Altierus Career College / Everest Institute
Reviews and Complaints

When I first heard about Everest College I was watching TV and one of their commercials came on. I was like cool maybe this is a way I can start on my career, get moving on something that I always wanted to achieve. Well, when I went in to check it out, to get a feel for it, I thought "Yes, this is the place for me!" Nope not what I expected when I graduated they found one job for me, and it turned out to be a temp agency. I worked for three months and that was it. I haven't heard from the temp agency again. I put in my resume every where, and still till this day, I am out of a job. Every time I try to contact the school to see if they can help, nobody is at their desk. This school is not accredited and I still get phone calls from the student loans office and I refuse to pay if the school I went to can't and will not help me get a job. Just the other day I received a letter in the mail that Everest sent my payments to be made at a collection agency and like I said before I am not going to pay if I never received anything in return SOMETHING THAT THEY PROMISED "A JOB" .

If the students think Everest is awful, just try being an instructor! The department heads at Everest have no respect for the faculty or staff who love to teach and try so hard to make sure students earn a great education. Our hands are tied in most of the standardized, lower-level courses. Ridiculous rules guide our actions on grading and with students, and the pay isn't worth the stress. There is no autonomy and no room for error. We are required to attend virtual meetings every term, only to be told time and time again that there are major changes to how the courses are run or more of our rights are being taken away from us as instructors. We might as well be puppets mouthing a script. Everest is nothing but a paper mill, I've realized, and it has truly become disheartening to teach here. The students AND the faculty are the enemy if they dare get in the way of profits for this greedy College, Inc.

This school seemed to be a good investment in my career. I learned alot from certain teachers and a AS degree in paralegal studies. However, they lie about job placement they throw papers on the wall off of craigslist and other job websites. They only care about your money not you and your education as a whole. I dont mean the teachers i mean the dean and other staff. The teachers try to teach what they can but, they dont teach how they want because they will lose their job. Also, now that i have graduated no one likes the school or the education (the way we are taught) i mean., Anyways i would not recomend anyone to get a degree herre. Please dont waste your time and money. Even University of LAverne say the school is a scam and liars. Some of the best teachers are leaviong because of the situation of how they treat their students and staff.

I have went to everest college and graduated with honors back in 2010... i have not yet gotten a call back from any employer... im stuck with bills and loans... but they dont care... i am also a mother and this doesnt help my situation... scam is all i can say can anyone help me with some information on how to go about this legally...

I like the staff and the instructor but the student is what bring this college down. I hate it everytime I step into the class some student smell like marijuana and they are Criminal Justice student. It seem the students here just want the instructors the give them their grades. Most student in class are on their phone looking at youtube videos and facebook. I hate the be negative but the student here have that hood mentality. I understand you from the hood of Dallas, TX but you don't have to bring it to school. The women here have a nice set but it taken my these men to have sex. Most student will not get the job because some have felons and all type of tattoos on their body and including eyes (not joking). Sometime I think the instructors give up once they see some students Iike that then they start treating other student different like we all from the same place. But not everyone is from the Dallas, TX it would be nice the see more other races there than black. I'm not trying to be ractist because I black too. See other races is nice because it bring a different culture and instead just one. The medical are nice and they are goal minded and what the graduate. But the Criminal Justice I don't see that.

I got enrolled into Everest in july of 2011 and i was going there for my associates in Paralegal. I thought everything was going really well after having to go from day classes, to night, back to day, then had to switch to online classes. I was always on time to class when i was on campus. well i had to switch to online because i was trying to get a job and needed to leave my flexability open. Once i finally got a job which was at walmart, everything changed with school. I did my best to make sure my assighnments were done untill walmart really started having me work a lot of hours which made it to where i had no time to even do my school work. (i was hired on for the holidays so i was pretty busy working crazy hours) Well my chair manager called me and was wanting to know what was going on cause i hadnt posted in awhile (week in a half) i told her what was going on and these were her words "you need to concentrate more on your school work cause thats more important than anything else right now" i flat out told her no keeping my job and makeing sure i stay off the streets is more important. thats when i realized that Everest College was not a good school to go to and that all they are there for is for the money. they dont care about the students. I wouldnt recomend this school to anyone. Im now stuck with 2 terms that i need to pay back soon and all i got to say is they are very over priced. they say they are a hands on school but the only hands on that was at this one was the medical area. the teacher for computer applications was a joke because he didnt even know a thing about computers. the students were the ones teaching him.

Hi to all my friend, i read your reviews and i am shocked to see that how is EVEREST COLLEGE. My friend i am a international student over here and i want to take admission in this college but if some know about that if i complete my diploma from this college they give me WORK PERMIT i mean government has approved if i apply for work permit behalf of this college? if some one have knowledge tell me because most of the people said that GORVEMENT FUNDED college has the value not PRIVATE for Work Permit?

