College Admissions Assistance workshop... scam? - Page 3

proletariat2 · 07-14-2008, 06:05 PM

Well, some of the first-time posts seem legitimate. I think the general conclusion is to not use CAA. Let's let this thread die.

darthtrader · 07-19-2008, 08:48 AM

Oh, ok...so someone who calls themselves "Proletariat" gets to say when the thread dies...lol and in reference to the post regarding the my daughters merit aid and SAT scores I would ask you to keep in mind that I did not know about merit aid and the schools that offered it until I went to a workshop, and received the help I needed. I am not saying people can not do some of this on their own, but in my case I needed the help and got what I paid for. As someone who went through the program ,it is not a scam and they did everything they said they would. The rest of theses posts are interesting, but irrelevant as only 2 people actually signed up. The negative post was from a 15 year old.......come on folks.

romanigypsyeyes · 07-19-2008, 09:14 AM

Actually I, the OP, asked the thread to die since it's almost a year old and we've already established it was a scam.

darthtrader · 07-19-2008, 08:52 PM

Oh ok, I guess you have to have the final word then...it is not a scam, there now ..HA HA

BloodyGothica · 08-02-2008, 01:27 PM

well ill like to c please cux my parents just did that same mistake too... another question... are they actualli keeping up with ur things or not?

92mustang · 08-09-2008, 01:24 PM

I just got out of the workshop. They came to a local hotel. I did zero homework going in and did not know what to expect.

They gave a hour long presentation. Concept seemed reasonable and you you start to think about college (I have a 10th & 8th grader).

After the presentation came the "interview". The saleswoman, I mean consulter, directed all the questions to my 15 year old daughter and didn't really include me.... until the shoe dropped - $2000 for their services.

Like any good scam, I mean HIGH PRESSURE SALES PITCH, I had to sign up on the spot AND make payment in full. There was no option to think about it and buy into the program next week. It was now or never.

I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but one of my hard and fast rules says I don't commit to anything (especially if there's real $$ involved) without doing my homework and talking it over with the wife.

I'm sure some folks can find real value in a service like this, but if you didn't fall off the apple cart yesterday and you have some time to look into the process, I think you'll be fine.

I will say this, the pitch did open my eyes and suggest that MY FAMILY get in the game.

Good luck,
S

edaish · 08-11-2008, 11:24 PM

Update:

Hi everybody. I've gotten a TON of emails asking to see CAA..... So I thought it'd be a good idea to sort of, 'save' parts of the CAA website, and upload it to another server (since my CAA account is about to expire).

y/n?

ugokgirl · 08-26-2008, 12:25 AM

My daughter and I went to the seminar 2 days ago. I have one more day to change my mind because I impulsively, because I want to give my daughter every opportunity, agreed to this program. I just recieved a phone call from my step dad telling me he looked into it and I should cancel immediately that I am just paying someone for things I can do myself and wasting money we REALLY don't have. My 15 year old daughter was willing to get a job just to help pay her almost 1/3 responsibility for this because she is so college minded and bound and it made sense to her as well. I started looking on here for answers...There is no cost for the seminar but there is for the program. You Pay $1900.00 + up to over $200.00 for finance fee's if you can't afford to pay up front, we agreed to $77.00 biweekly for 6 months and she would recieve these services for all 3 years until the day she walks through the doors at college. I think I am going to take the other posters advice and err on the side of caution. I can always get involved another time if I decide too, I guess. And poster: edaish, I would be very interested in seeing, would you email me at ugokgirl******.com thank you.

ugokgirl · 08-26-2008, 12:42 AM

Yes edaish I think that would be a great and smart idea to save part of your website.

romanigypsyeyes · 08-26-2008, 03:34 AM

You can do so much better with ANY other program other than this scam. They give you the same information any college admissions helper person (can't think of the real name right now) for less than 1/5 of the cost of this program.

Please do not be scammed. One of my friends was recently and they did very little to nothing more than our high school counselor did.

lovinlife09 · 09-07-2008, 11:43 AM

I would really like for someone to email me anything they can on the College Admission Assistance thing it sounds like some of you have very good experience with this sort of thing and we are suppose to go next Saturday the 13th.
Edaish I would love any information you could give me so I can show my husband that this is not a good idea and waste of time.
Ugokgirl if you have any useful information please email it to me as well.
Thanks
lovinlife@ureach.com

lovinlife09 · 09-07-2008, 11:47 AM

I would really like for someone to email me anything they can on the College Admission Assistance thing it sounds like some of you have very good experience with this sort of thing and we are suppose to go next Saturday the 13th.
Edaish I would love any information you could give me so I can show my husband that this is not a good idea and waste of time.
Ugokgirl if you have any useful information please email it to me as well.
Thanks
lovinlife@ureach.com

zoaxanthellae · 09-08-2008, 11:08 PM

There is not a lot about college admissions that you cannot learn from CC. There's a lot of stupid posting, but lots of free and worthwhile information to be found as well.

edaish · 10-05-2008, 11:46 PM

Oh man.

My account finally expired. Which means, that I haven't had the chance to upload it. And also, everybody should stop emailing me because I can't give you access to my account anymore.

If anybody DID get suckered into this, I urge you to give the rest of them a chance to escape the wrath of CAA by sharing your login info for the CAA website.

university rep · 10-28-2008, 05:30 PM

This company is merely providing a service for those who want it. Students need more than a high GPA or extracurricular activities to "stand out". Students need to take (and pass) the right coursework. In California, we call them "A-G" courses. No one gets into a UC or CSU without them, regardless of your gpa or other activities. High school counselors can be overwhelmed at the public schools, so private companies like these try to meet that need.