment process and they even fraudulently filled out my fafsa to get me to qualify for this loan. I was homeless and barely out of hs so I didn't know any better. Now my life is ruined I can't go back to college because of this debt. My credit is ruined. I'm unemployed and pregnant with my 2nd child and I don't know what to do. I never even learned anything to be able to function as a dental assistant. The way their school worked they had me start at the end of the year when everyone was learning dental xrays. I cried and complained and they said even if I left I would have this debt and I couldn't wait to start at the beginning. So I was trapped. I failed the xray exam because I didn't even know what was going on. The whole thing was effed up. If there is ever a lawsuit pleeeeeease contact me [protected]@gmail.com

They tried to get tell me that it wasnt earned on comission noone i know there has a job after graduating just a big student loan debt they try to make you believe that they're there to help you when really they're not and they'd get you to take out all these loans and then they screw you in the end when they take your assets and try to make you go to work for them to pay off your debt to the end like you're some kind of slave and they refused to stop your after your FASFA application when you decline they are the worst school ever and the worst people I hope we can get this taken care of cuz this is terrible my dreams are going to college were crushed and now I don't even know if I can go back to school to get anything I want to complish

A huge part of why I chose this technical school was that they promised that at the end of my course they would find me a medical site to do my externship hours and that they would help me find a job after I completed the course. My career adviser Maria Diaz hasn't done anything to help me find a location to do my extern hours at, and has avoided me it seems as much as possible. She rarely kept our appointments but would also fail to reschedule and when I asked about the next time I could schedule a meeting would just tell me to come back next week but was either not in the office yet or somewhere else. I decided to find my own site, but when I went to Maria so she could help me I was informed she had went on vacation and wouldn't be back until the day before I finished school. I had just seen her a day ago and she didn't tell me that she wouldn't be here for our appointment(Friday July 20th, 2018). I've also emailed her several copies of my resume and asked for advice, which she kept telling me she was working on and would have for me by the end of the week and I still haven't received anything. The first email I sent her with my resume attached was on July 3rd 2018, and the second resume I emailed her was on July 17th 2018 and it is now July 20th 2018 and I still haven't received anything.

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I attended uei in 2011 Riverside one I did billing coding program till this day not working in field admission rep promise me so many things ended being lies we went through so many teachers I don't feel like a learn from that school they made do externship in field unrelated to what study and till this day they can't send me certificate of completion this school unprofessional I never received information about the lawsuit made for uei does someone have information who to call?

Got a call from Marlaina in regards to an open position at the Bakersfield CA. site was not willing to work around my schedule which should of been a sign I read the reviews about this school online which was so bad I decided not to proceed with the interview...

Hello, my wife graduated from UEI Encino campus in 2014 and they promised her Job assistants. After graduation UEI sent my wife on two interviews. The jobs were really bad.
Since then we have not heard from UEI again. No follow up calls no nothing! This is June 1, 2016 and my wife still isn't working.
My wife paid 14k for the Medical billing class.
In 2014 we get our tax information 1098 -T, and it says my wife paid 18K for classes. Ok.
In 2015 we get another 1098-T when she had already graduated and the 1098-T was for 4, 000.00 in grants or scholarships. My wife didn't have a scholarship we paid 14K cash. Now we are in trouble with the IRS for 4, 000.00 we never received.
They are a bunch of crooks and my wife has nothing to show for her 14K investment.
Do not fall in this trap!

So I went to just check it out and next thing u know I'm enrolled. I didn't even say YES I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND UR SCHOOL my answer was Idk I'm not ready and I'm broke plus my baby is only 4 months I don't wanna leave her till 6 months or unless I'm working making money. They didn't care all she said was well in 9 months ur life will be better. The thing is how tf am I gunna pay my rent and bills if I ain't gunna be working for 9 months? I guess that school don't help with things like transportation, child care help, or housing. I see no benefits besides a diploma tbh. I wanna know if I can cancel my enrollment because I need a job RN not SCHOOL. I have to take more paperwork on Monday please help before I make a mistake.

I agree with everyones comments I read tonight. I recently finished there in October. And I experienced many similar incidents as you all have. Being a few weeks late on a tuition payment shouldnt be grounds for with withholding my diploma. How is that legal.? Overturn of staff and I mean even the director of education at this location has Changed 4 times in the last few months. Rediculous.

well my name is Angela Williams and i have attended UEI COLLEGE the Fresno campus and however i have graduation from there but i have never been placed in the career field that i went to the school for. i have been on numerous interviews and all the companies was not hiring and at any time. i was tolded that i would be getting placed at a pharmacy and will be working soon as i was done with school. never happened i was getting called seemed like every thursday and send to places over and over again and with out knowing that they would not be looking to hire. i was never tolded that and now I am paying back really high student loan's with out being in the career field i went to this school for and paying back all this money for nothing . this is not okay and this should not be done to any body else because i thought this school and my education was everything and now i know it was just a waste of my time.