Im a student at Pima, everything went down hill after I registered. They make you feel welcomed and its rainbows and butterflies but it is actually not, now before you think well that depends on the type of student you are eh no. I have seen good student get bullied by teachers and staff, Mrs Darejean is horrible she tells everyone that they will fail and would not even let you finish a sentence. The teachers omg the some of the dosent even match the work book not to mention that the teachers are lazy some gave you the actual final as a review. Alot of the teachers gossip especially with the student yes i was that loner in the back of the class because i loathe gossiping. Im in my externship just a week before i finish im told not to show up to the clinic the next day and they havent answer my questions as to why? I know i was doing good but yet i call the school and no word yet and the receptionist is so rude the staff is always changing the career placement is a joke i didnt learn anything productive because the people that were at my site were teaching me things i should have learned at school! Dont believe me check the reviews in google and yelp from both the Houston campus and am Arizona one.
Hi my name is Nicole Roberts,and I would like to share my story about my experience at Pima Medical Institute, Colorado Springs Campus. I am proud to say that I am part of the graduating class of 2011, or so I thought when I was walking across that stage. Its supposed to be one of the proudest moments of your life right? Well little did I know that almost a year from graduation would I be working at a call center trying to pay off $11,000+ in student loans! I have applied to over 200 Medical Assisting positions in the Colorado Springs area, as well as other areas to include Killeen, Tx, and Hesperia, CA , with not one call back for an interview, let alone an interview. The email I keep receiving is one close
to this: Thank you for your interest, we are sad to say that your lack in experience is something we cannot over look. If in the future you feel you have the skills and experience were looking for please apply again, until then good luck with your job search! Now when reading this you may be thinking to your self she must be one of “those” students that didn't take her education to seriously, and think what you will but let it be known that I did graduate with a 3.8 GPA. Granted its not the best that there is, but it's defiantly a grade point average that should land you a decent job. I feel that Pima not only let me down but ruined my chances of ever being employed in the medical field by not sending me to an intern
site that had anything to do with the career I was looking to get into, the career that I paid $11,000+ for! Instead I went to Telecris Plasma Donation Center a place where, I was “almost” guaranteed a job if I followed the rules and showed up everyday, a place where they will hire a walk in with no medical back ground at all, in fact most if not all of there employes have had no prior medical training, besides Pima students that made the same pay if not less than. So of course I was a little upset because not only am I paying 11,000+ in tuition for a skill set, Pima sent me to a site that required none of the skill set I obtained . If I would have known I could have just walked in and said “hey I want a job”
and saved my self 10 grand I would have! Not to mention using Telecris as a stepping stone for a better career would be a little hard when your trying for a Medical Assistant position and the only experience you have had little to nothing to do with your career path. When doing my two months of intern, I was stocking boxes, rearranging boxes that had come off a supply truck and supply closets, wiping down walls and occasional “charting” which was more like filling out fliers for the upcoming prices for donations set for the month. While there I was required to wear gloves if I was ever to be on the floor regardless of the duty at hand, I have a reaction to latex and it just so happend they ran out of none latex and I
was asked by management if I could just “tough” through it. Really “tough” through it? So I did, I had no other choice I wanted to pass with a good grade and if that meant going home with a rash then so be it. It took one of the night instructors from Pima ( who came in on her own time, visit had nothing to do with educational purposes) to offer me non latex gloves she happend to have in her car. If you ask me that kinda of action is a law suit waiting to happen. When my intern was completely over I had mention this to Pima and nothing was done. I do realize to get to the top you have to start from the bottom which is why the whole way through I kept a great attitude and upbeat personality, I never missed a day, I was ALWAYS on time, and I never complained about the jobs I was asked to do, and now look at me I have
landed a job at a call center (not that I'm better then that) letting the skills I paid for, and worked so hard for go to waste. I have tried on my own to get a job and I have even tried going through Pima with no luck. I think it is time to speak up! I have thought about going to the news a few times with this seems how I am not the only one with the same issue, but I had decided against it until now. I guess the point I am trying to make by submitting this is not only to get Pima's attention, but to let the public know that working with Pima while at Pima is a wonderful experience, but once your on your own in the world, don't look to Pima for help, even with there life time job placement. Its an email
everyday with job postings from what can tell is from Craigslist.org, (applyed to a scam that was listed on their listing), a call once every 3 months for the first year asking how your doing! I don't agree with Pima and how they are treating their students after they are off on their own. I expected a little bit more help in finding a career seems how $11,000 of my hard earned money ( no thanks to Pima) was invested in a career that I can just assume is wasted! I feel something needs to be done to the schools that are doing this! Thank you for the time you took to read my story I hope it gets the attention of the right people so this does not happen to any one else. Times are already tough you don't need your
glimmer of hope for a better future to turn out to be debt, with a job that barley pays the interest on your loans. If I didn't know better I would say it was a money scam.
