Western Career College help!!

gvincali · Dec 21, 2007

I have a cousin, who's sister in-law went through that program at/or at a different school, they live in the north bay area, so it maybe it's the same school. Anyways, I know it cost alot of money and not worth it, at all ! She now wants to purse an AS or BS degree but none of the classes transfer to a community or state college, so she will have to start from the beginning. Not worth all that money at all, thats what we think.

MoonRising · Dec 23, 2007

I graduated from WCC, Sacramento with an A.S in Pharmacy Technology. And though I actually got a good education ( I had one of the few really good teachers there) I cannot see how they justify charging $42,000 for their LVN program. I applied for their Nursing program and was accepted but could not get around the huge price tag. Whether to stay or not has to do with what you want. If you are a self starter and don't need a lot of help in Nursing school and don't have a lot of time then you should stay. But if you have time, I would suggest finding another program that provides more support.

They also claim that they assist you in job placement and that is simply not true. I graduated with honors and still had a hard time finding a job because the market is saturated with Pharmacy Technicians, but they don't tell you that, and they never helped me find a job in my field. I was lucky enough to finally find one but 95% of my fellow classmates could not.

And the previous poster is correct that the classes usually won't transfer to a community college. It is difficult to mix private and public education classes. So if you go to a private school for one degree you have to stick with private/career colleges because they are the only ones who will usually accept your classes.

Good luck.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Dec 31, 2007

It all depends on the person....I'm attending WCC in the Bay Area and I have to say yes it is a lot of money, but at the sametime I am learning a lot in the program. ...For me, I'm finding it to be worth it....the instructors seem to care about the students and want you to learn.....Also, I'm not having to wait an extra year to apply to the nursing program....I'm attending it right now....as for classes not transfering....WCC is an accredited private college (at least the LVN program is) and I had no problem transfering my classes into the program, now transfering them out I'm not so sure...But since it is recognized as an accredited private college I don't see the problem. Unless someone else had a different experience. No offense to the poster who had a relative who attended a private/vocational school....I really wouldn't take what they have to say into consideration because they themselves didn't have the experience of going to the school..So they don't have the whole story behind the school since they didn't attend it..Take it from people who have gone through the school.....No matter what you're going to have positive and negative experiences from different people.....Good Luck!

MoonRising · Dec 31, 2007

Since I had the pleasure of attending WCC. I believe WCC is accredited the same as many of the public colleges. And you will have no problem transferring your public education credits to WCC but transferring them out tends to be a problem. I myself experienced difficulties in doing so because the credits were not the same or the course name was not the same eventhough I learned the same material. One of the counselors at Sac City College told me that a way to possibly get around that would be to save your syllabus, course description (which is usually on the syllabus), and book. But she said that it is up to the discretion of the receiving school on whether or not to accept these classes. Hope this clears this up.

Music in My Heart · Dec 31, 2007

$5,500 per class??? You'll spend as much on two classes as it costs for five semesters in a state school DEMSN..

To me, the return-on-investment numbers just aren't there. Work, save money, and get into a public school; that's my opinion...

Regarding accreditation, it is accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the California Board of Vocational Nursing. Since it is accredited by the recognized bodies, I'd think that standard classes would transfer to any other community college or university.