The school has an undeniably great atmosphere, it is simply phenomenal. I applied and start next week but the chemistry between staff and students is a rarity, at least in my experience. Everyone seems to always be upbeat, friendly, and there's a big sense of community. You truly have to experience it for yourself in order to appreciate it.
I absolutely love everything about the CBD college and knew that CBD was the place for me contagious school spirit and great experience with the admin rep. Unfortunately, not enrolled any more looking for a career in Pharm Tech as a student not satisfied the method they are teaching feel like doesn t take me any were.
I wish I had chosen to add on another $10,000 in loans to attend an actual school for Surgical Technology as opposed to wasting my time at this joke of a school. Do not waste your time or money going here. Choose American Career College or Glendale Career College, anywhere but here. You will not receive an education.
Admission to going in is easy and helpful. The school is great. I don t know why there bad reviews, you want to know more of the school, highly recommends stopping by yourself and meet the students,teachers,etc. They have no problem giving you a tour. That s what i did and it s way better over a phone call or email.
Does Anyone recommend their sonography program or have any details about it?
The application & interview process took several months to sort out due to a lack of communication from admissions. I was eventually told I was accepted (literally), but also had to attend a panel interview . No one told me that it was actually a GROUP interview with 9 other applicants. I was asked TWO questions & then was denied acceptance into the program. I immediately asked to re-apply (the denial email said to respond to it if you wanted to re-apply & i did so right away) and no one ever responded! What a horrible way to treat people.
I am in the admissions process for CBD college for the DMS program, and I am must say I highly recommend this school to people looking into health careers. Admissions are fair, and the counselors are great. It is a competitive program, so you have to put your best foot forward. From all the research I have done, the quality of education is excellent here.
It is important to provide feedback after interviews even if there is no interest in hiring the candidate (don't leave them hanging). When someone takes time to interview with you following best practices means be courteous, and respectful, by circling back. Everyone is due the same level of respect not just the students you hope to enroll. Who knows what else might happen if you actually took a position there.
My daughter was interested in the Sonography program. She met all of the qualifications and participated in the interview process which was done by zoom with other applicants at the same time. This wasn't done in professional manner. It gave no chance for applicants to be considered in a valid way.The interviewer also showed blatant discrimination and ageism toward her. This may be a competitive program to get into, however other applicants were not as well suited for the program. It was a loss to the program. That is all I can say.
I am a former student from CBD, graduating this past September from the MR Program Cohort 3. That is what it states on my degree, however I didn't really complete my externship until 10/26/2020. You might say I am a bit disgruntled with my experience at CBD and people would most likely say I was justified. The latest issue, should not have come as a surprise to myself after all the others. It just intensified my frustration with the school for the amount of money I spent to attend it. I would also like to say covid also impacted the last issue somewhat but not really.
I will start in order of occurrence of the issues I have had with CBD.
1. Dr.K physics instructor - I along with plenty of other students basically taught ourselves physics. I might add that the Math instructor tutored alot of the students on his own time. I also know our class wasn't the only class to have this issue. We brought the issue up and basically told nothing could be done. So alot of us learned on our own. Paying the amount of money for the program I should not have had to teach myself physics.
2. Clinicals Placement - I was placed in a UMI in Irvine as my first clinic. I lasted exactly one week, at first no answer was given as to why I would not be back. I was already setting up patients, doing screenings everything that was asked from me. I was polite and deferring. They even went as far as giving me difficult regular patients that they didn't want that came in weekly. I had no problem and the patients even complimented me putting them at ease. I was told I wasn't wanted back for the imbecilic excuse that I was playing with my car keys during the initial meet and greet for my externship. My keys fell out of my scrubs and I picked them up off the floor.
3. Clinicals Placement 2 - The second clinic was in Lynwood was also a UMI I believe. Manager of clinic was a no show the day we were to meet. When we did meet, I was told it did not matter if I showed up or not I was going to get my hours signed off regardless and my degree wasn't worth anything and That I would need to take a job making 13 -15 dollars to start anyway. When I went back to the school to report this to the clinicals coordinator I was called a liar by the rep that handled that clinic. I'm not sure what her name was she is Persian or Armenian I believe. However, I had a corroborating witness to back up my story another student. I didn't pay money to not be taught. Seems like everyone connect with CBD is out to make buck whether people learn or not.
4. Clinicals Placement 3 - I spent majority of time here and had to fight to scan. I learned here and was appreciative for what I did learn. The thing that I did not appreciate was that when the pandemic hit. The Clinic owners / operators brought in a patient with covid ( who was very ill) told all their employees. However, did not want me to know. The techs were instructed not to tell me. However, one of their techs didn't think it was ethical to not inform me so he did. That was shady on their part. I could have caught covid and brought it home to my family. I was a student, I was not a tech at the time. I kept hearing "Well this the field you are going to be in." At the time I was a student and was not getting paid to put my health on the line.
5. We come to my final issue I have with the school. I graduated in Sept. 2020 Passed ARRT exam with a 93%. Granted at the end of the year and beginning hiring is slow. I understand that completely have been in the work force for many years. However, your institution states the following on your website which is in the image below and is highlighted.
I have yet to get one job lead from the school. Not 1, I have applied for over 50 positions and have had a grand total of one interview. Which I applied for on my own. I got lip service from 1 rep. She kept say '"Oh so and so will be calling you today." Never got a call from anyone. Now I get from "Oh, I will talk to my contacts to get you an interview with this clinic and or that clinic. Know what I get NOTHING..
GARBAGE SCHOOL
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