Western Career College??

[dalinsac]

Hello---I am a 47-yr. old woman looking to change careers (from Dental to Medical). I'd like to become a Surgical Technician and thought it may benefit me if I received my A.S. degree to become a LVN/ LPN first. Although my research has lead me to a few Community Colleges with Nursing programs in Northern California, I wanted to know how the Allied Health community revered 'Western Career College' programs and their graduates. They have an acceleraded LVN program. Although, it would be much more expensive, but faster than the community college route and well---I'm no 'spring chicken'. I'm concerned about their reputation and want to make the best academic choice.

Your thoughts? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

[freckles2rn]

Hi! I attended Western for the 1st semester of the LVN program. I only attended for the 1 semester. I felt, as I think you do, that their reputation is not the best. (in fact, I posted something about opinions from previous graduates about 1 year ago and got asked by the head of Western's nursing department to remove my post because she didn't want anything on the interet about them).

I felt that for the $10,000 that I paid for the 1st semester that I had wasted the money. Things were very disorganized, teachers would talk bad about each other and fellow students to us. Our instructor gave us all the answers to the test the week before(needless to say, I never had any homework and didn't learn a darn thing). There was no structure. I did hear that 2nd semester was better (and harder), but is it worth the $42000 bill at the end???? It wasn't for me.

I felt that I could wait the 8 months that I had to to get into a accredited nursing program with extremely high n-clex pass rates.

Don't let me sway your ideas, but I was not happy with my lack of education given at Western!