Miami-Jacobs Career College : Columbus
Miami-Jacobs Career College : Columbus is a For-Profit, Non-Sectarian, Career, Institute established in 1998. The campus is located in Columbus, Ohio, USA and hosts students with an endowment of .
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I am a former employee with MJCC at the Columbus Campus. Having been on the “inside looking out” I have no hesitation in encouraging individuals to stay away from this school. I’m not sure there are any campuses still operating – if there are, they should not be.
When I started with MJCC I had such high hopes for all the students that I would be working with. It did not take long for those hopes to be dashed. In my position as Director of Career Services I was charged with “placing grads in positions within their field.” Well, that makes sense, right? What I was not told, was that I would be working with students with a felony who were studying in fields where they had ZERO chance of working due to the felony. Paralegal? Surgical Technician? Medical or Dental Assistant? Criminal Justice? Really???
I was most certainly not opposed to helping these folks – they deserved a second chance. However, they were set up to fail from the beginning. It was impossible to get these students in for an interview, because they could not pass a background check. IMPOSSIBLE. However I was charged with reaching ridiculous placement numbers and a background felony did not come into play with that expectation.
We had students that were unable to pass courses for their Associate’s Degree – they should have been discharged for their own good. These folks were not going to find work in their field, every $$ they paid went down the drain. But, oh no, good old MJCC decided to “downgrade” these students to a certificate program. Keep the money coming in, convince these students that they will still end up with a good paying job. In other words – LIE, LIE, LIE!!
I just reviewed the Columbus MJCC Catalog and was not surprised that I recognized not one name on the list of administrators. That’s how it goes within that school. Hire professionals into positions that are impossible to fulfill, be untruthful with potential students’ futures, promise clinicals and internships that will never come to pass, fire those employees (that door revolves constantly – the students never have an opportunity to forge a relationship with those professionals because the “good” ones leave to go to a job they can be proud of), the list goes on and on.
Please go to your community colleges and stay far far away from these for profit “schools”. You will pay a fraction of the cost and graduate with a degree that stands for something. (You will graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to find a good job.)
sadly I disregarded statements that is about miami jacobs because there will always be a reason for someone to talk bad about something. This school is pathetic and a complete joke. Their staff is so rude, they don’t do their jobs, they only care about how much money they get out of you. The only staff member that I can speak highly of is Mr.Hirn the law professor. Hes the only person in that whole entire school that gives a damn about his students. This school will tell you anything they can think of so you will sign up. They took away printers, extra activities, will try and pull anything they can to get money out of you. It’s really sad and pathetic. it’s no wonder why they can’t keep students or staff members. I would give 0 stars for all categories but it wouldn’t let me. Please take the comments of others into consideration before wasting money like I did.
Just walked away from the troy campus last week. Following 6 different explainations of how financial aid, i figured out why. If you understand how it re
Well what can I say? This school is a complete joke. Unfortunately I am a current student at Miami Jacobs in Troy Ohio. Im enrolled in the automotive program. Where should I begin. First off let me start off by saying, I’m 32 and used to be a production supervisor till I lost my job and realized that getting a degree was the only way I would ever be able to provide for my family. I had the choice between Sinclair and this dump they try to call a college, and boy did I make the wrong decision. The first two classes I was required to take were a complete joke! One was pretty much a refresher course in everything I was taught in bible school about being nice to people and feeling good about yourself. Im not joking. The other one basically consisted of learning how to turn on a computer, and listening to a few disruptive kids talking over the instructor about there life experiences. At one point one of these kids literally told the instructor that he would turn in his assignment (which was the only one for the whole quarter) when he wanted too. Not when it was due!! This apparently was ok with the instructor since it was accepted and given an A. Now these two classes cost well over 2k. I told myself that once I started my automotive classes it would get better, well I didnt. Since I have started I dont think I have learned anything except for how much the head of the automotive program loves himself and I’ve watched my other instructors fix things on there own cars, but as far as hands on experience. …hardly. For example. Today I worked a 9 hour shift and rushed to class. I dont know why I was shocked when are lab time consisted of us watching are instructor rotate his tires and then we were told to sit in on another class which by the way was a refresher course that dealerships send there experienced technicians to just to keep them up to date. Which just to let you know is not even taught by a miami jacobs instructor. After my instructor nooded off I decided to leave. As I was leaving my instructor asked me to come back in to our own class room. When I did he spent literally 5 min trying to log into his computer the he said and I quote, “Well this days pretty much shot, so just hang out till its time for you to go” Are you kidding me?? Unfortunately this has been the norm since I’ve started, but see what happens if you dont show up. I can guarantee you’ll hear about it, and how important it is that you are there. Really? Give me a break. I think I’ll be better off just cutting my loses and starting over at Sinclair because they wont touch any of my credits anyway. Stay Away
I have submitted my resume, etc. to the Career Services office at the Dayton campus since that is where I graduated from. They have done nothing at all to help me get a job in my program/career by sending my resume out to potential employers. It used to be that before Miami-Jacobs was bought by Delta that things were better. The education was better, the instructors were better, and everything else was better.
This post may offend some, especially those who attend this elementary, I mean high school, no I mean “college”.. How is this school is even still standing is beyond me. Their name has been dragged through the dirt. No place of employment/company/hospital wants to partner up to offer internships. Don’t believe me? Well since you will never get homework at MJCC or a teacher for that matter that shows up, here’s an homework assignment from me. Promise, if you go to MJCC, this will be the only one you will get.
Ask a any PROFESSIONAL, not your friend, or your cousin, or baby mama,and in the same situation as you. But a REAL professional at one of those companies you want to work for. Ask them what they think of MJCC. **Red Flag #1: How are you going to get a better job if companies do not even respect your college. From my OWN research and various legitimate sources (off the record) has have even came out and expressed they would NOT even hire any grads from that school. One hiring manager even went as far to say it was a school of rejects (people that could NOT get in real colleges). The enrollment process is non-existence they take anyone with a heartbeat and a FREE FASA form.
