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Veteran Review: I attended COTC and graduated with an Associates in Nursing. I can say that it was very cumbersome to attend COTC as a veteran. I utilized my Tuition assistance and needed to "push them along" the entire way. Every semester I had to contact veterans affairs and tell them what I needed them to do to approve TA. My understanding is that they needed prompted in every way and every time I needed something completed to allow me access to my tuition assistance. This includes having to pay for a semester out of pocket do to their delay in assistance and lack of ability to complete my necessary needs on their own. From my understanding, they should understand this. I am currently attempting to apply for my bachelors 2 semesters later and I am unable to receive tuition assistance, because COTC has not submitted my graduated status to TA and I am unable to attend classes as a consequence to said incident. All said and done: If you are a veteran, be prepared to coax COTC along to get what you need.SSG Ben Moran RN

I had a very close immediate relative die during summer semester. When my immediate relative had a stroke, I did not notify my professors on the matter. Sorry, my thoughts are not on telling my online professors about my relative bleeding in the brain. My time was spent in the hospital, hospice, and at work. I missed a few assignments but notified my professors at my earliest convenience. The work was completed. Professor Sample for PSY-210-NA failed me on multiple assignments, accused me of plagiarizing from a blog, and is the reason I will not be graduating this semester from COTC. The plagiarizing accusation is because I had "similar sentences of a blog post." What a joke. Never take a class as Professor Sample as your professor. Do yourself a favor and just go to a different school. I will NOT be going back there. President Coe and other faculty members at COTC I contacted did not help in any matter. Of course, they took the side of Professor Sample.Adam A

I… HATE… COTC! Its the nightmare that will never end. My husband leaves for the military in one week… His recruiter needs his college transcript, so that he can get a higher ranking, more pay and one of the jobs he wants. All he needs is the transcript. We went in on the 22nd and paid extra to have the transcript sent. They told us they would send it out that day or the next. Well today we saw his recruiter and he STILL hasn't received the transcript. We went into COTC and had to talk to them AGAIN about this. Oh did I forget to mention that when my husband first started seeing his recruiter, he paid extra to have his transcript and then they handed it to my husband, therefore making it unacceptable to the Air Force. This is not even close to the first problem either of us has had with them. Oh, maybe you all should check out there 'graduation rate.' Less than 20 percent of people even graduate! That is horrible.Samantha B

This college as a whole has been amazing. My instructors and the rest of the staff and faculty really care about your education. If I ever have any problems and I go to someone they either know the answer I am looking for or they will find someone who does. If I have any suggestions on how to make things better or easier for students they are always ready and willing to listen what I have to say and make improvements that will better students experiences. I wish I could further my education here farther than an associates degree because I have had such a great experience here. If you are on the fence, sign up! You won’t regret it.Danielle Lambrite

Amazing school. I graduated and walked already after my two years. Every teacher was supportive and there for me. You can just walk in to talk to an advisor (unless during semester start/end). Then it's by appointment. That is so much better than other schools. Osu only has very picky walk in times. MTC teachers put books in the library or I borrowed their copies so I spent nothing. They are friendly and the school is very pretty. Only a couple teachers were annoying, but every place has 1 or 2. I loved my time there.Molly m (YYH)

Do NOT go through this nursing program. Just take the few extra prerequisites that the other programs require and go somewhere else. This is the most unorganized program I've ever seen. They will reschedule clinicals and classes with absolutely no notice. They also give you lists of books to buy and change the required books the beginning of class. All they say when they mess up and change things around is "what do you want me to do, it's nursing school, you have to be flexible" it's nothing but frustration.Aletha Perry

