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I called Stratford Career Institute several years ago to inquire about my daughter finishing high school through the SCI highschool diploma program, I had no PC at thet time to do research so I went on their word my daughter finished their program and got her diploma, fast forward nine years. My daughter has taken her placement tests and arranged for financial aid and has her appointment with the college guidance counselor to finalize her schedule and is told to bring her diploma so they can make a copy for their records.

Imagine her horror when she is told that she had some very expensive toilet paper in her hand. I get a call from a hysterical daughter crying so hard I thought someone had died or she had been attacked. Once i got her calmed down enough to understand what was happening, We made arrangements to go get the GED we could have gotten several years ago rather than paying for a useless course and worthless piece of paper.

These people are liars and cheats. They said the info that the school is not accredited was in the paperwork for the first module... that is all fine and good. I did not see any of the paperwork and was told specifically that the diploma was good to enter any college she would eventually chose. I am disabled and this was a major hardship for me to pay for it at the time.

These people need to be shut down and a class action suit filed for fraud and theft.

Kathy E Krafft

Monetary Loss: $689.

Location: Norfolk, Virginia

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Guest

Just wondering if you know if it is the same way? I am planning on taking forensic science.

I am going to be a forensic pathologist. I have paid over $500.00 already.

Guest

I also paid 500 dollars to get my hs diploma an tried to enroll in college years later to be told it's basically nothing. I was shocked how ppl can take your hard warned money an give you false hope.

Its ludacris.

Please don't use strattford career institute at all. Its a money scam

Guest

I was just abouy yo pay over $500 for Computer Training Thanks For Letting me Know.

Guest

I just got my High School Diploma.... And it looks very fake....

Its a joke.... This school is good if you just want to maybe learn something new or different..

But don't waste your time or money on this program.... No College will accept they high school diploma.....

Guest

My niece is get her high school course .I just want to thank everyone for letting me know that it don't worth keeping paid this course.

Guest

so if they are a rip off iam done with them

why keep takin g peoples money if there dipolmas

are worthless

Guest

Just found out when applying for college online the other day, that my diploma is basically worthless, and I now need to get my GED. I am on disability, and I don't drive, so I am expected to drive 40 miles one way to get to the nearest testing place, and pay money I don't have to pay for a GED that will get me into college.. can't believe this.

Guest

i too was a student here and took the course for my diploma and like many of you went to go for college classes for nursing and like all of you was told that it was useless and i needed my ged, i at the time when i took this course was a single mother and paid out the *** for this when i could have used the money for many of other things, i am very angry and feel that they need to be shut down, taking peoples moneys and crushing our dreams, wtf now i gotta go get my ged to start classes ....

Guest

Elizabeth,

Did you even read the text? She was not even allowed to register for a course that required a GED or Diploma.

The school she applied to said the diploma was worthless. Thay should not be advertising That their diplomas would be accepted any where and they are accepted nowhere.

They actually do say now that they are not accredited and the diplomas are not accepted by many colleges by the way. but it is like pulling teeth to get them to say so.

Guest

I also took the High School Diploma course, which, I was told at the time that ANY college would accept it, LOL!! Well, I enrolled in a Nursing program and they told me that my Dipolma was worthless.

Unacceptable. I had to go and take a GED test after spending a lot of Money for a worthless Dipolma.

"Please, people who ever is reading this "DO NOT" take any of there course..RIP OFF'S!!! These people should be shut down!!!

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-410229

do you still have the papers they sent to you because you can use that against them as far as getting your money back if you finished the course before they changed the so call get you into any college ***....

Guest

Mostly what I have seen here is who people cannot transfer courses from this place to a college. That is or should be understood.

It is up to each esteblishment to decide what they will accept. I do not think this place is a waste of money and it is not a scam. If it were they would not be operating anymore.

Basically what this place, or any place that you pay such a small fee for, is, is a foot in the door. Considering the price, think of the saying, you get what you pay for!

Guest
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To me yes it is I got my high school diploma thru them and I had applied to several jobs that of course needed someone with a high school diploma and they all told me that it was just a piece of paper, that it wasn't worth anything. so now I have to go and pay more money to go and get a ged that they will accept.....

Guest

OUR GOD WILL PUNISH THIS PEOPLE HARD FOR ALL BAD THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE TO US, I RECEIVED A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ONLINE IN 2007 AND I PAID $1,200 TO GET MY DIPLOMA. AT THAT TIME I HAVEN'T DONE ANY RESEARCHES ABOUT THIS *** SCHOOL, AND NOW I'M IN A BIG TROUBLE TO GO TO ANY COLLEGES BECAUSE NO ONE WANT TO TAKE ME AT ALL, NOW I HAVE TO SPEND EXTRA TIME TO GET MY GED. WOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPOSE TO WORK HARDER, AND PAY ATTENTION TO SHAT DOWN THIS *** SCHOOL.

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