I would like to start by saying that you must be careful when choosing a school. I started AIM in September of 2011. When attending my first day of school, I definately noticed some extreme circumstances. I started off as a night student, and was horrified at the behaviors I saw some of the students exzibit. It was like a HollyWood movie script. There is a high level of Chicago gangsters that run drugs in and out of the school. There still is a high level of students that buy them. These students will bully and get on the good side of certain there such as Rachael Gildon. Rachael Gildon was the student service representitive who was supposed to help students get resumes together, job search and obtain housing. I had to chase her for three weeks just to get her. too help me fill out a resume. Rachael is a mexican american who is verry racist against white people. I base this on the faxt that she helps all the african and mexican american students first before the white studemts.
I foolishly made a comment in class one day. A student asked me, did you talk to Rachael about a job? I said "I don't think I'm the right color". A african american student over herdthis and went and told Rachael. Remimd you tjere were only three people in the class room when this happened. I later on went to financial aid amd she came storming in there yelling, "I herd you said I was racist." I preceeded to tell her how unprofessional she was and if this were the case , she could have possibly put this students safety in jeopardy. I would never commit such a thing, but what if I would have been some phycho??
I am a single parent and have had to withdraw from school once already. I have had to take three LOA's so far. I have recently had ro withdraw again due to my sons mental health problems. I called corporate to let them know that I want ro return on the same program I left on, due to me withdrawing of no falt of my own. I said that I did not want to have to pay $150 a month because I have had my school all just about paid for, and I only have 5 blocks left. I also told them if I had tto withdraw, I needed to be accepted back. I had not a choice but to be incolved in my sons therapy. I also want to be involved in my sons therapy because I love him. Not to mention His mother left three years ago and I have been the soul provider. Corperate. then proceeds to tell me that its up to the campus directoer to let me back. I had to bring my elderly mother in the meeting I had with the campus director alnog wirh paper work from my sons therapist just to establish belief. If they don't let me back, I will laywer up, and get all my money back. Also their financial aid deepartment took money for loans when I ywas on an LOA . I had to bring in paper work from the loan department just to get them to relase the moneyack o the lender. I wil say this though, when I graduate from AIM I will get a gfeat job and a career. It's not that Aviarion Institute of Maintenance is a bad school, you just really have to watch everything they say and do. Not to mention there is a fight club on nights.
I enrolled at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Va Beach, Va. I had seen the commercials and listened to the promises of making $18.00 an hour with the airlines. I was given a flyer of all the benefits of going to AIM.
I met with the financial aid person, Tracy Asper. She told me that I could get loans and grants to attend the school. She did all the paperwork. I wasn't working at the time, so going to school should have been easy. Not if you are trying to go to school for the required 28 hours a week and trying to raise a family.
When I asked about the daycare assistance that was printed on their flyer, I was told that the school did not offer any daycare assistance. Well why even put that on the flyer? So I enrolled my daughter into a daycare program. I had to take time off school when she was sick and the daycare center was not open on the weekends. Paying almost $200.00 a week to attend school and then trying to find a job that would work around daycare and school does not happen. Here's the deal with AIM, the classes are Mon-Thurs 7:30am-2pm or 5pm-11:30pm. You can only miss 18 hours (3 days) per semester (avg of 5 weeks) and all makeup hours must be made up within a certain amount of time. Fridays and every other Saturday the hours can be made up and M-T from 2-5pm. Unless you enroll in the degree program which is held on Fridays 8am-1pm. If you miss the 18 hours you will be recycled and billed again to take that class.
The interesting part is about the billing. I did not graduate from AIM. The credits I did get are NON-transferrable. If I want to complete my education, I must start over at another school or RE-enroll with AIM and be charged for another tuition. I am in debt to AIM for a little over $23,000.00 with nothing to show for it. I have student loans and a nice collection account. I never knew how much I was being charged in loans because the financial aid person filed all the paperwork. Everywhere else, you are billed per credit hour for the classes you take. I was billed for the classes I took and the ones I might end up taking. What did I get for the 23k? Nothing. Oh, the airlines are not hiring at 18.00 an hour. It's more like 9.00 an hour and the training at AIM is not the training you see then advertise in the commercials. The school does not even own any airworthy aircraft nor do they offer any avionics classes. The tools are the equivalent of ones you can find at a flea market. The drop out rate is about 97%. When I asked questions concerning my debt, I was hung up on and my phone calls were never returned. BEWARE of AIM!!