Over half of their Health Programs are NOT CERTIFIED or ACCREDITED!!! State does not even recognize their program. Don’t take my word. DO your OWN research. The Dayton Nursing Program has been shut down for a while. Educate YOURSELF. Why go to a school and pay or get a school loan for $20,000+. Yes $20,000 to get a degree that NOT worth the paper it’s written on! And no one with hire you. Now you have debt you have to pay back. With that price tag, apply to University of Dayton, Wright State University, UC, The Ohio State University, Sinclair, just NOT MJCC. Don’t think, that you are going to just going to just transfer to one of these schools after you try to graduate from one of MJCC’s scam programs. WAKE UP!!! NO SCHOOL WILL TOUCH YOUR CREDITS!!!!! SAVE YOURSELF 2+ YEARS of YOUR LIFE. CALL ANY 4 YEAR COLLEGE AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH MJCC CREDITs. THEY know its a bullsh*t a$$ school
***YOU BEEN WARNED***
I went to this school when it had graphic design. I was one of two students in the whole program and was promised a good education and MacBook with programs but I received neither. I left the school after one semester but was charged for two and charged for a laptop I never received. My teacher was a freelance ddesigner who quit due to bad staff and payment arrangements.we were without an instructor or materials s so I left only to be fully charged for everything . I’m hoping to press charges for the nonsense I’ve been through.Other universities wont accept my credits and the would have been degree is useless.Don’t go here Ever
I am a recent grad of the Sharonville MJCC campus and am also currently and happily working in a hospital. My experience at MJCC was a roller coaster to say the least. In my time there, I saw several changes in administrative staff and had several different teachers come and go as well. Accreditation of the ST program was a huge issue, too, because our campus was still waiting on it to be a valid program. The continuity in personnel was nonexistent. Then, about a year ago some new people were brought on board to help get things straightened up. Susan Stetzer (Instructor) and Darrell Brand (Clinical Coordinator) were hired and things began looking up. Susan was a wealth of invaluable knowledge and believe it or not, she genuinely cared for us jaded students. Our morale was pitiful, but she gave it life! Several of us wouldn’t have made it through without her. Now, the program is rapidly becoming successful. Accreditation was awarded in October, clinical sites are accepting more MJCC students thanks to Darrell’s persistence, and they keep working very hard to solidly back up the growing reputation of success of Sharonville’s MJCC campus, it’s students, and most importantly it’s graduates. There were times I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but thanks!
There is some hope for the court reporting students to transfer credits. After I learned my theory I transferred to an online school.The best school I found is Prince Institute. Their parent company is Stenograph.They accepted most of my credits. I hope this is helpful to those that feel stuck like I almost was.
I worked there for 2 years, worst mistake of my life and I can’t get those years back. There is a revolving door for management and instructors, seen 5 management changes in a year and all more worthless than the one before. The president was eventually canned, which is good because she made all of the decisions in everything, no one dared make a decision without it being her idea. She micro-managed to a level I have never seen before. All she lived for was to reveal the one rock we left unturned, and make us feel stupid for it. It became so bad that if she was sick or in a meeting, no one could do anything! Too afraid and to scared. I saw 8 people escorted to their cars with a pink slip in less than a year and a half. The students signed their life away with no chance of paying it back, and they laughed all the way to the bank. As an employee, if you wouldn’t or couldn’t give your entire life to the college, you got canned, no appretiation of family or personal time needs. Very anti-family. One manager always cried to me about her son but couldn’t figure out that she sacrificed her family for her career and couldn’t figure out why he was the way he was, pathetic! DON’T ENROLL
I forgot to mention that most classes I had, the teachers straight up told you what was on the tests and if you paid enough attention, if you failed a test, you were not there or you were sleeping, they pretty much gave you the answers. Sorry I went on about Batterson but man he hard to ignore or get past.First time I met him (in class) I did not come back the next day, he was a rude as the day is long. He ruined it for lot of people in my class anyway. He was the program director and the teacher. I was very upset to find out the school was having a hard time finding sites due to 1. no respect for the cirriculum 2. students showing up late for clinicals 3.talking on cell phones at clinicals 4. cussing at staff at hospitals….really??? No wonder hospitals won’t take MJCC for clinicals. Call around, I’m not making it up, first I heard this from teachers, then from reputation….bad bad bad
I went to Miami Jacobs, so excited to go get an education, wanted Res Ther but it was full, so went to Surg Tech, Michael Batterson, program director was the Surg Tech teacher, what a freaking ashole he was, he talked about himself and his past as a Police Officer and then his personal experiences as a Surg Tech the first day it was amazing. He loves his own arrogant mean self. The only other thing he spoke about is how he would fail a person who did not commit to the program although it seemed like the program was about him and his experiences. He could be late as he was many times but if a student was UH OH..warning in a demeaning way, He warned all the students about not going aginst a Surgeon because they all think they are God and they might STAB you with an instrument. NO JOKE….Then we went into this book he says was outdated and if you could not keep up with is fast ramblings, you were screwed…He was not nice, always rude and pointed, even with faults of his own, he did not tolerate interuptions, although, if he were interupted ( I know I am spelling that wrong, forgive me) he lost his place because, like many of us, it’s hard to get back on track. He is racial and rude and I pray his wife , if he is lucky enough to have one, is stronger than him and beats his ass down or has learned to ignore him. Impossible to resolve conflict or any kind of problem with. Many of my fellow students sent complaints to the office about him BUT he was THE GOD of MJCC so who cares. It’s like high school. ridiculous considering we all have to pay what seems like a million dollars to go to this ridiculous school. My experience is HORRIBLE, I have to pay 20 or more thousand dollars to this place, I quit 2 jobs for and went to less hours and less pay for and didnt even finish. I had 4 classes and clinicals to go,did great in my medical classes but wasn’t doing so good in the English II class, due to changing jobs and trying to get this right, went to my Financial Advisor and the Assistant Dean about it, they both told me (after looking at my records) if I was willing to take an F in this class and redo it, I could start school again Tuesday and I would be fine. Although thats not what I wanted, I chose to take the option, only to get a call the following Monday, saying “oops, we made a mistake, you have to give us 2100$ or you can’t come back”…..Well to my surprise, that is true. Thanks for the great advice. This is during the time they were losing accredidation for the nursing program and then respiratory therapy…needless to say they ruined my life, THANK YOU FOR NOTHING…I had already heard there was no respect for the school at most hospitals already which was not good for me to hear…YUCK….Michael Batterson was my first really bad experience there and for anyone who thinks he is cool, well, is there anyone????