I love Columbus State and this is why: Before Columbus State: Growing up, I was never interested in the information taught in school, because I did not feel like it was applicable to the real world. After a year at a private college, I was originally apprehensive to restart college at any college. I was also scared of a community college. I grew up in Michigan, and I felt like our local community colleges had negative stigmas attached to them. Luckily, my older brother took me into the application office in Delaware, OH to take the entrance exam. I believe I tested out of an english and/or a math class. While at Columbus State: I would like to note that I always attended C-State as I held a part time job (10-20 hours a week). I originally attended an EMT-B class at Columbus State. The class was more challenging than I had anticipated and was pretty time consuming. I received a B in this course, but found employment immediately in the field and felt confident in my skills. A year later, I returned to C-State with the desires to go to nursing school. Thanks to ample meetings with advisors in Health and Human Services, I decided to take some prerequisite nursing classes as there was a waiting list to apply for their nursing program (while I worked part time as an EMT-B). During this year, I found more confidence in my work and studies, feelings of support and encouragement from staff, and rewards from hard work. I was also able to sign up easily for academic accommodations for the first time in my life! I loved my time at Columbus State within this year! I never thought I would love school or receive my first 4.0 GPA in the spring and summer semesters. For the first time, school finally felt fulfilling for me. After Attending Columbus State: I decided to leave C-State after a full academic year, and I pursued a BSN degree through another local school. I often look back at my time at C-State and regret that I did not take more classes here while saving a decent amount of money! I would suggest night classes if you are willing and able. I found that students were more likely to be hard working, more mature, disciplined, and also employed. I also found professors who taught night classes were often from OSU and more understanding. Generally my teachers were all very competent, funny, and held experience in the world. The only negative experience that I found was dealing with C-Stat's Police department staff and accessing their gym/locker room. Students must sign up manually for the gym locker rooms every semester at C-State's Police department and then wait for several days for your card to be accepted from security/police. This system seems dated and non-productive. I feel like this process should be easily automated. This issue led to a negative experience I had with a police officer that identified as Sergeant Diamond. I felt like this officer escalated my personal situation while being disrespectful and patronizing. Another time I was eating a meal in my car between classes when a police car pulled up to me and asked why I was parked between two spots in an empty parking lot and then asked me to pick a spot. I'm sure the police department deals with things they don't want to. I could have been lucky and experienced two poor attitudes on hard days, but I do not feel like the police department is fulfilling their mission that states they want to provide "exceptional customer service" for their students based on my only two experiences with them. I would take a look at how the police staff is trained at C-State.Connor Hill

I have enjoyed Columbus State and majority of the people I’ve met here while on track to my BA but this college needs some serious restructuring. The biggest thing I wish Cstate would look into is their faculty. When I go to ratemyprofessor.com and see many of them at a 1 to 2 star rating, that concerns me. I have personally had good and bad professors here and majority of the good ones were adjunct professors, the bad ended up being tenured faculty. I wish the college would look into the gripes students have and start to question whether or not they should be hiring adjunct professors to replace them. The only other major issue I’ve had is from advisors. The point of the advisor is to advise the student on their education path, but when I have a genuine question or concern, interrupting/having a snarky attitude doesn’t come off as professional to me. One last thing, please talk with the finance department about putting a budget together for another parking garage. I don’t go during peak hours anymore but when I did parking was atrocious. Pros -cheap -effective (sometimes) -some great professors Cons -unprofessional faculty at times -parking -communication from facultyEric Hudyk

It will be 6 weeks this semester (Spring 2019) before CSCC releases financial aid refunds. I cannot believe they get away with this! OSU is 9 days after the start of the semester! Some people rely on these excess funds to survive another semester of school! This should be illegal and I’m pretty sure it is because according to federal financial aid funds are to be released up to a max of 14 days after the start of a semester! Insane to make people wait 6 weeks+ to receive their refund. Also, parking is obnoxious here any time of day. It also seems to me that each department does not have a good linear structure of teaching so each professor is just kind of doing their own thing whichever way they feel like doing it. Some classes are too long some are too short. It really feels like no one is in control here it’s just a free for all I guess. Employees are not friendly in any way shape or form. Honestly the only good thing about this school is how cheap it is. “You get what you pay for.” 🤷‍♂️614 Realness

Thank you AMI for accepting me and for being the foundation of my nursing career. It was definitely an exciting experience for me moving from California and making a new life here in Ohio. Not only have I had a great education from AMI, I have learned about a lot of different cultures and appreciate that AMI was very inclusive of different cultures when teaching us about patient care. Be prepared to work hard and never be afraid to ask questions. This is not the type of school where you can just miss assignments or show up late and it will all be okay. No, this is a nursing school that truly prepares individuals to enter into a career as nursing professionals. It was tough, but the instructors were always willing to help out students whenever they needed. Shout out to Dr. Elnaggar for being the best A&P instructor. To my other instructors and staff Mr. Ali, Dr. Gates, Dr. Tiya, Dr. Crayton, Professor Pauline, Professor Carol, Professor Jan, Mrs. Rosemary and Elfreda thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication to your students. AMI really helped build me into not just a nurse, but a GOOD nurse. Since graduating and passing my NCLEX on my first try I have so far received a handful of job offers from OhioHealth, Mount Carmel, and Nationwide Children's to name a few. I truly feel that every graduate that walks out of AMI will have a good nursing foundation along with strong morals and ethics. I am proud to be a part of the AMI LPN alumni and recommend this school for anyone interested in starting their nursing career. Nurses rock!Jeraldine Leovao

