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Icdc College Van nuys California school shut down

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cesars13818

Junior Member
I attended Icdc college a nine month course for Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor, At the six month the teacher fell off the wagon, so we didn't do anything for more than 2 months, The school assigned anybody as are instructor, Then the school said it was gonna shutdown and we were gonna go on line, job placement didn't care to help us find internship places so we could get experience, The school shut down , no graduation, now I'm stuck with 15,000 student loans. Any advice please
 


single317dad

Senior Member
Please describe your "student loans" in detail. Are these federally-backed student loans through a lending institution, or money "loaned" directly by the school?

The answer will help determine your next step, whom you may have to sue, and whether your debt could ever be discharged in bankruptcy.
 

Ohiogal

Queen Bee
I attended Icdc college a nine month course for Alcohol & Substance Abuse Counselor, At the six month the teacher fell off the wagon, so we didn't do anything for more than 2 months, The school assigned anybody as are instructor, Then the school said it was gonna shutdown and we were gonna go on line, job placement didn't care to help us find internship places so we could get experience, The school shut down , no graduation, now I'm stuck with 15,000 student loans. Any advice please
Nine months is NOT going to get you a proper education to be a counselor. You normally need at least a Bachelor's degree if not a Master's degree to find work.
 

single317dad

Senior Member
While you may be able to successfully sue the institution for failure to follow through on your agreement, I doubt you would be pleased with the outcome of any lawsuit you brought. The expense would likely negate any gain, and if you read your contract carefully, I imagine they've fulfilled the bare minimum of any obligation they had to you. "You got exactly what you paid for, and no more", as the saying goes.

These scam schools (there are hundreds of them), supported by the federal government and the lending institutions (who also profit mightily), are a bane on society. Some of them are facing (and losing) significant lawsuits and more regulation is sure to follow eventually, but for now you are free to waste your money on worthless "diplomas" and certificates and other such dubious credentials, while the bank (complicit in the scam, IMO) gets paid and the government enforces the transaction.

In other words: Congratulations! You owe the money, you have to repay it, and you got nothing of value for it.

Anyone reading this and considering one of those "universities" they saw advertised on late night TV: go to a state school for similar (or maybe less) money and get a real degree.
 

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