What a scam! Don’t waste your money! UEI completely mislead my wife into signing up for a course as medical assistant.

They had us believe there would be no problem acquiring a job in her field and that they would help with her employment. She was told she would be making between $14-$18 an hour as a medical assistant and that this was a solid career move with room to advance.

I am an out of work General Contractor... and with our savings dwindling and no relief in sight from the crippled economy, we made the decision to send my wife to school. I co-signed for the loan on her courses and she promptly began.

It was not long after she started before it became clear...this was not what we bargained for. Her first instructor did not last long and after being replaced, the new instructor and students realized they were not learning proper techniques, grades were not being reported and homework was not being followed up on. The confusion was extremely disturbing to us and that was just the beginning.

The classroom environment was equivalent to high school. . Students and teachers alike waste valuable time on classroom parties, love quarrels, and fighting among each other. My wife was actually threatened with physical bodily harm by another female student one day. This verbally vulgar person falsely claimed my wife, who always minds her own business, blew the whistle on her after she cheated(common among students) on a test and was caught. Never mind the fact she is cheating her way through life, never mind the fact that she can’t use a sentence without saying the ‘F’ word, never mind her personal hygiene and appearance but she actually wanted to beat my wife up!?...What’s wrong with girls today? What’s wrong with their parents…and most of all what is wrong with UEI for allowing this kind of non-sense?

My wife once told me she and a couple other students witnessed a condom fall out of her instructor’s lab coat during class. WTF…is this guy doing with a condom in his lab coat…maybe it’s for some medical procedure…yeah right …that’s why he turned bright red and became evasive when they told him about it.

Needless to say we counted the days till her program completion. Despite all the trouble my wife studied hard, did her homework, and never missed a day of class. She graduated with honors and a 4.0 GPA.

My wife then went on to her internship which was no picnic(8 hours a day with no pay). This went on for a month at a cost of $ 175.00 thanks to gas prices. She never missed a day and received 100% credit as well as great recommendations.

It has been 6 months since completing her course now. Our first payment on the loan is due in July and after distributing countless resumes online and in person …still no job. She only landed two interviews in all this time only to find she was not chosen. One of them was not even in her field of work. First of all… employers here in southern Ca. only want you if you can speak Spanish (thanks to all the free health care…don’t even get me started…). The other big hurdle is you have to have experience. How are you supposed to get experience if no one gives you a chance. From doing research I found out you have to do voluntary work or work below pay grade (around $9/hr) for this experience. My wife did not graduate at the bottom of her class…she graduated with a perfect 4.0 record and perfect attendance. I can’t believe this counts for nothing. She is more than qualified.

Again, we were mislead into thinking we were investing in a legitimate career. My wife and I sacrificed a great deal since this all began. My wife continues to send out resumes with no takers. She has become very discouraged and depressed at times. We now have a 9, 000 dollar debt on top of all this. We feel hung out dry by UEI and can only advise anyone who is thinking of enrolling. Don’t do it… if you want to go to school go to a real university. Don’t listen to all the false promises. What a mess this has caused in our lives.

Based on what I witnessed, I can’t help but think many of the graduates UEI are pushing out of their school are poorly trained. Employers know this and will not take a chance on these under qualified new graduates until someone else has a chance to train them. If UEI were putting out quality graduates instead of quantity graduates they might have a better relationship/reputation with medical facilities, clinics, offices and hospitals and therefore be able to find their graduates a job. In other words none of these places trust UEI either. How could they possibly find anyone a job? You might even be better off not to have them on your resume.

Why does anyone need this?

Stay away from UEI!!!