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Are there any Penn Foster graduates working right now? - angel456
Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Are there any Penn Foster graduates working right now. Please tell me your story.
PF - MayJ
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I am a recent graduate, but not from Penn Foster. During my College course, we had many students transfer to the school I attended with horror stories concerning PF.
I cannot tell you anything specific, but from what I heard, it is not a good place to get your degree.
However, I could be wrong. These could have just been horror stories from students that for 1 reason or another, just were not happy with their situation.
I am currently finishing my schooling from Penn Foster and I guess I didn't do enough research before I signed up for Penn Foster and now I'm regretting it. Ever since I've been hearing all the negative comments about Penn Foster I don't even want to finish the course even though I am on the last lesson. Just getting discouraged and want to know if anyone took Penn Foster courses and found a job. Totally new on this whole MT thing and if you have any information about getting ...
I started transcription a bazillion years ago before they were even any schools around. My daughter now wants to get into it and is looking at Penn Foster. Is their program any good or is there a better one out there that would help make it easier to find a job when she gets out?
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I am new to this site. I am thinking about training to become a MT but very confused about schools I have checked on. The school I am leaning towards is Penn Foster, but the price is much cheaper than all the others. I want to get all I can from the course.
If anyone has done the MT course with them let me know what you thought about it.
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Also, how many weeks did you study for this exam? I am hoping to take 4 weeks, but have heard of some who spent six weeks or more preparing.
And, lastly, di ...
Would like to know if any graduates of Andrews or M-Tec became employed shortly after completing course and how much I could be expected to earn on a part-time basis (20 hrs/wk)? ...
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I am looking for any one who has completed the AHP program and is currently employed. I need any advice you are willing to give.
Thanks for your time. ...
Hi everyone! I hope someone can shed some light on who hires recent graduates for home-based MT work. I've been applying to every company I can find but most want in-house experience or 1 year+. Not having a car limits my in-house work. That's why I went into this field. I've been looking for 2 weeks and have gotten few replies (all "thanks but no thanks"). I've completed Medical Terminology course with a 94% and Medical Transcription cours ...
From reading post after post on the New MTs Board, it seems like one of the main reasons a lot of people chose the Medical Transcription field is because they were lured in by the “work at home, when you want” dream. But when reading through the job opening ads, any type of flexibility is usually reserved for Independent Contractor positions, and IC positions usually want lots of experience so the MT can work with little or no supervision.
On top of that, at least in my opinio ...
1. How long did it take you to complete the course?
2. Were you able to pass the certification exam?
3. Are you working as a coder?
4. Overall opinion on the career step coding course?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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I have been doing research on the various coding programs out there and before I spend a large amount of money on training, I want to ask former Andrews coding students a couple of questions.
1. Did you pass the certification exam(s) and, if so, did you feel like the schooling that you received prepared you for the exam?
2. Are you currently working as a coder and, if not, how long have you been actively looking for a job and have you been able to get job interviews. I realize that getting ...
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Anybody on here graduated from Andrews coding course and able to find work? I am just really scared I am going to do all of this and not find a job anywhere? Any advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks ...
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Does anyone see anyt ...