I do have to say I had a couple of teachers who changed my life (as all should, you are lucky to have or have had them) My Microbiology teacher LOVE her, My Med Term teacher AWESOME, MY A&P teacher Love that guy, want to drink with him, and My Pharm teach you were lucky to have them OH I forgot, My Algebra teach that plays the bass, he really wanted to make a differnce but I’m sure you took that away….shame on you MJCC for taking so much from so little…hope yourmoney makes you happy and if I ever see M B on the street I’m sure I’ll say thank you to him as well…Thanks for a giant bill and credits that transfer nowhere cuz all hospitals and schools KNOW YOU SUCK!! and will not recognize your crap…VERY UPSET X STUDENT BTW, I only left ratings cuz i had to
I am a current student at MJCC Sharonville. I am still waiting to be placed at a clinical site. I should be finishing up my 1st six weeks of clinicals and getting ready to start my last six weeks…which means I would be completely finished with school… but here I sit, waiting, time dragging on! I don\’t know what is going on, but the school should have had sites for us to go to upon completion of the Capstone/Review course. Kind of scary, huh?! Now, there are more students to be placed with nowhere to go. There are even people ahead of me, that are still waiting. Not real promising… Please be aware that everything that you have read above is absoutely true in regards to the school. I feel that I have wasted 2 years of my life, money and time and will forever be in debt. Please do not attend this school! Stay on that waiting list at UC or Cincinnati State, it will be worth it in the end! If I knew then what I know now, there is no way in hell I would have come here, even if it were the last \”college\” on earth!!!
I am a graduated of 09 from the respiratory program. This program sucked. I thought it was going to be okay. My first class was not bad but soon to find out too late that these people had no idea what they were doing. Classes were a joke and so was the instructors. I too jumped into this so called college because I was on a long waiting list at other schools and couldn’t wait. Shame on me for not investigating. Classes consist of socializing only. Instructors given books and not knowing the material to teach. It was terrible, and if you try to transfer to another college good luck credits won’t tranfer. Please STUDENTS BEWARE check this school out before signing anything. Respiratory Dept sucked not even recognised as a credited school by the NBRC. What a waste of my life. And I discourage everyone from getting involved with this school. A money pit you will regret.
For everyone who attends Miami JAcobs Career College, I am currentley attending, and I have found ALL of this informaion to be true. I do, however, know one way that definitley gets any and all questions you need, answered. Delta is the owner of Miami Jacobs Career College. If you go to their website, Delta education corporation, and you write to them your problem, you will get a speedy response. From the school. HA! Delta never wrote me back, but it lit a fire under the schools butt! STudents have a right to get the attention and education they pay for, and this is a perfect example of a school that does just the opposite. So let\’s make them! Specifically the Columbus, Ohio branch!
I think that everything I dislike about this school has already been said.
We have all seen the negativity in the press regarding for-profit education. As a fomer employee at MJCC, I can honestly say, without a doubt, that this institution is the most corrupt, unethical and most fradulent “college” in America!!!! I have been involved in almost every level of education during my tenure and it made me completely sick to my stomach to see how this “puppet” institution operated. Fraud would be an understatement!
If I would have known then what I know now. I will be paying for this mistake for years to come, LITERALLY!
Not saying this school is bad for everyone just was not the.right choice.for.me…..the.comment above is juat my opinion not trying to make the school look bad just my opinion
Not saying this school is bad for everyone just was not the.right choice.for.me…..the.comment above is juat my opinion not trying to make the school look bad
MJCC is a joke to me. I use to really like the school until I found out what it is really about, “THEIR MONEY ONLY”. They act very professional and nice before a individual becomes a student of theirs, after that you are on your own to figure out everything by yourself. Do not bother even asking questions or getting help because they do not care about their students concerns, questions, or success you will get run around answers that will leave you to feel more confused than before asking and trying to get help. I am currently apart of the Criminal Justice program down at MJCC about to graduate, if I had to make the choice to go back to MJCC I would never do it again. Infact I would never started in the Criminal Justice program. There a very few staff down their that actually do genuinly care for the students quality of education and their success I can name a few staff members that I think were great instructors, Ms. Carpenter, Mr. Wadsworth, Ms. Williams, and Ms. Jones. I really did get something out of the classes with these individuals and enjoyed their classes….but for the rest of the classes and instructors I had,I did not get much out of them or the courses they taught. Some of the staff instructors I have had classes with seem very unprofessional,and bringing subjects up that have nothing absolutly to do with the course outline, which I find appauling. I find it completely unprofessional for students and instructors to be talking outside school settings or school hours. For the most part I did have a good experience at this school probably for the first year and five months, but its seems the longer I stayed down there as a student, the communication began to suck. I started abserving some unprofessionalism behavior exhibited by some staff members, which I find completely appauling not to mention really unethical. Some of things I have heard through other people about some staff and found it out to be true, makes me completely disgusted and ashamed i ever looked at them as a professional.Therefore I am ashamed to have been apart of an organization that hires in unprofessional people into their organization, which makes me question what their true purpose was for being at MJCC in the first place. I hate how this school operates and manages things. I feel this school is very dishonest with their students most of the time, and will be honest very rarely when it benefits them. I am happy I am almost done with this School, and I have never felt more miserable in my life, than I have been, these last two years while attending there. I feel I have wasted my time, money and life. If I had any advice for anyone wanting to attend this school, do your research and check other school options before going to MJCC, and anyone who is about to graduate or has already graduated good luck with your careers, job searches, and employment status.