It would be much too lengthy to list the countless times I was harassed so I’ll list just two blatant acts. 1. I was KICKED out of a handicapped parking space. CLEARLY marked. Signs etc. With a handicapped plate. I was told "These spots are for visitors dropping boxes off”. I replied that’s its a handicapped spot and I have a handicapped plate. She said "I know, but you need to move”. This was demanded by the schools CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICER! Then, verified by the President of the school. He said "You get too worked up. Let it go” 2 I have 2 trained and certified service dogs. I brought each in on separate occasions. I faxed Pima’s NATIONAL OCR REP in Tucson. The shot records etc. I was FORCEFULLY REMOVED from the school, with my classmates just ten feet away. The President gave it to me in WRITING. He said he didn’t believe I had a disability, what it was, then asked my dog to perform. Then I was humiliated. And left. It’s a very long pattern of discrimination. I entered school on the VA Chapter 38 program. WHICH IS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. He ADMITTED to knowing this. It’s NOT he said she said. I not only have witnesses, but the CEO fLee in to speak with me and the president. He ALLOWED ME TO AUDIOTAPE THE MEETING. I realize this sounds so blatant that I must be exaggerating. But the proofs in the pudding. Witnesses, and an AUTHORIZED audiotape! They gladly accept federal funding. Including full payment from the VA. Then kick me out of school, a parking space, humiliate me, then ADMIT to it. If you have an ounce of patriotism or sense of equality, I urge you to attain your education elsewhere.
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Im a student at Pima, everything went down hill after I registered. They make you feel welcomed and its rainbows and butterflies but it is actually not, now before you think well that depends on the type of student you are eh no. I have seen good student get bullied by teachers and staff, Mrs Darejean is horrible she tells everyone that they will fail and would not even let you finish a sentence. The teachers omg the some of the dosent even match the work book not to mention that the teachers are lazy some gave you the actual final as a review. Alot of the teachers gossip especially with the student yes i was that loner in the back of the class because i loathe gossiping. Im in my externship just a week before i finish im told not to show up to the clinic the next day and they havent answer my questions as to why? I know i was doing good but yet i call the school and no word yet and the receptionist is so rude the staff is always changing the career placement is a joke i didnt learn anything productive because the people that were at my site were teaching me things i should have learned at school! Dont believe me check the reviews in google and yelp from both the Houston campus and am Arizona one.
