Microskills CLOSURE!

PadsFan

Does anyone here attend Microskills school in San Diego Calif? I am a student there and I have been told the school was shut down today by the Calif Bureau for Private Postsecondary & Vocational Education. The phones go to a answering service and their website is down. One of the student advisors said they were told to get their stuff and get out. I was in morning class today and all seemed ok. Anyone have any info on this and has anyone had to resume courses after a school closure? Any input would be great. I am freakin out cause I quit my job to go to school full time so now I have no job and no school.

Plantwiz

Never heard of them. Then again, I don't live in CA.

Their website appears to be functioning tonight, but it could just be they haven't taken it down yet.

Anything on your local news? Usually if its something big..it will be on the news.


Why not enroll in a regular University? Doesn't CA have excellent IT course? It's a big state, so I cannot say where I've heard of people talking...but it seems that the people I hear from who live in CA never have trouble taking a college course.

I suppose you'll find out more on Monday Morning.

Plantwiz

How about this as an alternative?

http://www.sandiegocet.net/

PadsFan

anyone else? And thanks moderator for the info.

blargoe

That's always a danger when you go to an overpriced commercial tech "school". You can get the same training at your local community college for much less, probably. I'm sorry to hear of your misfortune.

TheShadow

Web site now seems to be down.

We regret to inform you that Microskills has ceased operations effective October 20, 2006.

Please contact Richard Kipperman at rmk@corpmgt.com for additional information.

Students may also be contacted directly by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Vocational Education(BPPVE). Their website is www.bppve.ca.gov

Sorry that you got stuck but maybe you will get a refund.

Plantwiz

TheShadow wrote:

Web site now seems to be down.

We regret to inform you that Microskills has ceased operations effective October 20, 2006.

Please contact Richard Kipperman at rmk@corpmgt.com for additional information.

Students may also be contacted directly by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Vocational Education(BPPVE). Their website is www.bppve.ca.gov

Sorry that you got stuck but maybe you will get a refund.

Maybe they have more then 1 site? From Google I seem to only find this one?

http://www.colleges-usa.com/microskills/?gclid=CIvb8bTKi4gCFQ9OWAod014AHg

PadsFan

That was the only Microskills school. I will find more out about a refund. I have a student loan that was fully funded to the school already so I am not sure how thats going to work out. Just another thing to overcome in life I guess, just sucks to have to deal with when all I want to do is study, learn and get a job and work. Thanks to all those that replied I appreciate your input.

Plantwiz

PadsFan wrote:

That was the only Microskills school. I will find more out about a refund. I have a student loan that was fully funded to the school already so I am not sure how thats going to work out. Just another thing to overcome in life I guess, just sucks to have to deal with when all I want to do is study, learn and get a job and work. Thanks to all those that replied I appreciate your input.

I understand and almost entered into something similar here locally. The after meeting with the school realized VERY quickly that for $10K I could buy a lot of books and upgrade various lab equipment I already had and accomplish the same thing. (they bugged me for about 1 year to 'sign-up'). Thank goodness I gave them my work number and once I got a better job...they disapeared


Anyway, tough luck on that. Don't fret until Monday and then you'll get some answers

Please do keep us posted on how you make out! It may serve as a warning to others....or a light at the end of the tunnel for the next person who runs into this.

TheShadow

Plantwiz wrote:

Maybe they have more then 1 site? From Google I seem to only find this one?

http://www.colleges-usa.com/microskills/?gclid=CIvb8bTKi4gCFQ9OWAod014AHg

I believe that your link is for a general directory of schools and not specifically microskills alone.

Microskills website is simply www.microskills.com

JDMurray

The Microskills Web site now has only the following message:

www.microskills.com wrote:

We regret to inform you that Microskills has ceased operations effective October 20, 2006.

Please contact Richard Kipperman at rmk@corpmgt.com for additional information.

Students may also be contacted directly by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Vocational Education(BPPVE). Their website is www.bppve.ca.gov

However, the Canadian Microskills site seems to be operational: http://www.microskills.ca/home.html

DrDave

PadsFan,
I just called the BPPVE (Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education - http://www.bppve.ca.gov) about the closure of MicroSkills. They say they've had quite a few calls about it today, but they only found out about it this morning. They say their school closure hotline and website will probably be updated tomorrow to reflect the closure, so I suggest you check back in a couple of days to see what your options are.

The website for BPPVE school closure information is:
http://www.bppve.ca.gov/press_releases/closed_schools.htm
and their number is (916) 445 3427, just cut to the operator and ask to put you through to the schools closure hotline.

Fortuantely I've finished all my courses at Micro$kills before this happened, but I still have to do my N+ exam to get my last certification. Hopefully everyone who was at MicroSkills will be able to transfer to the New Horizons computing school which is in the same building and right next door to MicroSkills (how convienient both for us and for them!).

Hope that helps.

BigJack

I believe this is the form to fill out if you need to get our money back:
http://www.bppve.ca.gov/reform_act/strf_app.pdf


Also, the way I got my certs was with http://itdvds.com

Hope this helps

-Jack

jedgurd

Pads fan:

If you haven't already...start with these links:

http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=14E41BA6-6DCD-4BC8-972A-933240C79EF4

http://www.sandiegocomputertrainingschools.com/Vocational_School_Closed_BPPVE_STRF.html

http://www.sandiegocomputertrainingschools.com/Microskills_Student_Feedback.html

Juan C. Reyes

I attend Computer Education San Diego, Inc. I have taken their CCNA, Security + and a couple of the MCSE courses. I am working towards my MCSE. My experience with Computer Education San Diego, Inc., has been very positive. The administration people have been very knowledgeable and very helpful. Their instructors are all certified and they make sure that everyone understands the material before moving on. The class sizes are smaller than at other schools I considered so it allows one on one time with the instructor and better attention for those in class. Their tuition is much more reasonable than Microskills too.

http://www.cesdtraining.com/index.html

Tcat

I do some classes for the folks at CESD. Smaller classes and lower fees over MicroSkills is accurate. I won't be back there til 2007 soonest, as I am busy with the CST and CNST books with my co-author. And CESD has good coffee too