NEVER ATTEND THIS SCHOOL!!!!!I went to the springboro campus and let me tell you the Medical assisting and Dental assisting programs are a joke. The program directors could care less about as well as the rest of the staff….The instructors are not qualified to teach and the only reason they are teaching at MJCC is because no respecting professor would be caught teaching at this crap school. You don’t learn anything in you classes especially if you have a lazy teacher or program director, which I did. I had 3 weeks left and I needed a new extern site and my program director never called me back and made me fail and the school said I would have to pay 3500$ if I wanted to retake extern and I would have to start all over because none of my hours I had worked counted. You are just a paycheck to them. The career services people are the best at never being able to find a relevant job for your field!!!! and they feed you lines of crap that will ensure you will loose every position you are applying for. RUN don’t walk away from this college if you do choose this college be prepared to owe twice what they tell you you will pay and you will have to go to another college to learn what you didn’t learn here….hope this helps someone not make the mistake of my life
Tonya Dyer was the only one to say anything nice and she too got canned!She drank the kool-aid!
RUN!!!!!!!!! This school is so unprofessional. The majority of instructors are not qualified to teach. Admissions reps tell you what you want to hear to get you to sign up…then you find out how they really are. I can’t say enough about the dishonesty at this school. It is a joke and is not well respected in the workforce. All disgruntled students should file a complaint as Connie mentioned.
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
RUN FOR THE HEELS, MJCC IS A BUNCH OF BS!!!!!!
MJCC has become the laughing stock of the college scene. Could they be anymore inept at teaching, administrating, and being helpful in general to the student body? Not possible! During my time there I witnessed several instructors being complete jerks to students. That is when the instructors actually decided to show up. There was no one on one instruction, the curriculum was at the junior high level at best, and the financial aid dept. totally screwed up my app. leaving me to pay the entire tuition cost out of pocket. Thanks MJCC for failing to deliver on your promises. Really cool of you.
MJCC is completely unethical and will eventually get what they deserve!!
Miami Jacobs in Columbus,Ohio (located on Gay street) is such a rip off. I can say that the admission reps. make the school sound and look way better then it actually is. They put you in classes that you don’t even get credits for, the staff is rude. Mrs. Dorman is a racist lady that tries to kick everyone out of school and take their money because she hates her job. If you call there with an important matter, no one will ever call u back. Mrs. Mchartney is also rude and disrespectful. My first week there about 7 of the staff members left, they don’t even have room numbers on their classroom doors, and anyone could get into this school as long as the staff gets paid. DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL…OH I FORGOT TO MENTION, ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!
Too much bad publicity for them to continue much longer,just hope the lawsuit includes getting our money back.There is nothing I can add about how sleazy they are,you all have said it perfectly.
I attended Miami Jacobs from 1982 – 1984, and it was ridiculous even back then. However, as ridiculous as it was back then, it has gotten exponentially worse. I would avoid this school at all costs.
wooowwwww! This school is a JOKE!!
Beware this school. I was enrolled at the Columbus campus this past spring. Dropped out after a week when a “professor” made a sexist remark to me to my face. School said I had a $0 balance and printed off my record so I had proof of my balance. Yesterday, I received a collections letter for over $3,000. I called the school and they deny I ever “officially” withdrew, even though I have paperwork to show it. They said that I was responsible for my whole balance due to my “negligence.” Watch out! They will do things behind your back!
My wife and I are both students at mjcc.She is in the PN program and has complained to me from day one that the students are not being taught what they should be.They have changed instructors I don’t know how many times.Lost her shot records,tried to give her some kind of discipline report for muttering under her breath.Students get study guides for their ATI’s after they fail the first time,so they can study for the retakes?!?And if you fail the ATI, you have to pay to retake it.Nothing on the ATI is covered in class…going to the dean to try and complaim is useless, there is no follow-up on student complaints.The first time she complained,they “lost” her shot records.The next time,I complained,and they called her to tell her that her cpr certification was no good,she would have to retake the class (for a fee,of course) when it says in their handbook that a Red Cross certification IS valid.We fought that one and won,but the next day,she was treated very badly by her instructors.I am going to complain to the board of career colleges,the nursing board,the BBB,anyone who will listen.I am also recommending that my wife withdraw from school in protest.We might attempt legal action.
I am a current student at MJCC but am going tomorrow to drop. My teachers were great but financial aid, the dean, and everyone else are complete jokes. The dean has no idea what’s going on with anything and never has an answer to anything you ask him. Financial seems to think they can do whatever they want with your money. We were overcharged 800$ for out laptops and instead of giving us our money back, they kept it to “pay off any debt owed to the school.” I took out student loans why should I have any debt to them? The laptops were also engraved with the MJCC logo on the front which we were charged for but not asked if we wanted it on there. Half the books we were issued we never once opened but we could not return. One teacher didn’t feel the need to teach us everything we needed to know in A&P 1 so when we took the second one, we had to cram 2 classes into one just to be caught up. I am in the vet tech program in Troy and they are still working out all the kinks in the curriculum so we are basically paying them 36000$ to be guinea pigs. The microbiology classes also inclused parasitology and Hematology which are all 3 separate classes anywhere else. We are expected to take all 3 in one class in 6 weeks. I am very upset I took out 12,000 in loans for the first 6 months and it was a waste of my time and money.
