Hi everyone, this may be a long one.

i need some advice.. How does one particularly proceed with getting the word out to prospective students to save their money for a school that is falling apart - but advertising that they provide the world.

I attend a major fashion school here in Paris (supposedly top 5 in the world??) and it absolutely is nothing like it was advertised:

For background info, i will not mention the name of the school because im not entirely sure where or how i will go about sharing my experience. But i am in a fashion business masters program in the international (english) program of this school. Tuition is 15,000 and my american brain said ‘Hey! thats not bad!’ 🤦🏼‍♀️ My classmates range from french, indian, italian, chinese and south american - this is the cool part.

i will keep the list of occurrences as concise as possible to give you an idea of whats happening here.

-I originally left the Creative Directors masters as it contained classes such as Fashion History 101 and a creative project that we would develop over two years with not alot of lecture time or anything to do with working as a director of a team. It was just glorified fashion design. This is when i officially joined the fashion business program

-We were not given class course sheets until after we paid our full tuition for the year (red flag looking back)

-When i interviewed, i saw the school had a great alumni, two of which are current major fashion icons. My interviewer told me that the school does not like to discuss specific names of alumni as they think the work produced at the school speaks for itself. Now i know she probably cannot legally boast it as i found out on wikipedia that both of these professionals actually dropped out of this school. One citing ‘lack of creative freedom’… on WIKIPEDIA! lol

-In the fall semester, we had about 30 hours of classes cancelled, with maybe 10 hours recuperated

-They tell us we need to learn french to get a job, but provide one french class every two months. after tuition, none of us can afford Alliance Française. I am thankful i have a bachelors in french LOL

-We never have any public speakers. When the class delegate complained on our behalf, they managed to ‘find one’ within a few weeks. But that has been our only public speaker.

-During our week long business marathon project, we were assigned a failing brand. Im not kidding, their website got less than 10 clicks a day. And if we won with the best consulting plan to gain more clients (BTW we had to make a plan for them to earn clients like LVMH hahahahahahahah) then we would earn a free internship with them…….

-No one can find an internship for the summer. no one. i have classmates flying home to the USA, Hong Kong, India, to try to earn work experience over the summer. I know Paris can be a tough market but when you pay tuition at one of the top five schools… i rest my case

-They have a photoshoot space but dont allow students to use it, its only for them to post on social media every 6 months

-They post our official transcripts with incorrect grades, and incorrect year and program as well LOL

-No one has consistant grades. Everyone has grades from 19/20 to 7/20. Our highest performing student failed an exam this week.

-The school boasts about its partnership with BNP Paribas. When i emailed our student life director about the steps of obtaining a school loan he just never answered. But he answers my emails about my sick notes.

-Doctors notes still count as unexcused absences. And then during fashion week when you want to volunteer to work back stage, they hold your absences against you. They dont let you go

-My classmates in the Creative Director’s program have had teachers tell them that ‘the more they talk, the lower their IQ falls’ and that they need to ‘stop watching Netflix and do more work’

-Yesterday when i attended school there was no toilet paper in any of the three restrooms. Apparently this problem started on friday

-Someone got murdered literally in the street in front of our school in broad daylight on thursday. There was blood in the street. Students got interviewed by police because it was that close. I did not find out from the school, i found out from my classmates. And now im scared. There has been no added security measures or anything.

-When they asked for 5 grand for the following year back in april, i signed a form claiming that i wont attend the following year. Its been an entire month and the school is yet to reach out to me regarding anything.

-The tuition is also 15k for the following year. Even though the second semester is a mandatory unpaid internship with no classes…….

-Every week is exam week. Every week is presentation week. We listen to each other much more than our teachers.

I could go on and on and i congratulate you if you have made it this far lol. I am tired of seeing my classmates heartbroken and crying in class and i just want to get the word out in a way that is not just… google reviews. Do i make a youtube video? contact a journalist? There are other schools in the area which are the same price but work with actual brands, companies, influencers, and the same people who dropped out of our program as claimed alumni. I cant watch this school continue to advertise themselves as something theyre far from.

TLDR: I want to share my experience with a fashion school that proclaims themselves as renowned but is horribly mismanaged and is at the detriment of it’s students and faculty.

Salut tout le monde,

J’espère que vous allez tous bien.

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Merci :)

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Article du Canard Enchaîné, relayé aussi par le Figaro.

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