Some are in it as legitimate EDUCATORS
Posted By: Some are in it to get your $$$ and get you out! on 2006-06-12
In Reply to: Right. Some schools are in it for charity work. - Get real.
Personally, I would pick the ones that offer an education for the money. Those who just get your money and get you out the door don't really do it for me.
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xceladminstaffingservice has anyone ever heard of this company? They sent me an email offering me work but they want an admin fee. It is only for $11.95 but I have always believed that you shouldn't pay anyone to give you work. Does anyone know if they are legitimate? Does anyone think that I should take the risk of losing the $11.95. It would be through a paypal account so they wouldn't have access to anything but that amount of money because I wouldn't put any more in there. Please let me know if you think this would be a good idea.
Legitimate MT schools are different
My university would enjoy hearing that! They charged by the semester--same rate regardless of how many classes you took. An MT program is typically only a semester or two long, so paying in full for the whole thing isn't unreasonable at all.
It's not entirely accurate to say that you have to purchase it as a whole because it's a specialized program with very specific content. In most cases, it is because it is a WHOLE PROGRAM that is not broken down into classes.
If the school doesn't have "classes," how can you pay by the class??
Some programs do not have the work broken down into individual "classes" because they find it better for the student to integrate it into one whole program.
For instance, you can go to a college part-time and take medical terminology and anatomy. The next semester, you can take an introduction to computers and English. Then you have the summer off. The next semester, you can take speech and phys ed. The next semester, you can take math and something else. Then you have another summer off. Then, finally, a year or two later, you can get around to taking a class in medical transcription.
By the time you've gotten to the medical transcription, you've forgotten most of the med terms and anatomy, which you didn't learn very well to begin with because you were (1) new to the program and didn't know how or what to learn and (2) didn't have a reason to learn it. In a program broken down into traditional "classes," there is a disconnect between the classes which promotes poor learning. Oh, and the school has to find a different teacher for every class with only the local market to draw upon. The chances of being able to find subject matter experts who understand what an MT needs to know are almost nil. So, your classes are so far apart that you can't put them together in your mind and neither can your teachers, and nothing is ever repeated, so you never get a chance to learn what you might have missed the first time.
In contrast, an online, national MT program might prefer not to break the program down into "classes." They might prefer to integrate the material, so that you study related material at the same time.
A big factor in this is the fact that the best training material comes from Health Professions Institute. It's a whole program. Schools which use it typically do so in whole programs.
Another reason you have to pay for the whole program, either in full or in payments, is because the school incurs a great expense in enrolling you. They have to pay for your place in the program regardless of whether you feel like finishing it or not. They have to staff the school, purchase textbooks and materials, web space, computer server time, etc., all to support you, whether you stay to complete the program or not.
Enrollment in these programs is at a premium. At some schools, when they let YOU in, they may have to turn away someone else because they do not have enough room for everyone. If you decide to stop attending or to take a few months off, they still have to pay the instructors, still have to pay for the computer time, and can't put someone else in your place because they can't start anyone in the middle of the program.
Charging for the whole program also deters people who aren't serious about completing it.
It's important to do enough research in advance to be sure this is something you want to do and for which you have the support of your family. This is not easy work and learning it isn't easy, either. Quite honestly, if your husband cannot come around to see it -- and the school in which you learn it -- as legitimate, you won't have his support and you might as well not do this.
There aren't any legitimate TranSCam employees.
There was even an article written about them in a national Parents magazine about how they're scammers. They tell everyone they'll "train or mentor" them. They want to charge $300 for a footpedal and software that can't be used anywhere else. You can get a better deal on ebay with a foot pedal for under $40 and download Express Scribe for free.
BTW, I have eight years of experience. I applied there to see what A. would say to me. I know I aced his "exam", but he told me I needed to be trained. Translation: Work for him for free. There's one gal that posted on this website who claims to have worked for him for two years for free now. Don't waste your time or money with it. If you already have, GET OUT! It might take you a while to find a legitimate job, but you will.
Health Professions Institute is a legitimate school
This is based in Modesto, CA and you can go to the website and check it out: http://www.hpisum.com. They also have great reference books that you can buy. Sometimes you can pick up used programs on MT Daily as well. You can also download samples from their website. Check it out.
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