I have read each review about this sub-standard so-called college. The school was the most unethical, prejudice, money pitt, that I have ever encountered in my life. I worked my butt off to find students clinical sites to attend because the entire region from Columbus to Cincinnati had a horrible opinion of the quality of graduates. For example, I taught a class, the book for the class was on back order for the entire term of the class. When I complained to Faith Mitchell, I was told to create my own lecture outline. I witnessed students being treated unjust, repeatedly. One student may have disappeared from class for a week, once he/she returned, a message would be relayed to that person that they were withdrawn. Yet another student may do the identical same offense a few months later and would be permitted to continue. There was NO consistency in decision making from Faith Mitchell, Jennifer Yarnell, Christine Dolsand and I was personally harrassed by a Program Director, Mike Batterson. I expressed my fear of him especially when he would drive me to his house to let his dogs out. It made me feel very unconfortable but Faith and Christine Dolsand did not care. I believe they thought I was making it all up. They did not care when he grabbed a student by the collar and threw him up against the wall, either. Mike Batterson was a want-to-be cop. Are they running a jail or a college. The problems DO NOT lie within one program. All programs are effected by the poorly structured, half-witted Directors, that clock in to a fashion show rather than devote time and attention to making a difference in lives. I have never seen so many people act like brain washed robots as those employed by this joke of a college. Common sense would have to tell them that they are performing their jobs inappropriately. The Directors and Campus Director are driven by high salaries, period, and to hell with what is morally right. I not only PLEAD to potential students to seek other educational options but I PLEAD that you think twice before working for any MJCC. I was employed at the Dayton, Ohio campus.
I started mjcc in october 2009, I am very unsatisfied with this school, but now I am stuck. I agree with the stipend thing your money sits there for months before you even get it, then receive it in thirds? Also at the troy campus we have to pay 50.00 a month jsut to attend, and if your payment is not there on the first of every month you cannot not attend class until you make arrangements with the business office.
I agree with alot of the formal comments they say they have clinical sites then you have to wait for two of your quarters “that you have to pay for” to get your clinicals and then they say you are not ready so if a person is not ready then where is the clinical director at to help and guide these people.Honestly, I think they are to busy trying to be friends not be good teachers, so if we are the future they need to be better teacher and instructors.
LOL at “very happy”. she clearly works for mjcc. all those things you said sound like the crap the admissions people and admins spit out at you. you’re talking mjcc ‘speak’. shows how stupid the staff and admins are. can’t even pretend to be a student correctly. now, when you respond and tell me i’m wrong and that you swear you are a student, make sure you don’t menting TPI or anything else that will show you are obviously an employee. stupid lol
Beware the Columbus campus. I dropped out a few months ago after the financial aid office messed up my loan and grants paperwork. They “forgot” to turn things in, making me pay for everything out of pocket. So, I dug into savings to pay for my debt to the school. Before I withdrew. Then, yesterday, I get a notice from a collections agency for over $8,000!!!!! When I called to get a statement from the school, they have no record of me paying for anything, even though I have receipts and cancelled checks. Then, on top of that, they are charging me over $3,000 in “withdrawl fees”.
This school is out for your money, not your future. Beware!
IM A STUDENT AT MIAMI JACOBS RIGHT NOW. AT THE COLUMBUS LOCATION AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL YALL ARE COMING FROM. WE ARE BEING SCAMMED OUT OF OUR MONEY. THEY ADDED A EXTRA 400 DOLLARS ONTO OUR FINICAL AID ACCOUNT AND THEY TOLD US WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT! WE ARE PAYING OVER 25,000 DOLLARS JUST TO GO THERE! STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL ARE ALSO COMPLAINING ABOUT WE NOT BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER OUR CREDITS. THEY ARE SELLING US A DREAM AND IT NEEDS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP! MY VOICE IS GOING TO BE HEARD BECAUSE NONE OF US NEED DON’T TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS! WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURES AND OUR RIGHTS!
to whomever thinks i did anything to them they should check their facts and not me spreading my name around in a negative fashion. I helped every student that came to me including the one that posted that I forged something and sent it to the board of nursing, how awful is that to mess with someones lively hood. I really cant believe when you are good to people they turn around and throw you under the bus, absolutely unamerican. Im no longer working for MJ but Im very happy, the only thing I miss are the students that actually are thankful for what they recieved from me.
Another thing that MJCC WON’T tell you is that they WILL NOT release your transcripts if you owe them money. I can’t go to another college to continue my education thanks to these jokers. If you’re thinking about attending, STOP.
And believe me, I wouldn’t even leave a rating for this if I could.
I attended MJCC in 2007 recieved my degree in 2009,,,,,,still can’t find a job in my career. They say they will help you find a job that is a lie unlessd you are the pick of the litter. Since then I have relocated and planned to enroll into a state college but guess what you got it…my DAM credits don’t transfer so I have to start all over agin. what kind of #$^* is that?
Yup, I agree with everyone’s posts about MJCC-Sharonville – They are about as professional as my garbage man – And, you as a student, get treated like such a loser, having to attend all of these goofy required “finding a job” meetings, wearing a ridiculous uniform, and having to fill out surveys everyday for either “Teacher of the Month” award, silly band school colors or some other non-important issue – Is this what I have wasted $11,000 dollars on? I am worried that my credits won’t transfer, even though they said they would – but, even if they don’t, I won’t be going back there – no way –
Thank you everyone for your posts! I have only gone through the admissions process and not started classes. Please, in the future explain which campus you are referring to so that future students can see the patterns. I was going to enroll at Springboro, for Business Management. Best of luck to you all in getting your justice!
