I was a student there and mostly I didn't have any problems with this school as long as I have my counsler - I had difficult case of changing my visa status and she helped me a lot. I was never a trouble student, more like average one. Paying on time, coming to classes, skipping if I could, but always having good grades. My last year, and only one more semester to go b4 I had to transfer to different school I applied for vacation (in case you don't know once you apply for it, you were just taking it - no confirmation email that you got approved or whatsoever). So I was enjoying my time off school - two more weeks before my school should start again I got a phone call from their office. The guy told me that he calls me to inform me that they shortened my I-20 and I need to either transfer to another school or go back to my country! First of all, they should inform me of that at least 60 days before my I-20 expires, and second what the hell is he talking about??? He told me that they didn't approve my vacation - which no one ever inform me (either by email or phone call)! When I went to the office to try to find out what happened the lady over there told me (confidentially) that there is new person who's taking care of international students and it's her fault I wasn't informed but because she just started this job she didn't want to admit her mistake and they kicked me out of school. Also they fired my counsler couple months before and didn't assign anyone new to me - that's why they forgot to call me to tell me they denied my vacation request. If I would have money for attorney I would sued them but I had to quickly find new school and couldn't afford to do that - which I truly regret.
My situation happened over a year an a half ago but I just found out that my friend (who's still in BIR) needs to transfer to another school before this Sunday - not even a week! And no one called her to informed her about that! Her friend just got a call from BIR (similar like I received) that she also has not even a month to transfer to different school because they will not extend her visa - that's why my friend checked her I-20 and when she noticed it expires this Sunday she called BIR office. And they told her that she must transfer because they will also not extend her I-20! Can you imagine that? What kind of people are working there??? That's our lives here but they just don't care.
If you wanna deal with something like that and be afraid that you will loose your status that's your school but if you wanna live your life peacefully find different school! read more