I’m so happy I chose Academia school of nursing. It’s was affordable, great instructors (shout out to Dr Elnaggar!). I definitely learned everything I needed to be successful in completing the program and passing the NCLEX in 75 questions my first time. I made lifelong friends on this journey (Hey cohort 10). Without a doubt I will return to complete the RN program . Thanks Academia!!!!vanessa washington

This is one of the fairest nursing schools in Columbus the instructors know what to do and they are so lovely, patience and excellent feedback to their students and they are delivering you all the skills and knowledge you need to pass the nclex and to achieve your dream to a incredible nurse if you want to become a nurse this is the best place to be I am so glad nd excited to be hereHabiba Mohamed

I enrolled in Larocks Medical assistant program in December. The first 3 weeks consisted of listening to an instructor read power points on zoom. I learned zero from this as all tests were open book. I was looking forward to the skills (in person) part of the class. I was due to start on the 20th. Upon arrival I learned from students outside that the teacher had become Ill and class was canceled. No emails were sent prior to this happening. First red flag. Once more students showed up and found out, obviously the admissions rep was getting multiple phone calls so an email was sent out that she would take no more calls and students would have to attend evening classes. Many students could not attend evening classes due to jobs and families. She also stated in her email that the announcement of the teacher being sick was announced the previous Friday in class which was not true and all students confirmed that it was untrue. Second red flag. It took them another full week to even respond to my emails looking for a resolution, but the fact that they lied and tried to push people into schedules they didn’t sign up for left a bad taste in my mouth and the lack of communication and accountability was weird too. I let it go and expected to return to class on January 3rd. Before class I receive a text that I am late on payments and would be getting a 25$ late fee per day despite not being in class for over 2 weeks. When I sent an email asking why they thought they deserved money, and accused them of sketchy behavior again, I got a passive aggressive email back from the director Beth castle, who stated they’ve done nothing sketchy and my class was at 10’am and that Covid was the reason. I am sympathetic to people having Covid but the people have nothing in place for when/if problems come up and leave the student scrambling to figure everything out and if you challenge them or point out that the way things were handled were wrong, you’ll be spoken to like a chiLd. Unprofessional . Unethical. They want your money and that’s it. Also, if any rep decides to respond to this with any story besides this, I’ll respond to the thread with the email chain of all correspondence matching this story.Jason Jones

I’ve been working here since June 2021. I have not had any hours since November and have contacted them several times because they were supposed to get my schedule together at the end on March but they have not contacted me back. I use my email daily and two days ago my email was deactivated. Never had this happen before but now I am unsure of my employment status. I have not quit and nothing has happened for me to be fired. I feel like it is very unprofessional to not be able to communicate with your employees. I do want to speak out and say this school does the bare minimum for these students to graduate. They really should not be open. It’s very unorganized. Students are not staying for the hours they are supposed to. They mainly do online classes and the instructors are not qualified to teach. They can’t even pronounce the medical terminology correctly. They talk the entire time and then get off the video meet. They had me teaching stuff I didn’t even know about. I was supposed to be a phlebotomy/MA teacher. They had me doing clinical lab assistant and patient care technician. I get that I know some of it but there were things I didn’t know and Beth would just explain it to me quickly or tell me to look at the book they had. They jam classes together. My first class during Covid.. I had a class of 32. We didn’t even fit in the small classroom. I only gave it a one because I had too. To be honest, any school would be better education wise than this one. Also career wise! Take me for example. How does an employer just to decide one day to stop communicating with you but you are still employed… well at least I thought! Everyone is telling me to file unemployment because I have all the screenshots of our emails from me reaching out and them saying they are working on my schedule and just all the screenshots I would need. I’m considering it! Be professional! You want to fire me for absolutely nothing, JUST SAY THAT!Natoshia Branscome

