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Before intellitec i had no clue what i wanted to do with my future. I was kind of just floating around not taking anything seriously. Then when i found my passion for the medical field i had a really hard time figuring out where to start. Intellitec gave me and opportunity of a lifetime. Not only did this experience teach me to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances, it showed me that even when u think there isn’t a way, there always is. Along my journey at intellitec i met some of the most warm hearted people who have nothing but your best interests in mind. Mr. Roby, one of the instructors, creates a comfortable atmosphere that keeps his students engaged. Miss Davis, former student and now instructor, has zero issue with breaking a subject down one step at a time at a pace you are comfortable with. Mr. Thorn, our lab instructor, is very informative and allows u to branch off so that you can become more familiar with the craft. Last but not least, Miss Lo, intellitec’s instructor and extern coordinator, is someone you can ALWAYS go to no matter the problem. She’s not only your shoulder to cry on when you need one but she’s also someone with the most remarkable networking skills. Miss Lo. got me an interview for a job outside of school in ONE 5 MINUTE PHONE CALL and because of her i am now currently employed at the location i externed at. Her number is definitely one you should have. Overall Intellitec has done nothing but provide me with a second family. Anyone who is interested shouldn’t hesitate a second ! *the photo is my new family at the QwikCareMd office*ANGEL AVINA

I just wanted to give a positive shout out to the teacher of CCR:100. Until recently, I didn't know how this psychology class would be applicable to the real world. Rest assured, it is. I won't mention the name of the restaurant, but there is currently a GM that has enjoys screaming at employees in front of customers, all day. You are rushed through training and at times purposely trained wrong. With this class I was able to professionally express to the GM how this coercive behavior is not okay to do in front of a customer. I was able to point out flaws in management skills professionally, which in the long run has saved my record. The GM used nothing but unprofessionalism and excuses throughout each email proving strong signs of weak leadership skills. These emails include insults and calling me a liar. there was no professionalism, whatsoever. This particular class gives students the strength, courage, and applicable skills to improve the workplace, to find the right work environment, and essentially teaches you a form of management that is a business psychology applicable when you need it most. Thanks Mr. GRonald Lucier

Current HVAC student and very pleased with my education so far. The teachers care about not only my education but my goals and path moving forward. I was having a tough time getting employers to notice me and take my resume seriously. Until I asked Rob Gleghorn, the Career Services Manager, for help that is. He helped me sort out my resume, going above and beyond to make sure it was the best version I could present. I started getting calls from employers the next day. I instantly went from hoping to land an interview to trying to figure out how to choose from the best option. I feel IntelliTec is more than just a school, it's a career builder. The teachers are knowledgeable in their field and always willing to spend extra time going over subject matter that I have questions about. The faculty members have a way of making me feel proud of my direction and accomplishments.Geoff Brown

I LOVE LOVE LOVE working at Pima in COS! After 30 years in general practice, I am so happy to share my experiences and make new memories with the students and staff. The students are so amazing that I get sad when then leave! Many of them keep in touch and visit when they are nearby or in town. People that I meet in the veterinary field (and the human medical field for that matter) are excited to tell me all about the incredibly talented Vet Techs and Vet Assistant students that have landed at their location after attending Pima. They are asking me to KEEP THEM COMING!! The leadership is supportive and approachable. They make a great effort to celebrate and show appreciation for the students and the instructors throughout the year. A shout out during a staff meeting means a lot to those of us that are teaching every day! We are proud to be celebrating Pima Medical Instutitute's 50Th anniversary and kudos to the really popular, soft and comfortable 50th anniversary t-shirts. . .my evening students wear them EVERY casual Thursday night! Finally, when you work with a team that loves coming to work, everyone is supportive and willing to help each other. We always push each other to do better and make the learning environment fun to build a community. Shout out to all my students. . .love you guys and come by to say hello and let me know how you are doing!!!! Keep sharing your awesome stories and experiences with me. . .they make my day!Dr Mary Carr

I've spent a year and a half at Pima in the veterinary assistant and technician programs and I love it! The instructors are amazing and they do everything they can to help you succeed. I've gotten to work with animals I never thought I would go near and I've gained so much confidence from my experiences. I'm going to be sad when it ends but I'm thankful for the accelerated curriculum that fits my schedule.Aleska Oleksuk

I really enjoy coming to Pima! I genuinely felt like my life didn’t have a plan before. Now that I am on the Pharmacy Technician program, I feel like I have a sense of purpose again. The staff here is amazing, and Jenn really helped me in the enrollment process to get started as soon as possible. Ms.J is a great teacher!! I definitely recommend coming here if you’re trying to change your life.Rosalia Estanislao

