[dealgrabber2002]

Hello, nice to meet you all...

I am from California. My gf is planning to go to American Career College (in California) for her LVN. But the tuition fees is $27,000+ for 4 terms (each term is bout 3 months). And it only offer a AA degree (I think)Everyone said it's really expensive including me and her nursing collegues. Many also think since the time is short they will most likely stuff you with alot of info, but the time you get out... u will forget most of it.

Our friends suggest she to go a city college because its cheaper. We were thinking about Cyress College.. many said it's a good college for nursing programs. But then my gf said city college have really long waiting list, some of her friends waited for 2-3 yrs and by then, their GE had expired.

IF ANYTHING I TYPE IS NOT CLEAR PLEASE LET ME KNOW, I KNOW IT SOMEWHAT NOT CLEAR BECAUSE I AM MYSELF DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NURSING.

If anyone have good suggestion, please reply to me. Thank you very much in advance. Please be detail... I don't know much about nursing, so be gentle with the nursing vocabs.

[janenkoli]

I graduated from American career college in 2004 and it was a good option for me because it is a fast paced program and there was no waiting list. i personaly think i will go through with this program again if am to do it over again. i know it is very expensive but look at the positive side, your gf will graduate in one year instead of waiting for one year to get into community college program in which her chances of getting in right away is slim because of long waiting list and competition because the program is less expensive, so a lot of people are waiting to get in because of the fee.

[TheCommuter]

While I did not attend American Career College, I did attend another business college that was structured and priced similarly. I attended Casa Loma College, which is located in Van Nuys.

If your friend desperately wants to avoid waiting lists, bypass prerequisites, remain an LVN during her career, and graduate in less than 1 year, then American Career College would be a decent option. However, if your friend would like to upgrade to the RN licensure someday, she might want to avoid American Career College. Most business colleges are state-approved and nationally-accredited, so the credits earned will not transfer to regionally-accredited community colleges and universities. There are benefits and drawbacks to attending business schools.

[Que3nxG]

which campus is she planning on going to? Anaheim? LA? or Ontario?

[DonnaBrownis29]

There was a huge article in the Orange County Register this past Sunday and Monday naming American Career College as one of the schools that gives students debt not jobs. Some of there graduates are joining together in a suit against the school because their diplomas ended up useless and they could not get jobs and are now working at dog kennels. Check around, there are other options. Also ask about the pass rate on the Nurses Exam AND the number of students that failed it will astonish you. I took the course at El Camino and yes I had to wait for 2 years to get in. There are other schools not mentioned in that article that are also offering the same programs and may even have an RN programs that you can enter after the completion of the LVN programs. Frankly though, I would pass on American Career College just based on the article that truly trashed this school.

[xOC_BABYG1RLx]

DONT GO THERE. LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING. their not as "good" as they make theirselves look like. admission representatives are of course gonna be nice. but when you get to the classroom setting everything will be different. AT LEAST for the Anaheim campus. They dont REALLY care about you. Its a waste of time because your NOT even being TAUGHT, they give you a lot of BOOKS .. & cram so much unecessary ******** on you to do & EXPECT YOU TO COME IN THE NEXT DAY KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING IT BY YOURSELF without the help of the teacher. TRUST - if you want to keep your her in your life advice her to go to a different nursing school. That will ACTUALLY help her in becoming a nurse. Otherwise, she'll be on her own teaching her self - trying to read so much within one night. 5 HOURS IS THE MINIMUM that they require you to study in order to PASS. but i say more like 12 hours is what you need to really pass. & they lie to you saying if you need extra help then there's always tutorial. All they care about is the money. Gaurantee at least 20 people will drop out within 1 month within the start of 1 term, it happens all the time. Even people that are passing drop out because its ******* ******** the stuff they do. The nursing program there is basically self-taught. which is NO point. Everyone might as well just stay home monday-thursday reading the books. & come back on friday to take the test. Cause thats all you seriously do during class... sit down & read the book & do worksheets all to yourself. & the Class Size starts off big around 80+. so its extremely difficult to get focus help. I suggest try looking around for a different school. There's other schools in the LA/OC area ... they probally arent well known because their a lot smaller but the smaller it is the better cause itll help you out in the class. American Career College is just supposedly known cause of their advertisements & ****. All they want is your money! YOU GET DROPPED IF YOUR GRADE ISNT ABOVE 75% at the end of each term. and you STiLL have to pay back however amount of money you used up to that time. The only good side to them is that they have a high passing rate of people taking the state board exam (nclex) - but compare that to how many people ACTUALLY make it to the very last term! I say a good ratio would be a class that started off around 80+ in the beginning .. only about 20+ would graduate. But every school teaches the same information to their students & its just up to that person to gain the knowledge to pass the nclex. its NOT about what school they went to. DONT LET THIS SCHOOL's FAKENESS EAT YOU UP. THEY DONT CARE! ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY.

but if you want, still encourage your girlfriend to attend there, but when she finally figures out what I'm tryna put across... then message back & repost. and go anti-ACC!

try lookin around for other nursing school's around your area first though! before you decide on acc forsure. cause from MY opinion & many others.... the school is ********.

[Tweety]

I'm moving this to the California forum because it is regional specific. Good luck.

The above post, sounds like nursing schools everywhere......lots of reading, hard work, self-directed, dropping students who can't keep a 75 average, and a bunch of students dropping out the first few semesters.

[tothepointe]

Originally Posted by DonnaBrownis29

There was a huge article in the Orange County Register this past Sunday and Monday naming American Career College as one of the schools that gives students debt not jobs. Some of there graduates are joining together in a suit against the school because their diplomas ended up useless and they could not get jobs and are now working at dog kennels. Check around, there are other options. Also ask about the pass rate on the Nurses Exam AND the number of students that failed it will astonish you. I took the course at El Camino and yes I had to wait for 2 years to get in. There are other schools not mentioned in that article that are also offering the same programs and may even have an RN programs that you can enter after the completion of the LVN programs. Frankly though, I would pass on American Career College just based on the article that truly trashed this school.

I would like to point out that the article did focus on the course such as pharmacy technician and medical assisting. Courses that are easy to get into at adult school or ROC. It did not mention any nursing students being unhappy. ACCC is affiliated with WCU which has a LVN-RN bridge. Yes it is expensive but so is time.

Oh and I am going to ACC and loving and the teachers are excellent and I am in the top of my class and everyone is supportive and I went to a top rated university before I entered into nursing 10 years ago and I have no complaints.

[tothepointe]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/g...edical-college
Link to the article and read the comments on it too.

Also ACC is not one of the schools that was being sued. The parent company of Bryman and Everest and the Newbridge school. It mentioned other trade schools were being sued but if it was ACC I'm sure they would have mentioned it since they already mentioned it previously in the article.

I remember a couple of years back Brooks College was on 60 minutes because its graduates could only find jobs at the GAP.