The Morality of a For-Profit College, in One Act

[get the red out]

2. I was a "for profit" admissions counselor years ago

I worked in a job like that years ago, I was desperate for a job and didn't know much about the industry when I started working there. I came to the same conclusion; it was taking advantage of people who would go into massive debt and end up with a degree that didn't make them any more money than they were making before. That school had no reason to exist, in my opinion. There was a public community college and large university both in this city, yet several of these rip-offs taking advantage of people too, with their low requirements, evening schedules, and continuous start dates.

The upper management were like fictional characters, every once in a while one would show up and whichever admissions person wasn't enrolling "enough" students would be sent out the door. One of the tactics was to take the person straight to financial aid on their first visit to emphasize how much they could get in loans as opposed to the actual cost of attending.

I hope word about these places gets more publicity. They are such a rip-off.