Today, I owe about $18,000 for a useless degree. Why? I graduated in 2016 from the ITT Technical Institute, a few months before the school shut down for good. The kicker? They misspelled my name on the diploma. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, my college charged me for tuition for next semester. I graduated two years ago. I have a degree from a place too stupid to only charge current students. FML
Today, my university is capable of sending me two diplomas in short succession due to a clerical error, but can't recognize that I've graduated and won't be taking classes with them in the fall. FML
Today, I found out that the money I spent on a very specific degree was wasted, because apparently, I don't qualify for a job at the place that told me I had to have that degree. FML
Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML
Today, I heard on the news that the average debt one is in when they graduate college is $24,000. I've been in college for one year and my debt is already $20,000. And it turns out that my school's accreditation does not exist like I was told. $20,000 in debt and no college credits to show for it. FML
Today, I checked my university financial account to discover I owed them over $1000. The reason? They had apparently given me too much money when I applied for a loan and now want it back. Oh, and I spent my loan money on books and a laptop for school. FML
Today, a few weeks after moving back to my home country, I found out my diploma isn't recognized here. The only training provider I can find that can upgrade it to something valid wants another 2 years of my life, 500 hours of work experience and $16,000. FML
Today, after wondering why I didn't receive a grade for a summer course I took in 2007, I realized that I gave the professor the wrong student ID number. Someone else received credit. I've been waiting on this grade for 8 months in order to graduate. FML
Today, I learned that the college I'm going to in the fall has been tampering with their ratings on the internet and actually only has a 5% graduation rate. Everything's already been paid for and I can't transfer elsewhere. FML
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Top comments
Piccillo 4
"Students who attended ITT Tech may be able to have their debt forgiven by applying to the US Department of Education for a borrower defense to repayment.[5]" Right from wiki. your welcome.
rufus_t_firefly 9
Legally change the spelling of your name. I don't think it costs that much.
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rufus_t_firefly 9
Legally change the spelling of your name. I don't think it costs that much.
HayNow 11
sucks man...
Piccillo 4
"Students who attended ITT Tech may be able to have their debt forgiven by applying to the US Department of Education for a borrower defense to repayment.[5]" Right from wiki. your welcome.
ChakatBlackstar 29
"might" would be more accurate then may. It depends on how recently they graduated as last time I checked you had to have attended within the six months leading up to their closure.
joeyl1990 28
Yeah I wasted about half my GI Bill going to that damn place.
monkeytater96 23
Legally change your name to the one on the degree and be like I’m not obligated to pay for a bill whose name doesn’t match the diploma.
Serneum 3
I don't see how it's useless. You still gained the knowledge from the classes you took. I've never had anyone ask to see my degree when paying for a job, either.
RichardPencil 32
You need to hire one of those fancy lawyers who graduated from Trump University!
loveelolo 3
#lawsuit
Lobby_Bee 18
If they don't exist anymore, who do you owe money to?
BrotherPhil 35
Tho whoever loaned them the money to pay their college fees.
themouseman1212 16
Federal student loans, likely.
TheMean1 6
I'm Obviously going to be the bad guy here for stating the Obvious... but what were you thinking going to be Fake college in the first place?? You would have been better off going to a real accredited institution, and probably cost far less over all. Even community/Junior colleges have classes online if there isn't one near you.
aninconle 4
To answer your question, the school was accredited and has been around for almost 60 years. It was even ranked among the best two year colleges. The problem was that the school lied and forged a lot of data. That is the reason for the lawsuits as well as students being able to get possibly get back their student loans. Also why CEO and CFO were charged with fraud.
TheMean1 6
Again, I find it hard to sympathize since even a community college here in CA would cost a fraction of that for 2 years of attendance including fees and books... if student loans were really a concern to begin with... just saying.