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nicesnowoman
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nicesnowoman
6y ago
Former student here as well. Can confirm everything here. I know multiple students “withdrawn” (kicked out of Slack with no warning and still on the hook for the ISA) after they gave respectful negative feedback. The whole thing is a giant
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nicesnowoman
6y ago
Former student here. You are a grifter and a liar who is fully aware that students are punished for leaving negative feedback.
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
They had many students sign NDA-like terms as well to get out of their ISAs. This school is not to be trusted and Austen is known to lie frequently.
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
I doubt they'd do that because it'd be bad for Lambda's financials.
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
This, 100%. I'm a student and, while ISAs make Lambda interesting, am mostly disappointed due to the terrible educational quality (and staff's refusal to admit that the quality is pretty low across the board). Still, though, I
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
They pull this BS all the time to students - it's terrible: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1219687148972056578 I cannot believe how often Austen flat out lies on things so easily disproven.
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
It's absolutely shady. Lambda doesn't want students/customers to sue because they know they have committed fraud, and would lose in the courts. Austen's lying again. Students fought hard to get the ISAs cancelled. They
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
I'm a student - "reviews are fine" because students are also scared of being truthful to staff. The staff do not have a good history of listening to negative feedback and criticism. They are either ignorant or delusional. Loo
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
Dude stop lying. Also, other UX students with similar shitty experiences as that cohort have been trying to get their ISAs cancelled, and are getting the runaround. Come on. Did you not read the scathing letter? If you want to address these
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nicesnowoman
7y ago
https://twitter.com/nwilliams030/status/1213475354314039298