Aviation Institute of Maintenance Reviews
I would like to start by saying that you must be careful when choosing a school. I started AIM in September of 2011. When attending my first day of school, I definately noticed some extreme circumstances. I started off as a night student, and was horrified at the behaviors I saw some of the students exzibit. It was like a HollyWood movie script. There is a high level of Chicago gangsters that run drugs in and out of the school. There still is a high level of students that buy them. These students will bully and get on the good side of certain there such as Rachael Gildon. Rachael Gildon was the student service representitive who was supposed to help students get resumes together, job search and obtain housing. I had to chase her for three weeks just to get her. too help me fill out a resume. Rachael is a mexican american who is verry racist against white people. I base this on the faxt that she helps all the african and mexican american students first before the white studemts.
I foolishly made a comment in class one day. A student asked me, did you talk to Rachael about a job? I said "I don't think I'm the right color". A african american student over herdthis and went and told Rachael. Remimd you tjere were only three people in the class room when this happened. I later on went to financial aid amd she came storming in there yelling, "I herd you said I was racist." I preceeded to tell her how unprofessional she was and if this were the case , she could have possibly put this students safety in jeopardy. I would never commit such a thing, but what if I would have been some phycho??
I am a single parent and have had to withdraw from school once already. I have had to take three LOA's so far. I have recently had ro withdraw again due to my sons mental health problems. I called corporate to let them know that I want ro return on the same program I left on, due to me withdrawing of no falt of my own. I said that I did not want to have to pay $150 a month because I have had my school all just about paid for, and I only have 5 blocks left. I also told them if I had tto withdraw, I needed to be accepted back. I had not a choice but to be incolved in my sons therapy. I also want to be involved in my sons therapy because I love him. Not to mention His mother left three years ago and I have been the soul provider. Corperate. then proceeds to tell me that its up to the campus directoer to let me back. I had to bring my elderly mother in the meeting I had with the campus director alnog wirh paper work from my sons therapist just to establish belief. If they don't let me back, I will laywer up, and get all my money back. Also their financial aid deepartment took money for loans when I ywas on an LOA . I had to bring in paper work from the loan department just to get them to relase the moneyack o the lender. I wil say this though, when I graduate from AIM I will get a gfeat job and a career. It's not that Aviarion Institute of Maintenance is a bad school, you just really have to watch everything they say and do. Not to mention there is a fight club on nights.
I enrolled at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Va Beach, Va. I had seen the commercials and listened to the promises of making $18.00 an hour with the airlines. I was given a flyer of all the benefits of going to AIM.
I met with the financial aid person, Tracy Asper. She told me that I could get loans and grants to attend the school. She did all the paperwork. I wasn't working at the time, so going to school should have been easy. Not if you are trying to go to school for the required 28 hours a week and trying to raise a family.
When I asked about the daycare assistance that was printed on their flyer, I was told that the school did not offer any daycare assistance. Well why even put that on the flyer? So I enrolled my daughter into a daycare program. I had to take time off school when she was sick and the daycare center was not open on the weekends. Paying almost $200.00 a week to attend school and then trying to find a job that would work around daycare and school does not happen. Here's the deal with AIM, the classes are Mon-Thurs 7:30am-2pm or 5pm-11:30pm. You can only miss 18 hours (3 days) per semester (avg of 5 weeks) and all makeup hours must be made up within a certain amount of time. Fridays and every other Saturday the hours can be made up and M-T from 2-5pm. Unless you enroll in the degree program which is held on Fridays 8am-1pm. If you miss the 18 hours you will be recycled and billed again to take that class.
The interesting part is about the billing. I did not graduate from AIM. The credits I did get are NON-transferrable. If I want to complete my education, I must start over at another school or RE-enroll with AIM and be charged for another tuition. I am in debt to AIM for a little over $23,000.00 with nothing to show for it. I have student loans and a nice collection account. I never knew how much I was being charged in loans because the financial aid person filed all the paperwork. Everywhere else, you are billed per credit hour for the classes you take. I was billed for the classes I took and the ones I might end up taking. What did I get for the 23k? Nothing. Oh, the airlines are not hiring at 18.00 an hour. It's more like 9.00 an hour and the training at AIM is not the training you see then advertise in the commercials. The school does not even own any airworthy aircraft nor do they offer any avionics classes. The tools are the equivalent of ones you can find at a flea market. The drop out rate is about 97%. When I asked questions concerning my debt, I was hung up on and my phone calls were never returned. BEWARE of AIM!!
Jonell
Norfolk, Virginia
U.S.A.