It always was a hustle, the GOP is against student loans for a reason, alot of kids go to for profit and online schools.
Truth is the state schools are the best choice, if you CAN afford Unversity of Miami which is about 45k a year do that if not Public community college then state is better
Broward college -> FAU or FIU is much cheaper than let's stay alot of these online hustles.
America is somewhat built of scams and deception, the democrats helping kids cancel loans won't be liked by many.
What happened to "Learn to Code"?
What happened to "Crypto Bros"?
I could go on and on,
The have a fraud Cybersecurity course at University of Miami that's a scam, it's not with UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI but another scam company that got approval to use the name, all fraud shit 24-7 365
Get the cybersecurity knowledge and experience you need in under a year by signing up for the University of Miami’s Cybersecurity Professional Bootcamp.
digitalskills.miami.edu
Here ya go! from reddit!!!
Short answer. No it's a scam.
Long answer (I'm a currently enrolled student)....
- The program is a bootcamp, so don't think you'll get a degree out of it. You get a certificate of questionable value to an employer.
- The program just borrows the UM campus. It's actually run by HackerU.
- Yes "Hacker. U." the name even sounds scammy.
- They do hire local technology professionals who seem to be usually be on top of their knowledge. But the curriculum is so unorganized and lackluster and the org so sketchy that you pretty much have to rely on what the instructor knows.
- it costs $16,000!
- no books, slides, etc! at any local community college they give you material and books and you work with ACTUAL hardware for like 2-3k. And at least it's a recognized program and you come out with certifications! YOU GET NO CERTIFICATIONS WITH THIS PROGRAM. Just a piece of paper saying you completed.
- There are so many students repeatedly failing exams and skipping attendance that makes every student wonder how valuable this "completion" thing they print off for you at the end is actually worth. If graduates are coming out with failing grades and skipping class.
- it's $16,000!
- The HackerU org is a sketch org run by some israeli corp, not even UM people. It really seems fishy. I'm not sure what's going on.
- The HackerU people just are constantly interrupting class, asking for endless reviews, and are just salesmen.
- if you reach out to them asking about enrollment they will promise the world and 100k salaries after graduation! and all this BS. So yeah, 16k now, 100k/year later? SURE. Lies. All they want is that sale. And after you drop that money, they don't care about actually teaching you anything or providing anything of value. They even do an a little teaser thing for like 4 weeks or something and make it sound so cool (you'll be a hacker!!) and constantly try to sell you the program to get you to enroll in the full program.
Save yourself. If you are driven and want to make a career change. Go to a local school. MDC, Broward, FIU, etc. Something legitimate and recognized in the area. At least you can come out of the program with actual tech certifications.