Hi my name isn't really Stuart but that's not why I'm really here. I contacted Everest re: their Admistrative Assistant program. The recruiter I spoke to was really nice and enthusiastic. This program included everything I wanted to learn, including Microsoft office programs. The price? 14k! $14, 000! She was very convincing in telling me how much cheaper that is in comparison to spending tons of money at a University. I was excited and took a little time to think about it. But then I read some reviews on Everest and found that the reviews are mostly negative. (Please google) I did more research...

Everest is not an accredited school. (Check US Dept of Education or Google for info on the importance of accrediation)

Secondly, I found the same program at a local, accredited Community College. They offer an administraive assistant certificate. A certificate allows a student to take only classes that pertain to the degree. It's a faster process, and really for someone who is looking to get into a career quickly.. This program offres the same classes as Everest's program, incl businss courses, accounting, and all of Microsoft Offices. Their price? $26.00 per unit. The cert is 35 units total, for a grand price of $910. And of course, there are fees such as health, for which I paid $24, parking passes, and books. But even with the price of books I will be paying nowhere near $14, 000.

My advise...Everest is a school for those looking to take career-oriented classes, and get through them in a shorter time frame. Most community colleges offer this option as well via certificats or AA degrees, so it would be a good idea to start there first.

I'm on a mission to bring Everest down lol. Everest is run by a corporate machine out to make money, masked by over enthusiastic admission reps and convincing commericals. I do not support them. I was even going to apply for a job with them until I found more info. I would never want to be apart of an organization like that.

For those complaining about Everest's promises to find a job...I've been applying and searching for a new job for awhile. It's going to be tough, and no school has magical job placement powers. The job market is very competitive right now, and you'll more than likely have to go at it alone. If anything, you should be more corcerned about the fact that the Everest "powers that be" care more about making thier pockets fat than giving students a quality education. That's not to say that some of the classes are not of quality, but if some of the programs they offer can be done for cheaper at an accredited school I think someone that cared about me would tell me that.

Hello, I was previously enrolled in Everest Insitute in Norcross, GA and while emrolled I experienced great helped. It was after I withdrew from the Institute to call in reference finding put more about my finanical aid amounts, they seemed as though they didn't really wanna talk about my siuation. The two representatives continued to get smart and talk over me as well as using their language. I felt as though thtey were treating me like a child using all of these foreign words pertaining to how they talk to each opther instead of trying to break everything down so that I understood. It really turned my day bad and now I am glad that I am no longer enrolled and that I am pursuing an education elsewhere. I'm trying to find the corporate number to call and complain about the poor service I received. Then when I was enorlled I had some funds that were added to my amount and was not able to be told where the funds came from. I knew something was up at that moment.

I don't recommend Everest to anyone. Although this institute school was created to give lazy people shortcut to a very easy setup degree, the old school learning method from community colleges and universities always win over Everest institute on competitive jobs. Interviewers always look for higher education candidates and Everest Institute is not one of them unless you're located in the low-end area with no competition and aren't going anywhere. That isn't something to be proud of. The confidence students need are the hard work that students really earned in community colleges and universities that have achieved real education recognition. As much as Institute Everest so-called "college" try to market all their talks about how good they are faking and lying to the community and students, people just don't buy it! When people hear Everest school, people will say, "What's that?!"

This school is HORRIBLE! It's great while you're going there. Somehow the employees are able to brainwash the students into thinking its awesome and they will help you out but they don't. They are there for you while you are in school but as soon as you finish your extern they forget about you! They promise career assistance for life and that is untrue, I have been graduated for a year and no one will return any of my phone calls! I leave countless messages and get no returns. If I miss a payment though they call me 100 times a day but can't call when I need them. It makes me sick. I am forking out 14, 000 dollars to a school who helped me none! And employers actually look down upon people who go to Everest or Pima. Ugh. Makes me wanna hurl. Don't go there! Save the 14, 000 and get yourself an associates degree somewhere else! This school is not worth it! And does not deserve anyones business!

I think that the so called Everest College - is a BIG SCAM! ANYONE that would actually enroll in that school no offense deserves what they get. NO REAL Professional accredited College would advertise like that!
Think about it -ever see Harvard University advertise? Especially with low-class minorities Screaming at you in the commercial.
Then the Damn things are on over and over on every commercial break 2-3 of them in a row! Its INSULTING and Disgraceful and the so called school should be embarrassed! I am shocked that ANYONE anywhere would even think about enrolling there much less actually enrolling !
I am also appalled that they are allowed to CLEARLY market to ONLY Minorities... Imagine the wrath we would get and the riots and the cries of discrimination...if a College CLEARLY targeted only WHITE STUDENTS!
How Everest gets away with it --I will never know..
BUT I intend to find out who actually Owns the school - or if there are board members...and I am not going to shut up until they remove the insulting black guy screaming at you with the most STUPID stupid statement.."Your on the phone all day anyway..." WHAT?are you serious?what does that have to do with anything?Who the heck is he to make such an obnoxious assumption?
Blows my mind that ANYONE after seeing these Commercials would give them a second glance.
My point in writing this is - I hope that someone even thinking about that so called school, , , would run for their lives away from it!