I have experienced numerous hospitals in the last 71 years as a patient and private caregiver. My husband had surgery at Penrose in January of 2022. I have NEVER seen this kind of professionalism, expertise, and most of all the friendliness and helpfulness exuded by ALL of the staff! The procedures and technology were up to date and in use. People knew what they were doing and highly skilled. This results in patients being more comfortable and "at ease". Thanks for "genuinely caring" about the patients in your trust. I award all with an A #1 rating and 6 stars!Rosalie Ricci Gysel

I don’t know which part was my favorite: being treated as a prisoner, being given a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenic without ever having heard voices in 38 years, not having the diagnosis discussed with me in any way: or not being told in my 6 days at the hospital that I more likely than not have cancer. I had to find out from a family doctor later on who was incredibly surprised to be the one breaking the news to me. Avoid Penrose at all costs, who defrauded Medicaid for likely tens of thousands of dollars by keeping me imprisoned for so long.Ryan Dyer

Our family's experience… My elderly mom has been in and out of this facility several times recently. On each occasion she was left to languish in her bed, becoming weaker and weaker each day. Following one visit, she couldn't even sit up in a chair. We asked everyone we could to please walk her, so she could return home safely. We were met with inaction, excuses and indifference. She was in some ways, worse off than when she was admitted. If they are short staffed, it's because they just made sweeping layoffs!Becky Bennett

If I could give a zero I would…. my tech today made me more concerned for my baby than when I went in for my ultrasound. She wouldn't answer any questions even basic ones and I've had a complicated pregnancy so I had questions. I don't know if she has the skill to even send the right photos over to the radiologists who she explained someone somewhere would pick it out of a stack and read it to give me a report at sometime on my health connections. I question that it was even done right at this point. Her responses were vague and unacceptable plus the ultrasound costs just as much as if I went somewhere where an actual person could tell me what is going on in real time. Absolutely terrible bedside manner and zero help – next time I'll just drive to the place in Denver that is actually always good and will help me. I've had a great tech multiple times in the past, requested her again but didn't get her today. She was the only reason I dealt with the BS scheduling office that is a joke in and of itself. The tech today was snippy with me when I kept asking questions and I thought it was very unprofessional. Next time I won't risk going there just to leave a pregnant ball of stress because I don't know anything and I thought I saw something on the ultrasound that was concerning but got ZERO reassurance. Plus the scheduling was a joke – they had to have a manager review to even get me scheduled and never called me back after a week. So lots of problems with UC Health Radiology I've used them for previous pregnancies but they've gone WAYYY Downhill. Can't blame COVID for everything my friends. EDIT TO ADD: To the person who responded from UC Health, I called that number this morning before even writing the review to get help with this and left a voicemail which said I'll. hear back within the next couple of days so went ahead and wrote the review. So UC Health is quicker at responding to reviews than messages to actually help people. Also talked to another office to try and get answers as I received the report back from the doctor and it was so much less than the reports I've received from UC Health in the past it leads me to believe that I was right in thinking the ultrasound wasn't done well. It didn't answer any of my questions and big surprise no one has called me back even though I was promised a call back. I've been told that I cannot talk to the doctor nor ask any questions and they may bill me again to go back in. Only in "healthcare" can this kind of stuff happen.Kathy Marie

My Tech Frank was awesome. Super awesome dude. I am continually unimpressed with UC health however. And I am more than frustrated. This time – The scheduling department. They had a daunting task. Try to be the One stop shop and schedule multiple exams at the same time. While that wasn’t necessarily a requirement of mine, I was promised it many times. Expectations were set inappropriately. It’s been over two weeks. I have had one of my four scans. They continually cannot find all the information for the other ones. I assume because they are from an outside medical organization. Moreover, they don’t you, they require your call into an automated machine that doesn’t have clear options – especially if you’re not versed in medical jargon. All the staff within the scheduling department have been nice and professional but unable to accomplish the job.A S

Horrible x-ray techs, doctors have No bedside manner! Just because someone is on medicaiM does NOT mean we should have to get crappy healthcare from physicians who clearly could care less about their patients, treat everyone as if they are ALL drug seekers, and OBVIOUSLY don't hear or care about a word you say about how you feel about your situation. If you are ONLY in healthcare for the money or any other reason than to HELP people, do us "little people" on Medicaid and get out now or just retire already. Y'all truly make an already hard situation that much worse!Christine Madison

