triOS College Toronto

As a 40-year-old returning to college for a third time these types of decisions are not taken lightly, nor are they an easy thing to do. This is why when I first saw an ad for a one-year program in web and mobile application development it seemed like a great idea with a fast-track result to upgrade my skill set. Unfortunately, when I went in to gather more information on their program I was heavily pressured into enrolling in the two-year program for which I clearly expressed my reluctance. For obvious reasons - my age, experience and background - I was assured that it would be easy to change the program details once I was enrolled. So I enrolled and was admitted into the two-year program with funding from OSAP's Second Career Program for a total of $28000. Within the first week of classes I spoke to the professor and asked him his thoughts on the one-year versus two-year programs and, considering my background, he agreed that the one year would make more sense for me. So the following week I sent an email to the administration asking them to change my program back to the one year to better fit my needs. Several weeks and months went by but still no response. I sent a few reminder emails but still nothing happened until finally, when approaching the end of the first year I was called into the office in order to do the switch. Unfortunately, however, it seems like it was too little too late. The result was that there was an almost $4000 shortage to cover my tuition. My initial thought was how could this be possible when I was approved for a full scholarship for two years? As it so happened, I was not the only one in my class who was in the same predicament and needed to switch into the one-year program. On that very day of the switch, seeing and feeling the pressure of this last minute switch I, upon returning to class, said to my classmate that if he needed to get the program switched over then it was "now or never". So he immediately ran to see his financial officer, who was different than mine. The same result happened to him - they came back and said they was a shortage of $4000 missing to cover his tuition. The only difference was that his financial officer was able to fix the situation, but mine said that they could do nothing for me. The worst part of this experience for me was that I worked hard at doing everything that was expected from me as a student - homework,  studying for my exams, and succeeding at all of my classes. When they informed me that I would not get my diploma until they were paid it made my heart sink. On top of all of this, the internship I was assigned to as part of my program out to be illegally exploitative, bordering on slavery. Under normal circumstances when you walk into an internship, you expect to be shadowing professionals and experts in the field you are studying in order to add that experiential learning component to your newly acquired skills. But what happened in reality was that, upon arrival, myself and my other interns found that 'we' were the team in place and that the firm we were working for basically relied upon the unpaid labour of interns to get the majority of their work done - there were no professional developers in a position to shadow. So needless to say the stress level and amount of work we had to perform was really crazy. At the time I had also not realized that they would prevent me from participating in the graduation ceremony with my classmates. The result was major stress and depression, compounded by all of the responsibilities of my internship which involved late-night phone calls by the head of the firm handling my internship, demanding more output on tighter timelines. I had to put in massive amounts of overtime with absolutely no pay, all the while being pressured by the college to pay the missing money. I pushed myself to get all my work done, hoping it was all a simple mistake that would resolve itself in time.

As a 40-year-old returning to college for a third time these type of decisions are not taken lightly nor are they an easy thing to do. This is why when I first saw an ad for a one year program in web and mobile application development it seems like a great idea with a fast track result to upgrade my skillset. Unfortunately when I went in to gather more information on their program I was pressured sold into the two-year program which I clearly expressed my reluctance to For obvious reasons being my age and my experience and background, but I was assured that it would be easy to change it once enrolled. So I enrolled and was admitted in the two years program with funding from OSAP second carrier program $28000. When my classes started Within the first week of classes I spoke to the professor and ask him what were his thoughts on the one-year program versus a two-year program and considering my background he agreed that the one year would make more sense for me. So on that following week I sent an email to administration asking to change my program back to the one year to better fit my needs. Several weeks and months went by still no word I had to send a few emails still nothing happened until finally approaching the end of my first year program I was called in the office to do the switch it seemed they were all a little too late. The result almost $4000 ended up missing to cover my tuition of the one of year program ? How was this possible when I was approved for a full scholarship of two years? Turned out I was not the only one in my class who came to the same conclusion and wanted to switch into the one-year program. On the day of the switch seeing and feeling the pressure of them being last minute to do the switch when I return to class I said to my classmate that if he wanted to get the program switched over it was now or never. So he immediately ran to see his financial officer which was a different one than mine. Same thing happened to him They came back and said they’re was $4000 missing to cover for his tuition Only difference is that his financial officer was able to fix the situation as for mine said they could not do anything. The worst in all this for me is, I worked hard at doing everything that was expected from me as a student, Homework, studying for my exams and I succeeded at all my classes but them was informed that I would not get my Diploma until they would get payed. My internship turned out to be slavery Walking into an internship you expect to be shadowing professionals and experts in the field adding that extra experience to your hard work we walked in what a surprise to realize we were a team of experts and there were no Developers in position to shadow. I have not realized yet that on top of all this they would not let me assist the graduation ceremony with my classmates. Results very unpleasant feeling of having been treated unfairly and like all that hard work was stolen me. Not only did they start calling me about me paying them before I had even finish my program threatening to send me to collections, But just after six months as expected I I am paying my oh OSAP loan every month yet I have a collection agency calling me regularly and they are slandering my credit for their administration mistakes. So if you’re looking to get not much back for all your efforts and having your credit reputation slandered. The worst for me was not being able to graduate twith my classmates clearly that makes me look like I failed my classes and that is a mistake that they cannot repair. Seems to me that Trios College Cares more about their pockets then recognizing the success of their students and that to me is disgraceful.

Thank you Ms. Alvez for everything you have taught me. Ms. Alvez was my teacher some years ago at Trios. She is a great teacher and she knows law well. With her advice and lessons I have been working successfully as a Paralegal. Thank you for being so practical in your teaching.