Yep, the stars are there so this can be published!
Wow this is horrible to see all the upset people about MJCC. I am currently in the HIT program and I looked up on the web and MJCC was not on the list for being a credited school. I am worried as hell I am wasting 2 yrs of my life at this school. I also don’t understand how financial aid can tell someone sorry ur check has been sent back to the lender and then I call the lender and they tell me they have no record that my money was sent back. That pissed me off now I am trying to get an answer from someone so I can get my damn money. I also thought it was funny how I was called by MJCC to pick the check up on a Friday so I did and love and behold no check. I am tired of being ran around the bush and wish that the staff would quit holding my money back from me. I don’t understand why they are more concerned about the dollar then there sdtudents. Colleges I went to in the past have been all for the students. People be aware and do ur research before starting at MJCC. It is suppose to be changing live4s changing futures they weren’t kidding it will do both and you will be so stressed out in the long run and want to quit, but can’t bc credits don’t transfer so DO NOT BE LIKE ME AND STUCK LIKE CHUCK GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BESIDES MJCC~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Breaking news: Tonya Dyer used a Wikipedia article in a meeting to explain what the word “plan” means to her program managers. A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE! Can you imagine!!! LOLOLOLOL
Please stay away from this school. I just withdrew today after being lied to by financial aid. They “underestimated” my total out of pocket cost after I gave them my FAFSA results. My monthly payment went from $100 to $500. $500 A MONTH?! Who has that laying around?
Classes here are a joke. One class I was in was deplorable. The students were allowed to talk about drugs, sex, and drinking. One student even admitted to coming to class drunk once. The teacher? She laughed the entire time. Then she went and told one group of students that their choosen career field was a crock and that they should just “drop out now”.
Seriously, do not waste your time here. They sell you a perfect future but end up giving you heartache.
What Tony Dyer DOESN’T tell you is that A. she only has an ASSOCIATES degree and is supervising people with masters, JD’s, etc. and she’s the academic dean in sharonville! and B) the placement rate is a total lie! they do count students working at their own message clinics AND they count students who are ALREADY working in jobs when they graduate! jobs that mjcc have nothing to do with!! She also doesn’t tell you that staff is treated like s**t, they cancel classes on students and don’t give it a second thought, and most of the admin aren’t qualified to run a car wash let alone a ‘college’. STAY AWAY!!!
did you all watch the local news yesterday,this school is heading for where they need to be,OUT.
Here is the corporate site for Miami-Jacobs: http://www.deltaed.com/miamiJacobs.php, which contains their phone number for the few students that don’t already have it.
I personally know of several instructors that were not qualified to teach classes, and the administration of MJ knew they were not qualified to teach the classes, but they taught the classes anyway. The administration of MJ will just tell students whatever the student wants to hear to get them to calm down and feel better. And all it is, is a bunch of BS, because they will tell the next student the complete opposite.
In Cincinnati, Mary Purcell was the campus director and for the most part she stayed in her office and very rarely interacted with the students. 90% of the students had no clue who she was.
*******************************TONYA DYER*****************************
WHAT TONYA DOESN’T TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THEY ACHIEVED SUCH A HIGH PLACEMENT RATE IS THE FACT THAT THEY HIRE THEIR OWN STUDENTS AT THE SERENITY DAY SPA AND SALONS THAT THE COLLEGE RUNS, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY THEY GET THAT HIGH OF A NUMBER. AND I GUESS THAT IS THE REASON THAT THEY HAVE EXPANDED THESE TO THEIR OTHER CAMPUSES. BUT THIS IS NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, JUST COUNTS AS PLACING A STUDENT AND HELPS THEIR NUMBERS OUT TO PROMOTE AND REEL IN NEW STUDENTS.
There Lpn program is nothing but a bunch of BS! Stay away from this school.. even if you dont do your homework and fail teh tests they will still push you through, they just want all your money thats it! I was promised the world when I started there great teacher, great clinical sites, I never had a great clinical site we were always stuck in nursing homes doing nothing but wiping ass\’ just doing STNA work.. thats not what I was going to school for. We did not get to do IV\’s,cath,and only got one med pass! Most of us did not get a peds,OB,or MRDD rotation but where told to sign off on them. One quarter for clinicals we sat in the computer lab and did computer work for 6 weeks because they couldnt find and sites for us! The only great teacher from there was Melanie Hail she was Great! Besides that you learned nothing at all! Diane cook is nothing but a fluke, benetta did nothing but walk around with her head up her ass and never knew what was going on.. finacial aid hold your money for forever before you can touch it. Stay far away from here i am loving what is happening right now all of you are getting back what you did to your students I hope the nusing board does away with you!! You are taking honest peoples money and lying to them, you dont even deserve a 1 on this rating scale.
Faith Mitchell is the biggest liar too
To Tonya Dyer\’s post above: Maybe you are one of the good one\’s Tonya, maybe even someone who really cares for the students! But, please don\’t pretend that Miami Jacobs as a whole is the same way. I am familiar with the Dayton campus and I don\’t understand why all the good people they bring on seem to leave? There have been quite a few instructors just since I started in 2009 come and go. I also have friends who have graduated say the Angela Martin did NOTHING for them in finding a job and most places they apply to don\’t even call them because of Miami Jacobs on their resume! I thought they finally did something right when they hired Greg Hower in Career Services. He was already helping me with employment and I haven\’t graduated yet. Plus he cared, he was fun, and really knew his stuff in seminars. Now he is gone too and I heard he was fired for not doing things like Angela! That\’s a joke, she doesn\’t even care about us! Does anyone out there feel like me?
