Unlike other SCAM "agencies" (which are not agencies at all. You NEVER should have to pay a legit agent up front. EVER! They only get 10% of work they get you. That's it.), JOHN ROBERT POWERS is more of an acting and modeling school.
They take you to IMTA in New York/LA if you are good enough, which is a legit place to be discovered by legit agents.
However, you are better off taking private lessons or getting lessons from independent acting schools. Better yet - just major in drama at college.
I was a student of John Robert Powers. I paid $2,500 for a one year contract which allowed me to take four classes in total. I only ever auditioned for one film (HOLES) from them, however I did have opportunities to audition for other films/commercials. I auditioned for a legit child actor agency and they said they wanted to see me again in six months.
The problem with the school is that they are too expensive for what they give you. Therefore, you could call it a scam.
Don't sign up with them. Take your money and find a independent training classes from legit coaches.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