Hi my name is Nicole Roberts,and I would like to share my story about my experience at Pima Medical Institute, Colorado Springs Campus. I am proud to say that I am part of the graduating class of 2011, or so I thought when I was walking across that stage. Its supposed to be one of the proudest moments of your life right? Well little did I know that almost a year from graduation would I be working at a call center trying to pay off $11,000+ in student loans! I have applied to over 200 Medical Assisting positions in the Colorado Springs area, as well as other areas to include Killeen, Tx, and Hesperia, CA , with not one call back for an interview, let alone an interview. The email I keep receiving is one close
to this: Thank you for your interest, we are sad to say that your lack in experience is something we cannot over look. If in the future you feel you have the skills and experience were looking for please apply again, until then good luck with your job search! Now when reading this you may be thinking to your self she must be one of “those” students that didn't take her education to seriously, and think what you will but let it be known that I did graduate with a 3.8 GPA. Granted its not the best that there is, but it's defiantly a grade point average that should land you a decent job. I feel that Pima not only let me down but ruined my chances of ever being employed in the medical field by not sending me to an intern
site that had anything to do with the career I was looking to get into, the career that I paid $11,000+ for! Instead I went to Telecris Plasma Donation Center a place where, I was “almost” guaranteed a job if I followed the rules and showed up everyday, a place where they will hire a walk in with no medical back ground at all, in fact most if not all of there employes have had no prior medical training, besides Pima students that made the same pay if not less than. So of course I was a little upset because not only am I paying 11,000+ in tuition for a skill set, Pima sent me to a site that required none of the skill set I obtained . If I would have known I could have just walked in and said “hey I want a job”
and saved my self 10 grand I would have! Not to mention using Telecris as a stepping stone for a better career would be a little hard when your trying for a Medical Assistant position and the only experience you have had little to nothing to do with your career path. When doing my two months of intern, I was stocking boxes, rearranging boxes that had come off a supply truck and supply closets, wiping down walls and occasional “charting” which was more like filling out fliers for the upcoming prices for donations set for the month. While there I was required to wear gloves if I was ever to be on the floor regardless of the duty at hand, I have a reaction to latex and it just so happend they ran out of none latex and I
was asked by management if I could just “tough” through it. Really “tough” through it? So I did, I had no other choice I wanted to pass with a good grade and if that meant going home with a rash then so be it. It took one of the night instructors from Pima ( who came in on her own time, visit had nothing to do with educational purposes) to offer me non latex gloves she happend to have in her car. If you ask me that kinda of action is a law suit waiting to happen. When my intern was completely over I had mention this to Pima and nothing was done. I do realize to get to the top you have to start from the bottom which is why the whole way through I kept a great attitude and upbeat personality, I never missed a day, I was ALWAYS on time, and I never complained about the jobs I was asked to do, and now look at me I have
landed a job at a call center (not that I'm better then that) letting the skills I paid for, and worked so hard for go to waste. I have tried on my own to get a job and I have even tried going through Pima with no luck. I think it is time to speak up! I have thought about going to the news a few times with this seems how I am not the only one with the same issue, but I had decided against it until now. I guess the point I am trying to make by submitting this is not only to get Pima's attention, but to let the public know that working with Pima while at Pima is a wonderful experience, but once your on your own in the world, don't look to Pima for help, even with there life time job placement. Its an email
everyday with job postings from what can tell is from Craigslist.org, (applyed to a scam that was listed on their listing), a call once every 3 months for the first year asking how your doing! I don't agree with Pima and how they are treating their students after they are off on their own. I expected a little bit more help in finding a career seems how $11,000 of my hard earned money ( no thanks to Pima) was invested in a career that I can just assume is wasted! I feel something needs to be done to the schools that are doing this! Thank you for the time you took to read my story I hope it gets the attention of the right people so this does not happen to any one else. Times are already tough you don't need your
glimmer of hope for a better future to turn out to be debt, with a job that barley pays the interest on your loans. If I didn't know better I would say it was a money scam.
It would be much too lengthy to list the countless times I was harassed so I’ll list just two blatant acts. 1. I was KICKED out of a handicapped parking space. CLEARLY marked. Signs etc. With a handicapped plate. I was told "These spots are for visitors dropping boxes off”. I replied that’s its a handicapped spot and I have a handicapped plate. She said "I know, but you need to move”. This was demanded by the schools CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICER! Then, verified by the President of the school. He said "You get too worked up. Let it go” 2 I have 2 trained and certified service dogs. I brought each in on separate occasions. I faxed Pima’s NATIONAL OCR REP in Tucson. The shot records etc. I was FORCEFULLY REMOVED from the school, with my classmates just ten feet away. The President gave it to me in WRITING. He said he didn’t believe I had a disability, what it was, then asked my dog to perform. Then I was humiliated. And left. It’s a very long pattern of discrimination. I entered school on the VA Chapter 38 program. WHICH IS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. He ADMITTED to knowing this. It’s NOT he said she said. I not only have witnesses, but the CEO fLee in to speak with me and the president. He ALLOWED ME TO AUDIOTAPE THE MEETING. I realize this sounds so blatant that I must be exaggerating. But the proofs in the pudding. Witnesses, and an AUTHORIZED audiotape! They gladly accept federal funding. Including full payment from the VA. Then kick me out of school, a parking space, humiliate me, then ADMIT to it. If you have an ounce of patriotism or sense of equality, I urge you to attain your education elsewhere.