This is a community college, not a university, I expected there to be some ups an downs. My teachers are hit and miss, but I feel even at a university that is still a strong possibility. For a school like this you don't really need the teachers to be stellar, a lot of the work is very doable if you put any kind of effort in, most of the required text alone will tell you everything you need to know about the class. Now, for a community college there's some amazing things they pull off. There have been noble peace prize winners visit, travel study like the civil rights road trip, community programs that tie into school curriculum…The teachers who do take their jobs seriously will see that you use the coursework set before you be applied in the real world. The campus and environment feels welcoming and of course its cheap to go here. Now…not everything here runs as smoothly as you hope. The student clinic is barely open and the one time I did go they didn't even have a nurse to help me. The few times I have bee to the cafeteria the cooks didn't have enough food to serve, my first tour of the school the guide didn't know anything about the programs or services and if you need help with tutoring the available people are very limited on what courses they can cover. I've come to Red Rocks strictly to get my prerequisites out of the way and because I do enjoy learning. I don't make a lot of money and don't have a lot of resources. While I haven't explored everything available to me at Red Rocks I have enjoyed the experience. Coming here does mean teaching yourself to an extent, but it can be beneficial, if anything I wished I enrolled sooner.mendez5525

Went to Red Rocks for 3 years before graduating from Mines 2 years later. College has made my life so much better and I owe most of my education to the teachers here. They helped establish the base of knowledge which was rigorously tested at Mines. The best secret I can let you all in on, is that the teachers at Red Rocks were far superior in their teaching skills than at Mines. Many times Mines classes were taught by mid 20’s grad and doc students who never taught or had a desire to teach but finances and degree programs force them into it. Not to take anything away from Mines, its a great place to finish your education, just giving the inside scoop on something I wish I would have known before transferring. The teachers at Red Rocks are professionals, they love to teach which is why they teach at a community college. 11 out of 10 for really caring and being dedicated to education. Semesters and teachers have their ups and downs but overall my experiences at Red Rocks will always be one of the greatest and most fulfilling chapters of my life. A great place to get started on a new path in life!Matt Morris

The teacher are super great! I liked the online curriculum, the accounting is unprofessional. They sent notice to my parents (who I don't live with) that my scholarship was getting cancelled for lack of credits, I got a opportunity at work and had to drop classes. My parents reached out to me letting me know and I reached out and found out that I had a 3k bill due and it was affecting my credit score and my scholarship had been cancelled, I never got notice on my personal email or a phone call. Now I don't have money to take classes next semester, my credit score is down 30 points and i don't have food to eat for a week. I am 19 and you would think a collage would be dedicated to helping set up students for life would have better communication with there students. If I was given more notice I could have had more than 3 days to put together 3k and could have prevented getting the scholarship cancelledRiley Burns

UCCS is a great school and best bang for your buck. Campus is nice and will continue to improve as construction finishes up. While the Freshmen and Sophomore classes are sometimes pretty large (usually the Science classes for me, others were pretty small), your Junior and Senior level classes are extremely small which allows you to connect with not only the instructors but students as well, which is often a problem in large classes. Graduating in May and do not regret my decision to come here. A few tips of advise: – Parking does SUCK, it may improve next year with the new parking garage. Either live on campus, come early, or park in the parking lot away from the campus and get a shuttle, no other way around it until they figure out a long term solution. – Pay attention to your student portal when it comes to Financial Aid. Sometimes things may come up out of the blue without your knowledge. Also, it is best to talk to an ACTUAL staff member at Financial Aid. No offense to the student employees, they sometimes do not know what they are talking about and just assume things which can sometimes cause problems, do yourself a favor and talk to an actual staff member to get the best information or solution regarding a problem. – Finally, if you do stay on campus, Summit Village, the Freshmen dorms, seems to be very active given the impression I have seen from it. On the other hand, Alpine Village is not very active in the social aspect. Hope you have good roommates and you should be set for the year, otherwise get involved with something because Alpine Village is like an actual apartment community, little to no interaction with one another.Kyle Walker

I had a really good experience at UCCS getting my BSME. Many of the engineering professors are excellent teachers and also have had real world experience that is valuable for students to hear about. The class sizes in engineering classes were pretty small and you almost always have good access to your teachers to ask questions and make sure you can absorb the material. The tuition was pretty reasonable when I was in school there up until 2012, but I understand it has been increasing rapidly. On the down side this schools wants to deny that it is a commuter school and therefore does not making parking ease a priority, which is a big negative when you have to deal with it every single day, sometimes multiple times a day. The passes are expensive, you aren't guaranteed a spot, traffic is a mad dash for the last remaining far away spots. UCCS should really invest more in large parking structures. It also seems like they might be putting too much money and effort into odd, not very helpful activities and services when they should be focusing more on quality of education and ease of access for their students.Keagen C