These comments about Miami-Jacobs bring back memories. I was
a student there 25 years ago and it was every bit as sleazy
then as it seems to be today. One of their practices was
charging students for an internship program – that did not exist.
I can only hope that Miami-Jacobs will finally go out of business.
The community will be well rid of it.
The best and honest instructor they have at the Dayton Campus is Ms.Benetta,she may tweak your nerves but you know she will not do anything illegal and treats us like we are adults,She plays by the book and isn’t that what they as instructors are supposed to do!Shame on you Shella Baker for forging student names at clinicals,you know the boards know about that don’t you!!!A whole lot of stuff is known to the boards and the local media and trust me on this,it is all going to come out.And you thought the Dayton Campus were the only ones writing the boards.Next thing that’s going to be exposed is the financial aid department,quess who is preparing to investigate that? The U.S.Dept.of JusticeBe scared,be very scared.I really do feel sorry for you,I really do.I too had to check at least one star,though we all know they don’t deserve even that.
Faith,Darlene,Angela,Brandy,Shella,Kari and Jackie have you ever had to apply for unemployment?Looks like you may have to learn how within the next 6-12 months!!Now how do you feel about all the dirt you have done to students past and present and you have to know the media is going to contact students for their stories especially the ones that you have done wrong,they have a way of finding out who they are and you can best believe those students whom you have hurt are going to come out of the woodworks,I know for a fact that some of the students have already contacted Dave Larsons(D.D.N.) CHANNEL 7,8 AND 2.Getting ready to really heat up.
MJCC is a complete JOKE!!! their only about the money. They don’t have room for the students that they already have, and yet the except new students every five in a half weeks. They teach from books that we don’t have your lucky to keep the same instructor for a class. They do have ATI which is good though they don’t teach from it and they answers are completely different from what our other books say. Now right before my 3rd Quarter started they said i have to pass ATI with a level 2 and if i fail i have to repeat the quarter even if i have an A in that class. I didn’t sign up for that to be a part of my curricum and for it to take effect on me in my third quarter isn’t right. The reason we have to pass with a level two now is cause there numbers are low on students sitting for the N-CLEX. If you don’t do good then they say pretty much your not studying and its all your fault when i know i study cause i want to be a nurse. They just set you up for failure all the way around. Maybe if they weren’t so greedy and get the dollars signs out of there heads they would teach us. Even if i do graudate from this program i don’t know if i would work as a nurse or go to another school cause i feel like i haven’t really learned anything. And i really don’t want to start over and i’m already out to much money. I still want to be a nurse but feel like its not going to happen. All I do is teach myself and i don’t think i know how to teach my self nursing. Anyone reading this i would suggest a different school like Hondros or even a university any where but here. The rating on here isn’t right either i wouldnt even give them one star on any of them
miami jacobs is a JOKE!!! thay dont teach you a damn thing you have to teach yourself and you cant teach yourself nursing if your not a nurse come on for real!!! we are in a computer lab learning about babys now how the hell am i or anyone for that matter going to learn anything. they dont have enough class rooms for all the classes and to tell you the truth i havent learned anything since the first quarter, DONT GO TO MIAMI JACOBS its a waiste of your time, money, and your life
MJCC sucks I have never been more depressed in my life. They have changed the cirriculum 4 times so far! My class and I have signed 5 different handbooks and 3 alone are from this quarter which is my 3rd. I agree Ms. Peck was the hardest working teacher at the springboro campus she actually cared about us being successful. My desire to be a nurse is still there but when you have instructors basically calling you dumb for failing a test that THEY DID NOT EVEN PREPARE you for is rude. We get talked to like we are crazy and I feel like we are getting set up to fail I advise whoever reads this please go someplace else
Hey Connie, I am still \”waiteing\” on that story about Darlene Waite. When do you think you can post that story?
Please check out my blog about Miami-Jacobs at http://www.whyitmatters.org/2009/04/miami-jacobs-career-college-just-what.html to see a LOT of complaints and eye openers about this school. Any of you may contact me at the email above or at 727-638-2178. The one year anniversary of my vow to bring this school to the attention of the public and prospective students is here. Let’s work together to do just that. Take a look at some of the comments and see for yourself. I also urge you all to make your grievances heard by contacting the Ohio Board of Career Colleges at http://scr.ohio.gov/ConsumerInformation/FilingaComplaint/tabid/68/Default.aspx The Ohio Board of Career Colleges was just at Miami-Jacobs Dayton Campus two weeks ago on Friday to check out complaints in the Practical Nursing program. This is a great time to add your complaints. The only reason they get a star in my book on this review is because it is required!
I HATE MJCC. I will say that the one teacher who made class stimulating, Ms. Peck, they pretty much worked to the bone. She had to go elsewhere for health reasons. We were constantly losing or being switched on Instructors. I didn’t really do my research on other schools, I, like alot of other students, was in a hurry to get into a program. Ms. Jean is pretty interesting and Ms. Hasseman takes some definite getting used to, but you can’t make the Curriculum into what it isn’t. There can be alot of blatant abuse between the Nursing Students, which the instructors do nothing to quell. I’m talking about full grown women hurling insults across the classroom everytime someone who isn’t in their clique asks a question. It’s like High School, but worse. It’s like it in all the Nursing Classes, but it’s glossed over to new students. “We have our issues, but we’re a family now.” No, they teach you that Nurses eat their own and that’s what everyone seems to live by there. It’s encouraged. Even the “Best Friends” of girls all snipe each other with horrible gossip when separated. It’s awful and uncomfortable. The motto of the School seems to be, “But you dont really need to know that,” or “But we dont have time to go over that.” Pharmacology consists of Outlining a HUGE book that is already an outline. People do it on auto pilot to just get it done, because even a quarter isn’t long enough to do it properly. I understand having alot of homework in an accelerated course, but doing workbooks of word searches and fill in the blanks, outlining outlines just so the Teacher feels like she’s given you enough to do and getting berated because your teacher is using a different text book than you, but doesnt want to allow you to take notes is frustrating. The whole class has to share what bits and pieces they got just to get notes together that make sense. On top of it, there’s been several times when our teacher is late or stepped out for an hour or two. But she wont hesistate to lock you out for being 2 minutes late. I wouldn’t reccommend this program. I’m lucky to have the time to do the stupid amounts of busy work, granted, I’d like to actually be LEARNING something from my homework, but if I had a young family, I would say, don’t bother. Actually, I say don’t bother with MJCC anyway. Like the others said, you’re just a Dollar Sign. They’re talking about starting an LPN to RN program, but they won’t be getting any more of my Money. I’ll be going somewhere else for my RN. They aren’t training Nurses, they’re training pill-passing Aides, and that scares the hell out of me.
