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South West Area Career Center • Monett, MO
Studying Health Occupations (completion in 2010)
• 11/21/2011
"I'm very satisfied because I loved learning about the career I'm interested in. The school was very good to me and kept me motivated and working even on my worst days. I was happy to be there."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | You learn exactly what you need to perform. It's all hands on which makes things way more real for when you actually work. |
| Program Reputation | 10 | SWACC's nursing program is the best one in the area. Most CNA's out of high school receive their certificate through SWACC because it's an awesome program. |
| Program Quality | 10 | They taught me exactly what I needed to know to perform my job well. My school also always kept a positive attitude during the whole program and stuck beside me through everything. |
| Instruction | 10 | I learned everything I needed to perform my job the proper way. SWACC is a very reliable school. |
| How Difficult | 5 | SWACC teachers made us work hard but kept us motivated. We were pushed in a great way to keep our productivity up. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Everything was hands on which brought us more knowledge. Hands on work is more worthwhile to learn about something then just reading a book. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 5 | Showing up and being on time was very important at SWACC, it was like our job except we were only required 3 to 4 hours a day. |
| Academic Facilities | 10 | They had many good places to study and learn. There was always availability anywhere in SWACC, not just the libraries or open rooms. |
| Social Life | 10 | There was always an activity going on. Everyone had school spirit, and showed it. I was very involved with all the activities. |
| Placement Services | 5 | I wasn't placed in a job after receiving my certificate. It was my goal to use my own skills to get myself a job and right after graduating and I was placed in a job within two weeks. |
| Alumni Network | 10 | The network and support I had was unbelievable. I was always being cheered on and appreciated and it kept me working hard and keeping up. |
Jefferson College • Hillsboro, MO
Studying CNA (completion in 2008)
• 3/7/2012
"This course helped me to advance in the medical field. Since it was offered at a younger age, it helped me get a jump start for once I graduated high school."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | The class didn't take a lot of time to complete and I considered it easy. I would definitely recommend it to high school students wanting to get a foot in the door of the medical field. |
| Program Reputation | 10 | They offer the course to high school students, where they spend half their day at the college and the other half at the high school. This makes the course gain a lot more students than they would otherwise have. |
| Program Quality | 10 | The teachers were wonderful and very hands on. I also enjoyed the clinicals we did where we went to actual nursing homes to test our skills in the field. |
| Instruction | 10 | The teachers made sure that everyone understood the material before moving on. They also would offer extra help to any student who asked for it. |
| How Difficult | 4 | I have always been good at picking up on new material, so the course wasn't that hard. The homework was minimal and it was usually only multiple choice quizzes. The hardest part was learning all the vocab words for the weekly tests. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | We had a book that was the basis of the program. However, we also did hands-on work in class and in field. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 1 | Since this class was offered to me as a high school student, it was very inflexible. The class has only one timeslot, due to the fact that the high schools have to send all the kids there at the same time. |
| Academic Facilities | 7 | They had very nice computer labs and their library was fairly big. I, however, never had the need to actually use any of their resources. |
| Social Life | 1 | I did not attend or get invited to any social events. The course was only one year, so if I had been there longer, maybe that would have changed. |
| Placement Services | 1 | They do not provide job placement. However, due to going to different places during clinicals, the homes that we visited did offer jobs to some students. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | I don't think we have any sort of alumni network for that course. I do, however, still keep in contact with some friends I made in the class, using social networking sites. |
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