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Transam Assoc. & my so-called accredited school - Mouse

Posted: Sep 16, 2010

I have been reading through this site about good schools and also I found that there was information about Transam Associates. As far as schools go, I graduated from Allied School of Medical and was told that they had companies lined up for their new grads because their program was so good! They would assist you in finding a job and blah, blah, blah. Only $2,970 and you can pay over a year or get funding. They were accredited. Well, within a month or so, my finances went down, down, down, so I went online to find a federal grant that could help me with school. When I called the school to get their accreditation number, I was told that they are NOT accredited for federal grants, but they are accredited! The training I felt was ambiguous at best. One practice transcription would have commas placed at every single preposition phrase and the next one would literally have no commas! The grammar rules changed from transcription to transcription. My final was the last straw with these people. Throughout the entire 18 chapters with roughly 10-15 transcriptions per chapter, if the dictator said the name, etc. not allowed under HIPPA and would be scrubbed from the dictation, you would simply change to "the doctor" or "the patient." On the final, which was a consultation note compiling 5-6 different doctor's reports, when the dictator stated the patient's name or the doctor's name (which was scrubbed), we were supposed to put underlined spaces to represent the missing names! In no other place throughout the entire course were we supposed to put underlined spaces for this. We were simply to change to "the doctor" or "the patient." I did not pass this test because of this stupid change in rules! These were the only errors I made, but, of course, this made 9 errors on a 3-page report. I would absolutely NOT recommend this school!

As far as Transam Associates, I am confused. I read all of the reports of this company being a scam, but they have a link on their research site to go to MT Stars. If they were a scam and you could easily find out they were a scam, it would be pretty stupid to have this link. I have paid my $500 for their software, so I guess I am out of luck. Hopefully, they will have changed up their business practices and I will be able to work! (I know, you probably have some land in Florida that you can sell me real cheap!!!)

Mouse, I am so sorry about your situation. As far as Transam Associates (sm) - anon

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you should have googled them and you would find loads of ripoff reports, reports to the BBB and other complaints filed against this company. From what I understand anyone can have a link placed on their web page and it does not necessarily mean that that company or site is affiliated with that business.

Again, I am so sorry about your situation and I hope that everything works out for you!

TranSCAM - Anna

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DON'T DO IT!!! Do your research first. If you want to give money away, give it to some charity that helps needy people, don't give it to these folks.

Too late, she said she already did. - nm -

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zzz

Sorry you got sucked in by TransScam - sm - RCMT

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I almost did years ago (2002) but got a job just when I was looking at them, and before I found out they were a scam. I was very hesitant to spend $400 on their software (until recently they only charged $400, so it was a shock to hear you paid $500 for a digital player you cannot use anywhere else), especially since ExpressScribe is free and works with just about all voice files out there. If you haven't been told by now you NEVER pay to work somewhere. Obviously leasing a computer or footpedal is one thing but buying software from them, NEVER. Some jobs require certains things yes, USB foot pedal, or a 9-Pin, or a C-phone, but that is all stuff you can easily re-sell or use for another job, certain version of Word, a spellchecker (a must anyway), and an expander program (another must). But again once you have them you can use them for all future employment. ---but the software TransAm sells is propietary to them and their "work". Often it won't work at all and then they play dumb saying it is not their product (though it is, use another company name to sell it under), and you never get your money back unless you put up one heck of a fight. Supposedly they send you files which you "practice" on, they then check them, but you are never quite good enough to move onto the next step and actually get work or get paid. My theory is that they do send you actual work, which in turn you end up doing for free (then all they have to do is proofread and edit accordingly), they string you along as long as they can before you wise up, realize you have been played and "quit". I know someone who did TransAm, and that is basically what happened with her, though after six months or so she finally "passed" and was given real work....did about 30 mins a day for a week or two which gradually tapered down to nothing. It was at that point she finally landed a job working where I did and I heard her story. Though she knows she got ripped off she was happy with the experience for the most part. She no longer does MT now, lasted about 2 years then said forget it. --- so if you have money to burn then try to use it to your advantage, you have already got suckered in and sent the money, so see what you can get out of it if anything, otherwise make some noise and try to get your money back. --Good luck.

Allied/Transam - Anonymous

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Being told that they had companies lined up for their new grads should have been your first clue that something was wrong. I'm not aware of any legitimate school, event the community colleges who make claims like that. Sometimes they'll give you the leads but the rest is up to you. As far as Transam, you should never have to pay an employer to use their software, they are supposed to purchase the license for you. It's too late so I hope that job works out. Just remember that if anything sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

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