Arizona College - Mesa — Attraction in Mesa

Only given one star because I have to.

Where do I start?

Do not waste your time or money going to this school. The education is very expensive and very mediocre to say the least. None of the staff care about you as a student. If you are struggling with a class or instructor and go to the dean, Tracy Schreiner, about it she will tell you “maybe you aren’t meant to be a nurse”. She also told our cohort as a group that we were going to be terrible nurses and she hopes she doesn’t get us to care for her when we graduate and quote “I will be sure that no other school will accept you”. The director of nursing, Rhonda Doolen, will bust into class in the middle of lecture and very unprofessionally yell at you about something that could have genuinely been put in a email. She hires her friends as instructors so if you go to her about issues she will tell you maybe it’s your fault. Maybe you aren’t trying hard enough. Maybe YOU are doing it wrong. And that’s just the people in charge of watching over the program!

The instructors are so unorganized and seems as though they do not come up with lesson plans at the beginning of the semester. The material is taught incorrectly and out of order. The classes are not in the order they should be in which makes learning extremely difficult because its like being taught to read and then learning the letters of the alphabet. They do not offer tutoring per Rhonda Doolen so you can’t get any extra help offered to you. Majority of the students refer to AZC as Youtube University because everything we have learned has come from google and YouTube videos. Their sim lab is a joke. The mannequins never work and when they do the Sim instructor doesn’t want to clean up the mess the mannequins will make if she turned them on. Which brings me to Mrs. A. She is the sim instructor and instead of teaching you the hands on learning you need to get in simulation she plays the role of the mother of the patient and yells and berates you the whole time because “we will run in to those kinds of patients”. She doesn’t actually teach us anything.

Most importantly, only 1 or 2 other schools take their credits if you fail out and need to transfer your gen ed credits! This school’s accrediting body is ABHES and they aren’t taken by very many schools across the country. Nobody will take your core nursing credits. This means that if you fail out of the program the semester you graduate, you have I start from square one again.

This program is only worried about one thing. That their students that graduate pass the NCLEX the first time around to keep their ratings up. They don’t care if that means a class starts with 40 people and only 3 graduate (real case scenario) as long as those 3 can pass the NCLEX the first time.

This is not being written from a student that failed out of the program and is now bitter, I withdrew when I realized there was no way I could graduate with a solid nursing foundation and it was going to impact...

I don't know where to begin. Being frustrated and feeling as though I am giving the runaround, trying to get my diploma and trying to get my official transcript from a school that never answers a phone call during business hours. I never had to rely on a voicemail message to get back in contact with me due to miss understanding of phones calls. I have set up a payment arrangement back in May 2021, and I was told that if I miss a payment out of six months I will have to start all over again. I have been making payments and unfortunately was told that I missed three payments but look at my account and I see they're taking money out of my account. But still won’t give me my diploma. The staff is very rude and have not sympathy or compassion about the students other are trying to make something out of themselves in life. Talking to the staff is like hopping and excepting. Staff that not willing to work with you to try to help me. I've been only help by Miss Sherry, which I was told no longer works there. She's been the only person helping me getting my diploma and trying to get everything situated. I feel frustrated disappointed disgusted and hurt that I can't even depend on the school that I thought would help me succeed in life. This is hurtful and I would not wishes upon no one else. I work so hard live alone have no family here and you're telling me that I can't get any of my transcripts or I can't get my diploma because you guys messed up on your end and you're making me suffer which is not right and unacceptable. As much as I talk about you guys school and the staff that helps me and for someone to sit there and make me feel as though it's my fault is unacceptable. Question would you want to recommend a school to someone? For me at this point I will say no because I see that they're not even trying to help at all but take my money and won't give me my diploma or my transcripts I need to speak to someone and the corporate office as a CEO or CFO...

If I can give zero stars I would. This school is really money deprived the only reason why everyone is giving 5 stars is because they make you write a good review to earn their fake bucks to even purchase the cap and gown. Doesn’t come free with this school like I said money deprived. They seem so cheerful and happy when trying to get you into the school. Remember this is an accelerated program so you really have to pay attention to focus especially for MBC. So just a heads up if you’re wanting to attend this school cause you have no other options like me DO NOT GO FOR MBC. It’s too little amount of time to learn all the laws and regulations and the teacher Jeong she will get mad if she sees her class failing. Note that she does not teach well at all and makes slight comments like a child and mumbles under her breath. Starting here I always had an issue after issues and seems to be continuous . As well as administrative they rush you into school for the money of course and expect you to do it all by yourself .. at this point this school is self taught all the teachers do is read off PowerPoints. And expect you to do it at home so if u do not have the time this school is not the best. And as well make sure to have documentation when speaking with the teachers like a paper trail. Because they will tell you one thing and when it comes down to it, it changes. PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE WASTING YOUR MONEY ON A SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T CARE FOR...