Reddit, What's Something Most People Trust That's Actually A Scam?

For-profit "universities" like that are largely scams. They make their money by getting people financial aid in the form of government student loans which they get to keep when the student drops out. They also get a lot of money from students with the GI Bill. A lot of places also have horseshit policies like "if a student drops after x number of weeks, they are liable for 1/4, 1/2, or even the whole cost of the program"...and you can bet your ass that "x" is nowhere near actually having gone through that portion of the program.

I've had two experiences with these types of schools, one far worse than the other. I made the asinine choice to go to Intellitec and after a few weeks, decided that it was retarded and a waste of my time and GI Bill. Well, I had surpassed that "x number of weeks" and was stuck with a bill for 1/4 of the program which was around 10k. They also refused to let me return my tools for a refund (they provided you with a tool set, and charged you about 2 grand for it). I hadn't opened any of them or used them a single time but they still refused.

The second place was American Military University. That was a fucking joke. One of my intro IT classes consisted of a PC repair manual and exams that were taken from questions straight out of that manual. This manual was an e-book so one could simply do a search for a portion of any exam question and it would take you right to where the answer was. I also had an IT security class which I began to suspect was complete horseshit because of grade inflation....so I tested it. I turned in a paper that I had written for a completely different class in community college that had absolutely nothing to do with IT in any way, in place of a paper that was due for this class and received an A. That confirmed my suspicion that the "professor" wasn't reading the papers at all and was probably just looking for a minimum word count. Needless to say, I stopped wasting my time and money on that bullshit and finally got enrolled in a state school which I just graduated from with my bachelor's degree last summer.

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