I went to check out this school in April 2009. I was working at a job that I didn't like & like so many others they made all these promises and told us that I would have a certification that would let me work in a Physicians office.. They told us upfront how much it was going to cost & my jaw dropped. $15, 000. My husband simply looked at me & said do you want to do this or not? I said yes and so I enrolled in The Medical Office Specialist program. I wanted to learn billing & coding. I had to postpone the date that I would start for personal reasons.
I started the classses in July 2009 at the campus. I had gotten a pell grant for $3, 500 and my husband took out a loan from his retirement for the rest. (I kept the reciept that said paid in full) I found out from other students that they had been roped into taking out up to 3 loans & that their interest rate was as high as 17%! I busted my hump for the 7 months to stay with a 4.0 GPA & I never missed a day.
It did not take long to figure out that TSB was just in it for the money as I saw students who had no business being there getting passed on to the next module even though they should have been flunked out. When I called my instructor on this she advised that she was just following policy. They just needed to get a passing grade & that she had to grade on a curve.
I had other issues with the school as far as how the students were treated and the fact that alot of the information in their books was outdated. My instructor was great she advised us that the school said that we had to learn one thing; but she also told us that in the real world things worked differently. I noticed that when students were sent to their externship sites the students with the worst possible grades, attitude & appearance went to the hiring sites more often than not & the ones who obeyed the rules didn't. They tried telling me that they did not know which sites were hiring or not.
I graduated in March with honors & I took what I thought was a certification test this month. SURPRISE! It is not a certification test it is a competency exam that the Docotrs don't care about anyway! Now I have to spend another $300 to get the real thing from AHIMA! I ahve warned everyone that I can to stay away from that school & others like it. They all say they are accredited and they may be but the certificate that you get you can get cheaper @ the community college & get it done right the 1st time.
STAY AWAY FROM SCHOOLS LIKE THIS! It might take longer to get your education at your local community college; but in the end you will have the degree you NEED & employers will not look at the school you went to & decide based on that that they WILL NOT hire you!