When I registered for classes at Everest I was new to Ontario.I was unaware of many things this province had to offer. I sadly regret being apart of that school. 2 teachers stick out in my mind; my evening teachers were amazing, they did whatever they could to ensure that we understood, they worked a job in the day and came to class at night. If you had any issue you could stay after class and they would talk to you even if it was 9-10 a clock at night.I will never forget these two ladies. They were professionals, they had respect for themselves and the students. Everest does not deserve them! Everything else about this school was a nightmare! I am now in my placement and the placement cordinator did not contact me once to follow up, she responds only to texts if you have an issue and need to talk, she never calls back, you might get a text..I am not done my placement and worry if they will treat me even more horribly if they figure out who wrote this complaint, so with that being said I can not explain the unethical, unprofessional, and totally horrible situations that Organization has put me threw at this time . lets just say I will be back...anyone see who won Teacher of the month, what a joke!

This company has the most misleading hiring process if you plan to apply for any position they have, especially for management levels. They conduct multiple interview process, inform you that they are interested in you, introduce you to staff and only to discover that the multiple people you interview you with do not really count when it comes to final decision. Their Regional Director is the final word on who is accepted or denied for the position, even though you may go through the top management levels including VP and Pres.
I advise anyone who apply for their companies to provide you in details the process for their recruitement and selection process. They have no set protocols on the amount of time expended on interviews, campus tour, and layers of management team you will interview with. One person will say they are interested in you. Another say you're what they're looking for, then the final decision maker can negate what others say.
I advise anyone not to apply for the school also because they don't promote diversity within the school. Almost all management teams are Caucasians and cannot identify with the underserved populations they recruit. If you are Latino, Asian or African-American, they lack the sociocultural perspectives and awareness of the backgrounds of these groups.They also don't promote helping the communities by informing them that education is the key to success, mobility, and accessiblity to diverse, competitive global market. All they are concerned is the money they generate, the revenue they bring in to the company. Definitely a for profit company that has no ties to workforce diversity and truly helping those get a career. I head everyone not to apply for Everest College. I assure you - you will not thrive!

My name is Lisa Lee and I was attending Everest University thinking that I would graduate and get my degree in Business Administration and Management. I started college on july of 2008 and my graduation should have been in the fall of this year. But now that is not going to happen because someone messed up my student loan where I cannot even go to another school to get my degree because of this situation. Like the other students that I have read their complaints my complaints are the same. every time you call you speak to different people who not have a clue of what is happening. Everest took out a loan for my school with out letting me know, so I could decide if I needed that loan, They has used all of my student money with my loan was a lifetime loan, now I can not even get financial aide. I feel as though they should be investigated, to find out what they are doing with students money for school. They do not follow the school policy. I would like to know who I can go to see about this situation, so that those that are up to graduate can get their degree. You may reach me [protected] or [protected].

Sincerely Yours

Lisa Lee

I am supposed to b starting school at Everest college on the 26 of this month...after hearing they were under investigation for misleading their students about job placement nd a bunch of other stuff I am trynna get out of it as quick as I can also after reading the reviews I am terrified about going there orientation is today and the advisor keeps calling me to come in..they will do anything and say anything to get you to stay DON'T FALL FOR IT...I thought j had bonded and made a connection with my advisor I told him my story nd he seemed so in tune with helping me so that I could raise my 3 and 1 year old the best I could guess it was all crap..somebody help me get out of this

after consulting with my son i desided not to go with Everest University...after that i have been receiving 9-11 calls per day all times of the day so i left a message for them to stop calling me. they have been ignoring the message...on 08-20-2011: they called at: 10:12am, 11:35am.12:50pm, 2:28pm, 4:18pm, and 6:12pm...on 08-19-2011 they called me...at 9:56am, 11:19am, 12:40pm, 1:42pm, 3:15pm, 4:43pm, 5:21pm and 6:12pm...on 08-18-2011they called me 9:20am, 10:15am, 12:23pm, 4:20pm, 4:49pm, 5:55pm, and 7:40pm...Now i erased the others before i think to call and complained since i just didnt know what to do...felling so stressed out from all these calls from them i wasent ansering my phone and missed a lot of my families calls...then i relized to look and when its them i would push green button and the off right after...and way these people are acting un-proffessionally and as bullys..please address this problem for me so i can again feel comfortable in my own home again...thanks very much...DELEASE BROWN..

Everest is a true ripoff. They convince students to obtain outragous loans only for their benefit. Once the loan money is received the students are not a priority. They have an extremely high turnover of teachers. Why should a student have four different teachers within 6 months. They even allowed the director to teach as a standend between teachers. Now my husband is 4 weeks from graduation and the school is complaining about how much money it takes for the students to take the certification test for heating and air. My husband had two test dates. The first date the proctor/teacher was a no show. The next date my husband was told the failure rate is too high and the test is to much to give to students to fail. I feel if the students are failing it is because they are not prepared probably due to the school not being organized or having efficient or effective staff for the students. Why should the students be bound to the debt if the school is not holding up their responsibilities. The school is just going through the motions per session to receive loans on behalf of students. That's why they are cheerleaders when you come through the door and slugs once you sign your money over to them.