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Andrews School and Medical Coding - kat

Posted: Jul 29, 2012

Andrews School and Medical Coding. Is this a good program.

kat - sm

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Hi Kat. From the extensive research I have done regarding Andrews for Coding, I would have to say Andrews is my top choice and I have decided to enroll as soon as I have enough money. Take a look at the Coding board to the left and you'll find a lot of information. Good luck!

I know Andrews doesn't offer financial aid - meggy

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but hubby doesn't want me to take the money for the course out of our meager savings and I don't want to put it on a credit card. The cursory research I've done on financial aid seems to apply to accredited colleges and universities, not training courses. I want to take the Andrews course as well but I haven't had time/energy to look for other loan sources. If anyone has found a loan program to help pay for the course, I'd love to hear about it.

What they do offer - sm

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They offer their own no-interest loan that gives you a couple of years to pay, with no interest. They used to have a program where you could get a reduced down payment by taking what they call gently-used books. You have to get on a waiting list for those though, I think.

Thanks! I am going to contact Andrews. - meggy

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Between rushing the kids to camps and activities and having an unusually high work load this summer, I haven't had time to do much more research. (That includes, cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc, LOL!)

Andrews School - Jobs - Kat

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Hss anyone been employed after taking the Medical Coding at Andrews School? I looked at Job offerings and most want 2 years experience.

Yes. - sm

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Several have mentioned on the Andrews message boards that they have.

Be careful about thinking student loans are a good thing - sm

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You have to pay those loans back wih interest and a lot of college programs will take far longer and cost far more than Andrews, especially if they are a for-profit or diploma mill college. It is very hard to see the true cost of those programs. You do not want to owe all that mone at graduation and then find you have to start paying it back but that you did not receive enough training to get hired without experience.

All education is expensive. There is no way around that. At least with Andrews the cost is very reasonable, includes everything (even books), and is able to prepare you for a job and both the CPC and CCS exams. And you will not finish owing massive debt that you can never repay.

One argument you may hear is that Andrews does not give college credits. Remember that college credits are not accepted by all colleges. It does no good if only diploma mills will take them. If you do want to move on to college later, you will be able to use your coding knowledge from Andrews to test out of coding, reimbursement, med terms, anatomy and other courses, and it will help you gt through others. Remember that your main goal now is to get a job, not to get a nebulous degree that might take years and lead to no job. You probably also want to get that job fast, and Andrews does not lock you into semesters. You can complete it as fast as you need to.

There is a lot of value in the Andrews tuition plan. I hope I helped you and your husband see that.

Thanks. I dislike school loans myself. - We are still paying

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off hubby's graduate school loan, but that is nearly paid off b/c the rate was so good. I doubt I will find a rate like that now though.

Forgot to add that I'm definitely doing - Andrews. Already

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have a B.A., for what it's worth. I don't plan to go back to college unless I want to advance beyond a coding career.

Taking Andrews Course - Kat

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How do you like this Andrews Medical Coding course?

i love Andrews - present student

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Hey - just wanted to step in if that is okay. I am not the person in the above post, but I am a current Andrews student. I love it. Best career choice that I could have made. Reasonable tuition, great monthly payment plan. The instructors are there for you, as are the office staff. Great program. No regrets.

Haven't started yet but it seems the majority - of posters on this board

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who went through Andrews have had a great experience, and that's enough for me. I've been following the posts here for almost a year.

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