Is Chicago Performing arts academy a scam?

answers1: Chicago performing arts academy, in my eyes, is a scam.
Either that or they really just want to take your money because they
wanted me to pay $500 that same day I got there and when I got the
call, they never mentioned anything about money, they told me that I
was gonna be there, along other people my age, in a free acting
workshop, but when I got there I only read one script and the gay guy
there looked like he didn't even care about my performance
because it really wasn't that good and I acted terribly on
purpose to see his response and he kept saying it was
"awesome!" So I felt some phony in him, then after that they
made me watch a video about how "great their academy is" and
about all these people who are successful thanks to them. It was
basically a video advertising their STUPID establishment. Anyway, went
I was being interviewed by sima, she looked sofake in eeverything she
said and she was so insisting that I'd join
answers2: There is no place with this specific name in Chicago. There
ARE performing arts schools and colleges in the area, but nothing is
called the "Chicago Performing Arts Academy." <br>
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Please re-check the SPECIFIC name and spelling.