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s10czar
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 Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:20 am Post subject: Sanity check- wiring money overseas to pay for ILA CELTA |
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Hello,
Just doing a quick sanity check here. I've interviewed successfully for ILA's CELTA course and now they are giving me 1 week to wire $500 overseas to Vietnam to "reserve" my spot in the November course.
Does this jive with the experience of others? I can understand the psuedo-urgencey as a means to weed-out dreamers and fence-sitters. But a wire transfer??? Maybe I'm too westernized but why the devil can't I pay with a credit card? You would think a major outfit like ILA would be equiped to handle that.
Anyway, just doing my due-dilligence. Does this 1-week wire transfer business jive with the experience of others who have taken the CELTA through ILA???
Thanks,
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bingmayong
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It was fine when we did it, we actually paid for the whole thing at once, but overpaid it as we weren't sure how much the wire fees would be. Once we got here, they gave us the change back.
Just so you know, there is an ILA sticky for all ILA questions now. |
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H5N1
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:18 am Post subject: |
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The CELTA program has successful candidates (that are accpted) wire the $500 to reserve a spot.
Yes, it protects other students who don't get a slot by missing out because someone pulled a "no show."
The deposit is standard procedure (according to all of the people I know that did the CELTA). |
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Kornan DeKobb
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| If you haven't sent it yet, consider doing the CELTA at Apollo instead. But if you insist, don't fall for their crap about how you'll get a great job with them after passing your course. They lie. |
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MrMrLuckyKhan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| I did mine through Apollo last year and loved it. They also had me to a wire transfer since I was still in the US at the time... They also got most people to pay for Apollo's fees for received the wire transfer. It was never mentioned beforehand, but I think we all just decided to grin and bear it when they mentioned it when we arrived.... it was only an extra $10 or so... |
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s10czar
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, got it. Thanks everyone. Guess I'd better get used to minor hassles if I'm contemplating living/working in Vietnam. Don't appreciate the extra fees involved in wiring funds, though. |
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BrentBlack
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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I am doing the October course at ILA. I just wired over the whole amount. No problems. This seems like standard procedure. Although, I too thought it was weird I could not pay with a credit card. Good luck!
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| If you haven't sent it yet, consider doing the CELTA at Apollo instead. But if you insist, don't fall for their crap about how you'll get a great job with them after passing your course. They lie. |
Kornan,
I know you love Apollo, but you have got to stop suggesting that ILA screws people with false hope of a job. No where on there website do they guarantee anything! You obviously feel mistreated, but give it a rest. Unfortunately, your anger is the result of you not reading properly. And I quote the ILA website:
After the course you can apply for a job with ILA. However, completion of the course does not automatically guarantee you a job with ILA, and CELTA graduates must apply for a position through our Recruitment team.
I am not sure how that qualifies as BS? Maybe if you can't read, but then I would assume that you would not be in a CELTA course/English teacher if you couldn't read.
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Kornan DeKobb
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| BrentBlack wrote: |
I am doing the October course at ILA. I just wired over the whole amount. No problems. This seems like standard procedure. Although, I too thought it was weird I could not pay with a credit card. Good luck!
| Kornan DeKobb wrote: |
| If you haven't sent it yet, consider doing the CELTA at Apollo instead. But if you insist, don't fall for their crap about how you'll get a great job with them after passing your course. They lie. |
Kornan,
I know you love Apollo, but you have got to stop suggesting that ILA screws people with false hope of a job. No where on there website do they guarantee anything! You obviously feel mistreated, but give it a rest. Unfortunately, your anger is the result of you not reading properly. And I quote the ILA website:
After the course you can apply for a job with ILA. However, completion of the course does not automatically guarantee you a job with ILA, and CELTA graduates must apply for a position through our Recruitment team.
I am not sure how that qualifies as BS? Maybe if you can't read, but then I would assume that you would not be in a CELTA course/English teacher if you couldn't read.
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Brent,
I know you love to seem like the know-it-all from abroad who is not even here and wants to tell folks on the ground how it is, but you've got to stop doing it. I have no opinion about Apollo either way, although others were very satisfied with their CELTA training there.
Now, what if I told you that they just changed the wording on their website directly as a result of my complaint to NEAS, their accrediting agency?
Here is the wording I was promised:
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| Whether you are new to teaching or have previous experience, we provide support and job placement services which are second to none. |
Here is what they replaced it with:
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| Whether you are new to teaching or have previous experience, we can provide support in finding a teaching position that is suitable for you. |
And guess what? It is still BS! They got rid of the outright lie of "job placement services," and now just say &quo | |
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