I was led to believe by school admin that getting certified as a MIBC was impossible without this program. Not true. You just need to take the test. ALSO we were misled to think that this program trumps experience. We were literally told that this course is the same as "two years work experience". It was incredibly disheartening to be told that its cheaper and preferred by companies to train for someone within to get MIBC certified than to hire someone new, especially if you have no experience in that field. I was told directly by a hiring manager after always seemingly acing every interview (MIBC even had a required course on getting hired), that for-profit schools are looked down upon and not taken seriously. I feel foolish and ashamed that I had my parents co-sign a 12000 loan for a 10-month program when i could have attended a similar program at a,LEGIT university. Also myself along with every other MIBC student received the same listless email from the job placement specialist, regarding a scant handful of jobs that seemed few and far in between. Thus , another lie - when I was talking with the pci recruiter, he stated these jobs were always in demand. It turns out the pci recruiters get paid commission - quell surprise. The head of the coding program waw completely awesome, though. That place didn't' deserve to have her working for them.
We apologize for your negative experience in 2010. Our recruiters do not and have not received a commission. We did have our MIIBC program at the time due to strong demand from employers but found that with students not wanting to take the certification exam our outcomes were not what we wanted. Please let us know if career services can be of any assistance.
This school is terrible. I was enrolled and ready to start classes when I decided to withdrawal. Everyone you talk to is just so pushy and tries to push you into things. When I went to withdrawal from their school they would not let me and kept offering me other programs to enroll in, finally I was able to withdrawal and my admissions advisor was very very rude and unprofessional. This school only wants your money. Now I am having to get ahold of them to have them fill out a withdrawal clearance letter so I can attend another school and now you can't find a single person to talk to all you get is someone's voicemail. This school is a joke, do not waste your money here.
We apologize for your unpleasant experience. We do condone our representatives being pushy or not respecting our students wishes. Our financial aid department and business office would be more than happy to give you a withdrawal clearance letter. Please call us at 800-676-7912 so that we may help you resolve this.
PCI is a terrible terrible school. I have degrees I just attended PCI briefly because I wanted to pick up an extra trade. The financial aid office is a JOKE. THEY SWITCH STAFF LIKE IT'S NOTHING. THEY are very rude and only care about your money!!!!!!
I was a student at pinnacle career institute online for HVAC was recommend to by company the teachers was was engaged in the class and if you had any questions you could call or email them with problems you having with the class the boot camp was about 10 days really enjoyed boot camp it was small so you had more time to study in the labs for the hands on training I WOULD RECOMMEND PINNACLE TO ANY ONE.
We apologize that you had an unpleasant experience with your financial aid. If there is any way that we can still be of assistance, our business office would love to help. Please let us know how we can help.
Spent $12,000 , still could not find employment in the field I was "trained" for. I was actually told PCI and other non -accredited , for profit schools are looked down upon at multiple job interviews by bemused recruiters (wheras part of the high-pressure enrollment script leads you to believe PCI is respected in the field.) Ultimately my next employment was at Walmart, despite being on the honor roll the entire duration of my courses. I don't think any of the medical billing jobs I applied for even called my references.
I feel this is a scam. What you are not told is there is no one will hire you. You have no experience. The online degree does not help in any way.
I got a job in a doctor's office and emergency clinic through my externship site. I went from not working to having two jobs its been great. I am now in school working on my RN. Get started right away.
Do not attend this school. I learned the hard way. I did not plan to end up getting pregnant, but I did. Well I attended their week boot camp, had a few complications of the pregnancy (sickness and others). Besides being treated like crap when I was at boot camp for being pregnant, I also received injuries while there that was uncalled for. When it came time to learn hands on, the instructor did not allow me or my partner to practice as much as she did the other two students. I see they show a lot of favoritism with students. Well I started my externship once after I returned home, well more complications put me into the hospital and then doctor put me on bed rest! I had completed almost half of my hours. I told all the faculty about the bed rest, one lady told me I could return after delivery and start off where I left at. Then I speak to my coordinator and she tells me I will have to complete all the hours all over again AND return to Missouri and redo the boot camp again. I will then also have to pay more charges. This school is definitely all about money. I checked my pell grants and I still had extra on my pell grant for the 2014-2015 school year that could have been used, but they want me to pay out of my pocket, THEN I will have to pay again out of pocket to re-enter school. PLEASE I'm begging everyone, do not attend this school either online or campus.
I apologize for the complications during your externship making it difficult for you to finish your program. It is important for our student to have the hands on skills fresh before going to any externship site, which may be why they asked you to repeat the boot camp. We have changed the program so that the externship is now better integrated with the program. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance.
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