Menu
Login
PC Pro is a complete scam. I was scammed by the admissions rep (sales jockey) to coming to this over priced school. They promise the world but only deliver $26, 000 in debt. The credits do not transfer and employers are not interested in a non-degree. Certifications are great but need a degree to back it up. I could have completed a degree for that price. I feel that they are feeding of people’s desperation here in Michigan but cannot deliver anything but debt.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Hey ARF,
I just finished my class, June 2009 and I thought the same thing you did when I started. No guarantees. I thought working hard, succeeding and making my own luck was the way to go.
Write back and let me know if and when the light goes on in your head when you realize the difference between "no guarantee" and "no possibility".
Instructor day one: People will be happy to pay you $50-60K a year to keep their networks running.
Instructor day 140: You're entry level help desk. Take $10 an hr if you can get it.
A student recently got promoted out of Level I and it qualified for news on the PCPro website. http://blog.pcpro.edu/ - June 30
Former Student, MCP, MCDST, MCSA, SDP, PCHT
$30K paid, months of apps, 1 job offer, $9.50/hr
I went to the school that used to be or is here in Green Bay and didn't get anything out of it other than 20, 000+ in debt. I've thought of class action myself and agree with everyone who calls it a money making scam.
Paul
I was also dealt a bad hand with PC ProSchools...and I understood the risk when I signed up (while also thinking will it pay off-the 25k in private loan tuition). PC ProSchools mentoring was medocre at best since I-and the whole class- felt the TA was not a very good teacher...and it is due to this that I didn't even get my diploma from PC ProSchools.
I wrote to the school asking for more help and to unlock the rest of my practice exams and they have yet to respond or do anything about it-been over 3 months now. Obviously the school is a business, but they should at least have some decency to respond to people (even after paying the rediculous amount of tuition).
On another note, you will NEVER get back the amount of money you put into this school...I will give you two reasons...One=they try to place you at a help desk type position, which usually leads nowhere fast. Two=the people who took the loan option will end up paying $50k when all is said and done...which will never be made back because technology constantly changes and you will have to pay more money to keep current with certifications. Optional=this program offers NO DEGREE, and that is what employers today want-not certifications (that are mostly outdated based from industry standards).
I am all for filing a class action lawsuit...has anyone else already done so?
-Sean
You should have listened during the orientation. They never promise anything. I start my classes tomorrow actually. During my intro session they said and enforced they only offer the tools to get a job in the computer field. They help get internships, and employment. I did the BBB, Rip-Off thing after my first session. It's a risk, just like school is. Granted I only paid 14k for my 6 month program due to some economic crisis special they had going on or some BS, I spent 8 years doing full and part time college with no degree. I am sure I spent more than 14k on that, but I managed to land a good job because I have experience. I have a solid resume, I interview well, and I am confident I will get a computer job soon. As a matter of fact I am interviewing for a Computer Operator position tomorrow as well before my lab starts. I know it's frustrating, hell I was also very frustrated after I signed all the papers, but now I am thinking clearly about it. I friend of mine went to Tech Skills for his certifications, and while he's not making 80k a year (after 5 years) he's still making around 55k which is 12k more than I make currently.
On a side note, my sister-in-law went to UW-Oahkosh for 5 years. She spent an average of 3.5k a year while she was attending not including books and all other miscellaneous college expenses you don't normally incur not going to college. So 17.5k spent for education, she couldn't find a job. She is nor working at McDonald's, making more money she made than a job she landed at an insurance company after a year of looking. She's a shift manager now making roughly 35k a year, so in essence she wasted her money in college as well because anyone can be a shift manager at MCD's, you don't need a college education for that job.
It's a scary thing, frustrating, big investment. I have a wife, and a kid, this 14k plus interest is way more than I want to be taking on now, but this is the only chance a person in my situation has at getting back into the field.
All schools are a business, and try to sell their program to you, PC Pro's may seem a little sleezy, but it's honestly no different than what Universities do. You are responsible for the end result of nearly all situations in life. You like I decided to attend PC Pro Schools, it's really up to you to sell yourself in interviews, and you are responsible for taking full advantage of the career services center at PCPro, I haven't even started yet and there are 3 people at the school with copies of my resume.