Some teachers are awesome and other teachers are horrible that don’t want to help you. Overall, students are also rude and for some reason believe they are better than everyone else. Oh and the staff is horrible and unprofessional. Not to mention that they charged me two payments in one month when I specifically asked when signing up for payments if they were going to charge me twice and they said no which REALLY messed up my methods of organizing my bills. When I asked about it they took forever to answer me and haven’t gotten back to me on refunding it as promised. Hate it. Never going back and never should have gone there. Sure the campus is beautiful but the quality of the classes, experience and overall school is definitely not worth what they charge. Parking is rediculous too.Maria De Lira

No I wasn't going here for class. I think I have enough degrees. we were here though to drop off a whole bunch of batteries to be recycled. it seems to be about the only place in Colorado Springs where you can recycle regular single-use batteriesGeoff Mulligan

Great school, just wish they stooped calling me asking to donate money. I already paid you $30k for my tuition stop asking for more.Neste Andrea

The staff are nice. The teachers have degrees for the classes they're teaching but should not be teaching. They recite slides that were given to them incredibly fast and expect you to understand material without giving you the time to even write down anything they have in slides. you have access to notes online but they have homework on 4 different platforms so it's extremely had to keep up, especially if you have a job and kids. This school makes it feel impossible that you will ever succeed in college. please when looking for schools, find a place that has teachers that actually care if you learn what they're teaching and take the time to help students with understanding content. Pick a place that wants you to succeed.Angie Stewart

This review is in regards to the nursing department at PPCC at Rampart Range. There is a instructor/clinical instructor that should not be teaching here. This instructor, Cassie, is a bully that picks on students for the sake of it. She told a student that they will "never be a nurse" in casual conversation during class. She told another student that they would probably not pass the clinical when the 2nd day of a rotation. A student went to the head of nursing and brought up these concerns. Nothing got resolved and this instructor later got promoted to a lab teaching position. The nursing department at this school doesn't take concerns of students seriously and promotes an atmosphere of bullying.Jenn Brown

One of their better campus's. This location is pretty widespread having plenty of parking space and a very refreshing interior atmosphere. In addition, the location is well maped and easy to navigate with friendly staff and security always willing to be of assistance. As for their professor's, it's a mixed bag, as are most colleges of this size. As long as your willing to take the time to handpick classes, you'll be well off. Overall, not a bad choice if your looking for community college.Classical Methods

Awful administration. Campus police tried to remove me from campus 4 days in a row when I tried to apply. They harassed me so much I had a seizure and had to be taken to the hospital. Never got an apology. Now I got a ticket from one of the campus police whose name I did not catch in the first 4 incidents and didn't file a timely complaint about him. A littering ticket for leaving my bike at the campus. I'm dropping my classes because they are all at this campus. I already filed complaints about campus police. And the harassment continues. How can I got to this campus when they are actually worse at this campus? There is literally no way to deal with harrsassing campus police. There is never even apology. Some of them need to be barred from all college campuses.Yelizaveta Polishchuk

My favorite PPCC campus! Building & classrooms are nice. Not too big & crowded, and a lovely art gallery (open to the public & free!) that shows different Colorado artists and sometimes student/instructor artwork throughout the year! All of the instructors, staff, & campus police are very helpful, kind, and knowledgeable! I like all of the campuses, but this one by far is my favorite!Hannah Marie Sealock

Parking is confusing. Mostly the math class I took was terrible. Teacher did not have a lesson plan prepared and did not teach a thing even though he held us the whole class time. Also gave us a 10min speech on how if we don't already know the material ww should deop.Josephine Dumont

The building is older and smells like it, but they do a good job of keeping it up to date. I went there out of convenience since the only other MSW options are online or in Denver. I felt it was pricey but was worth the location for me. I loved all of my teachers. I felt like I learned a lot and loved how quickly I was able to do my masters. I do wish they offered core classes over the summer instead of just electives.Kyla Kepson

My husband has been dealing with stage 4 cancer for 4 years. I have always been able to call and get information regarding his bills. I had my husband call to give them permission again to receive information. When I called the person back, she did not say her name, she was super short with me on the phone and rude. Clearly not wanting to provide any additional details as to who she was and was clearly upset that I had to call back for info per their own policy. Once I received the info I was looking for, I said thank you and she hung up on me. This was the worst customer service I have had with Penrad and CO Spgs Radiologists. I have been calling in for years and have never had an issue. Please train your customer service reps to be a bit more professional and compassionate considering the circumstances your patients may be going through.Cheran Allsup