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Stratford Career institute is full of ***. I signed up about 3 years ago for the Physical therapy aide program. I did about 1 month of the program after researching requirements in my state. The program is not accredited. After cancelling I began to recieve bills every month. So 3 years later I get a call saying I am going to be sued if I dont pay 200 dollars. Enjoy your money ***. I can afford to pay it because I went to a real college. Please people dont sign up for this scam. They dont care about your education.

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Stratford Career Institute Fraud

I signed up for the Pharmacy Technician course through these people a couple of months ago. When I got the book, it had absolutely nothing to do with anything that goes on in a pharmacy. I emailed these people several times to find out what I needed to do to get my money back. They never once emailed me back until after the two week time period was up. Now they are trying to tell me that I owe them $300, which I am NOT paying. They will screw you in any way that they can. DO NOT use this company.

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malditah
Winnipeg Beach, CA
Mar 02, 2012 10:31 pm EST

I enrolled at a SCI Canada last year. I did some research about the school and a lot of the forums that i have read says that it is a scam and a waste of money. They kept on sending me a letter with the amount that i owe i just ignored it. Then before the year end they sent me a letter again with an amount balance which is ridiculous! so I called the school and ask if i will pay the amount balance, can cancel it? and the lady said no. So i didn't bother paying it. Since i didn't have a money. So february 2012 i have received a letter from the collectors! saying Payment On Demand =$1, 080.00, that's CRAZY! idk what to do now. Hard to find a job even a part-time job! I can't believe that SCI will do this.

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Ashley's Mom
Sneedville, US
Jan 16, 2012 4:05 pm EST

They will report you to the Credit bureau too! Plus, send your account to collections! HUGE rip off. I cancelled my services before I even got started and when, I called they told me that it was pass the 14 days and I had to pay. I am going to report them the BB and contact a Lawyer...these people MUST be stopped!

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Well after I saw all these complaints I decided to email a representrative... I asked her questions about their diploma if it actually meant anything she replied to my email trying to be so sophisticated and intellectual using some big words that didn't even have anything to do with the information I was requesting..I took devoted time and research to come up with a combat answer and stressed the fact that she just went around my questions and gave me useless information! So the next day some other chick responds the email yet again not answering it... So i resend it again and since then they haven't replied back! So I' m really hoping it is not a scam because I've spent money, time, and hopes to this school and I think the people that say is a scam has had their dreams shattered and not to mention a rip off their hard earned cash! I don't want this to happen to anyone else and that includes me so if it is a scam I'd like to know how to stop them! But they're smart because for some strange reason they're accreditated with the BBB and in most cases MONEY buys everything even people!

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Stratford Career Institute Rip off

I went to stratford Career Institute in 2006 i graduated in 2007.When i was going to the school they were claiming to be acredited i paid all that money and spent all that time doing the work thinking i was getting a diploma. In June 2010 i tryed to enroll in college and i found out the school lost its acredation in 2008 so my hard earned diploma was worthless i wasent able to get in any colleges. I then called Stratford Career Institute to confront them instead of an apolgy they claimed to never have said they were accredited but that was a lie i would have not wasted my time or money on a diploma that was useless. I feel i was ripped off because when i went to the school they say they were accredited now they say they never said it. I feel they should not even be open anymore and i hope they never get any business.

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Stratford Career Institute I took a high school coures and recieved a diploma that is not accredited

I recieved a diploma from stratford career institute and was excited just to find out I could not attend a university because there not accredited what good was that. I am very dissapointed with them after paying close to five hundred dollars for a piece of paper that is worth noting! I really hope people think twice before throwing there money down the drain, and for there saying start a good future for your career yea right there just a rip-off.Know I have to make sure I get my high school or ged where its accredited and start all over again due to them before I can take steps for a better career and future on education! Have u asked? sci if there accredited?

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Hinesville, US
Sep 13, 2013 8:24 pm EDT

I have graduated in 2011. I did not know that the high school diploma from Stratford Career Institute is not accredited until the universities told me that it is not accredited. I can't go to any university because of the diploma. Now I have to retake my high school course from another school. Please DON'T go take the high school course from Stratford Career Institute because it's not worth it on the long run.

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Healdworstschoolever
Hayward, US
Jul 11, 2012 10:05 pm EDT

Heald is the worst dishonest, misleading, manipulative school ever! Especially the Hayward Campus.. They set me up for failure and now they're saying I owe them $2, 800! They need to be shut down! This is the worst things that has happen to me with a school, This is so sad how they're putting people who want to change their lives by starting a new career! The people who have good comments must work there, save your money do not go there. Unprofessional staff and DISHONEST.! Please don't end up like all of us here, I wish we could do a class act lawsuit against them

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Misssee
Kansas City, US
Jul 11, 2012 9:54 pm EDT

I got a high school deploma through them I asked if it was accredited they said it was. I was accepted into vatterott college in 2007 from may 2007 until oct. 2007. I took a leave of absence until 2009 do to my child having medical problems. I then finished another class then they wouldnt let me start the next class because they said they there is a problem with my hs deploma. I called stratford and they then told me its not accredited so I went to vatterott for 6 or months total and they billed me on top of sallie mae when I dont think they should have exceped me. And also there is a grandfather clause because I was a returning student. I am still fighting it and would love advice if any stephrsee@yahoo.com

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MRCLEANGENETOO
Dartmouth, CA
Aug 30, 2011 11:01 pm EDT

I've completed several correspondence school courses, and for the most part, no problems HOWEVER be forewarned: MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE OFFERING ONLY BASIC, INTRODUCTORY-LEVEL COURSES and the only real benefit is the acquisition of a new base of knowledge to help you ascertain whether or not you should continue to study in that particular field. I woulld strongly advise students to realize that a REAL career REQUIRES a REAL education. There's nothing wrong with DISTANCE EDUCATION. In fact, I love to study via distance ed. I love it! I love the freedom, my own schedule and the convenience, but do your reserach on the school (and the career path) first!
BEWARE: The High School diplomas offered by CORRESPONDENCE schools is simply a PREP course, and will NOT be considered a valid HS Diloma by anyone, anywhere, ever! (unless it's administered by a local, gov't-regulated body.) Correspondence schools are NOT the Dept. of Education. If you really need a HS diploma, go get a REAL GED course. The correspondence course is simply a prep course, that's it! A High School diploma is considered a LEGAL document, therefore any correspondence school offering a HS diploma really should list (or be MADE to list) their course as a PREPARATION course. It is decieving. And many students have been duped into thinking they have now enrolled in a REAL High School diploma program. Not true! NO UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE will accept these diplomas, so beware!
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Stratford Career Institute - Rip off

I was pregnant and wanted to finish my schooling and get my high school diploma. So i went through the stratford career institute. And yesterday i was signing up for college, and i found out that my diploma is pretty much fake. Ypu cant use them for anything, such as college. And we called the stratford career institute, and they said i signed a contract...

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Stratford Career Institute - Stole money after i canceled ontime

I sent in the paperwork to take a course with stratford and found out they were dishonest by the complaints i saw online. I canceled within the 2 week time frame and they sent me a notice saying i still owed $184. 86. I filed a complaint with the better business bureau in my state and their state. I also filed a complaint with the ftc. I also filed a...

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Stratford Career Institute - Poor service

I recently completed an online high school diploma course from Stratford Career Institute.I tried to enroll for school or this fall and the school said that the diploma was not accredited and could not be accepted. Stratford claims that it is a career diploma only and there web site states its a "HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA". I had sent them money over the past 5...

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