Miami-jacobs came wrapped up in such a neat little package. It was presented to me on a silver plate adorned with promises. None of them have been fulfilled. I am only in my 2nd session as an LPN student and I have been fed up since day 1.
They have switched our instructors around at least 5 times.
They put too many people in our class (15) to begin with, so they had to send half of the students to do their clinicals and labs at a different campus because they wanted to sell those seats.
The classes are impossible to fail. For some reason “I didn’t feel like doing it” is an acceptable excuse for not turning in homework.
They don’t want anyone to quit the program or to be removed from it, so they are constantly making exceptions for absences and tardies.
Our class was assigned to do a presentation for a group of potential students, eating up the lab time we had on our last day before clinicals so we could persuade new money to come into the school. This consisted of making posters with marker like kindergartners.
All in all, they really do treat you like 3rd graders. I’m not sure what kind of knowledge I’m going to be equipped with, or who would hire me once I get out. All I know is that I’m trying to self teach as much as I can and crossing my fingers that it will be enough.
DO NOT GO TO MIAMI-JACOBS.
I have worked for Miami-Jacobs Career College for going on 3 years and I have to say that the staff and faculty do care about the success of the students and graduates. Last year (2008/2008) the Dayton and Troy campus accomplished over 90 % placement of over 200 graduates (Dayton) and 196 (Troy). I have to say that I am honored and blessed to be a part of such an amazing organization.
Got sucked into the cattle-call as well. I was searching for work after a layoff, raising a family of four on little unemployment, desperate for some kind of cure. The recruiters are great at what they do, lying. They get commission. It’s like our credit being wheeled and dealed. Even financial aid lies. Stipend loans come in two months before you can touch them. They collect interest off off so many people. Sad. They advertise and give freebies for references. It only keeps growing. If I knew then what I do now. I am in too deep and have to finish. Pray I pass the boards. (I will do it on my own) It could all be done online with the exception of clinicals, and even those are usually signed off without procedure. So many materials included with tuition are unnecessary and we should have gotten laptops as the Dayton Campus does. Too many things to cover them all…pathetic for-profit school.
They care nothing about you, they just say they do…it’s all about the money. The campus director will lie to you and take your money.
I am currently in the court reporting program at Miami Jacobs. I would not recommend this program at this school to anyone. They have recently changed the classes from a full 12 week quarter to two six-week block classes. This does not work well with a steno class. Essentially, if you do not pass your speed test, you fail. All the other required work does not factor into your grade, so it is pointless to do any of it until after you pass a speed test. As anyone in court reporting knows, you can be very close to passing a speed test and because of the way they are graded, you can fail with a 94%. This is a terrible school and I wish I had an alternative, but since the credits do not transfer I am stuck here.
PLEASE look elswhere for you schooling. In the Court Reporting program the instructors are almost all gone, including the dean of 15 years. There is no one on one as promised. You are left to do it all yourself and you can get that online for a lot less money. They let me audit a class since there was not one at my level and still charged me tuition. I am trying to file a complaint with FAFSA. There are just so many other qualified schools dont waste your time and money here.
Re: Miami Jacobs Career College LPN program.
I am a student at Miami Jacobs, 3rd quarter. I would consider another college if I were you. Tuition is in excess of $20,000. In my opinion the quality of instructors (poor), curriculum (poor) and clinicals (poor). I realized this shortly after I began, but I could not wait for an opening at another school. I had become unemployed and wanted to complete a LPN program before my unemployment ran out. None of my credits would transfer to another school so I’m stuck. I hope I get enough from the program to pass n-clex, I am pulling straight A’s but I have a feeling I will need more than that. The school does use ATI which I feel will help me get through the N-clex. Here’s an example of how one of my classes went:
Nutrition 1.75 hours 1 day a week:
Week 1 – instructor went over expectations for the quarter.
Week 2- no class the instructor forgot we had a class.
Week 3-Watched Super Size me.
Week 4- Watched the 2nd part of Super Size me. Instructor handed out a cross word puzzle.
Week 5- Instructor collected the cross word puzzle, skimmed over a few chapters, handed out another cross word puzzle.
Week 6- Changed instructors we sat like 3rd graders, each reading a paragraph form a chapter, collected crossword puzzle. Assigned a case study.
Week 7- Sat like 3rd graders, again reading a paragraph from a chapter. Instructor walked by to see if we did our homework, assigned another case study, told us what the final would cover.
Week 8- Took an ATI assement.
Week 9- Took final
This class cost me over a thousand dollars. I learned nothing new, but got an A. The clinicals have all been at Nursing Homes, I think we will get 1 day at an OB office, A Peds office, and I’m not sure what they will do for the MRDD rotation. As far as IV therapy we have to have 1 successful stick, and that can be in a dummy arm. But that combined with the class you take is enough to get your IV certification.
PLEASE THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE STARTING THEIR PROGRAM, THEY ARE ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!!!!!