What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
I have a few questions about the liability of a university in the case of misrepresenting an admitted applicants opportunities within an MBA program.
Here is what happened. I was admitted to a ranked MBA program. During the admissions process and after I was admitted, the faculty and current students from the school misrepresented certain aspects of the program. At this particular program, students are given the chance to select career tracks and to interview with the faculty members who were responsible for these career tracks (after admission and during the first semester). During the admissions process, it was represented to me that any career track I wanted would be available to me and that attending the MBA program would be a chance to explore any career that I chose. It was also represented that I could pursue certain specific tracks, and then gain a career in those tracks, for example, get interviews with certain high profile companies using the resources and network at this particular program (the information was shared both in writing and also verbally on 3 or 4 separate occasions).
Well, once I made the decision to attend the school, quit my current job and moved to this state, I was then told that my two top choices for career tracks would no longer be available to me, given the faculties assessment and my interview and I should then choose to pursue something else. This meant that I would not have access to certain classes and also the alumni network from the school previously mentioned to me. Also to be fair, the program did have information in writing that the administration can deny a student a career track if they so choose (this contradicted what the faculty and students had sent me previously). In addition, I do believe this constitutes a violation of a students rights at this university. Also, I later found out that one of the faculty members who discussed the program with me had claimed to have attended an Ivy League university, but after checking his curriculum vitae a couple of months later, no such Ivy League university was listed. I also suspect this decision was made for malicious reasons but this is another issue, I think.
Does this constitute fraud? Would the university be legally responsible for the misrepresentations during the admissions process? My argument is that it does constitute fraud because those promises were made in order to induce me to attend that program versus a competing one and to quit my current job and increase the acceptance yield at the school! What type of a damages judgment would I be able to receive if I were to sue?
I have a few questions about the liability of a university in the case of misrepresenting an admitted applicants opportunities within an MBA program.
Here is what happened. I was admitted to a ranked MBA program. During the admissions process and after I was admitted, the faculty and current students from the school misrepresented certain aspects of the program. At this particular program, students are given the chance to select career tracks and to interview with the faculty members who were responsible for these career tracks (after admission and during the first semester). During the admissions process, it was represented to me that any career track I wanted would be available to me and that attending the MBA program would be a chance to explore any career that I chose. It was also represented that I could pursue certain specific tracks, and then gain a career in those tracks, for example, get interviews with certain high profile companies using the resources and network at this particular program (the information was shared both in writing and also verbally on 3 or 4 separate occasions).
Well, once I made the decision to attend the school, quit my current job and moved to this state, I was then told that my two top choices for career tracks would no longer be available to me, given the faculties assessment and my interview and I should then choose to pursue something else. This meant that I would not have access to certain classes and also the alumni network from the school previously mentioned to me. Also to be fair, the program did have information in writing that the administration can deny a student a career track if they so choose (this contradicted what the faculty and students had sent me previously). In addition, I do believe this constitutes a violation of a students rights at this university. Also, I later found out that one of the faculty members who discussed the program with me had claimed to have attended an Ivy League university, but after checking his curriculum vitae a couple of months later, no such Ivy League university was listed. I also suspect this decision was made for malicious reasons but this is another issue, I think.
Does this constitute fraud? Would the university be legally responsible for the misrepresentations during the admissions process? My argument is that it does constitute fraud because those promises were made in order to induce me to attend that program versus a competing one and to quit my current job and increase the acceptance yield at the school! What type of a damages judgment would I be able to receive if I were to sue?
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