I absolutely loved my instructor, as well as my classmates! It wasn't like other classes where you were serious all the time, we did make the class fun. I personally grew close to all the other girls in my class. They were like my own little phleb family. <3 There were some flaws in the textbook,however. Some of the textbooks were disorganized. It was all minor things that were easily fixed. I am so glad that I chose to attend Larock Healthcare Academy though! 🙂Brittany Booher

I have not gone to this school, but several of my friends have. For each and every one of them, it was a terrible experience. They all started thinking they could get two-year degrees, and six years later not one of them has one. Here is a smattering of the things they have experienced: – A professor who canceled a class in order to watch a football game, and for any other reason he wanted – in the end the every-other-week class met only three times during the entire semester – Tests that cover things never discussed either in class or in textbooks – Bureaucratic nightmares regarding transcripts, unclear requirements for graduation, being told a class was required and then later finding out it wasn't – Online classes where the professor logs on once a week and responds to no emails – The school literally does not provide all of the classes needed to finish the degrees they 'offer', only preliminary classes – the degree must be finished elsewhere, assuming the credits even transfer (good luck) – Terrible communication both with professors and administrators, and a clear sense that no one there cares about any of the students at all – Classes that teach basically nothing, for instance an HTML 'class' for which all of the material could have been learned during an hour using google. – Unclear syllabuses, missing graded items in the final grade, midterms going ungraded and never returned, expensive books that are never used This is by no means a comprehensive list. I'm putting up this review to hopefully spare other young, desperate people from what this farce of an institution has done to the people I care about. Yes, the campus looks nice and the tuition rates are low, but you will not get an education here, and no one in the building will care how badly their lies and neglect will screw up your life.Irena

Academic advisors are very difficult to get ahold of and when you one gets ahold of them they are disrespectful. They tell you to just email them your problem which are then returned with an automatic email about where to find things. You'll get this email even if it has the things you didnt ask for. The advisors also tell you if you do meet them that you are wasting their time with questions about the direction of your academic career.Michael (Zello88)

The campus looks great. I do hear a lot about people registering to go here, but all of a sudden someone on the school end loses a file and they can't find that someone registered all of a sudden, even though they did? This happened to my brother when he first applied here.Joshua Baker

My only college education is passing a semester of English in community college. I like to visit college campuses when I am in different cities. When I was walking the campus a nice young lad riding an electric scooter stopped me and asked "Hey where is the library?". I was extremely flattered by this. He assumed 1 I looked young enough to be a college student walking to my next lecture. 2 that I was smart enough to attend this university (sadly my grades in high school are way below the requirements to attend this university). My pride was fulfilled. Sadly for him I informed him that I did not know where the library was as I was not a student. Also the grounds keeping staff does a top notch job.Jake P

I had an incredible experience at The Ohio State University. There is a lot of stuff to do here; you can never get bored with all the fun events on campus. The campus is always very lively and fun. OSU got plenty of libraries with a big book stack, so you never need to worry about study space. OSU have all the recourse that a student can think of; they also have fun clubs and societies so you can join them according to your interest. The campus bus service is also excellent, so there are no worries about transportation around the campus. The recreational center at OSU is one of the biggest in the whole country. And how can one miss the Shoe the best football stadium.TUSHAR GARG

The university has a broad spectrum of offerings that should appeal to the masses. The campus is well laid out and there is plenty of room for parking and walking around campus with ease. Whether you are a serious student or still trying to figure out life, you should be able to find quality friends and a quality education here. The real question is do you want it? Life is ticking, TikTok better get busy! The student union has a lot to offer there is plenty of places to study, to get your banking done, to get administrative work done, and meet up with your friends casually. If you want to work on a Masters, doctorate, or PhD, consider Ohio State University.Aaron Duhon

Columbus State could have done better but the way Columbus State, offers the class the GED . it’s like the college didn’t want you to joying into the school. Some college out of State rather you don’t pass the pre-test, they still will work with you ,until are you ready to take the test.get better and will be accepted into the Columbus state but it is so different .Blair Blanc

Brand new campus location: When I took a class in the fall of 2019, the wireless wifi was VERY slow to the point where it isn’t worth counting on for serious tasks. Facility is very clean and can get overcrowded during the day if you like your personal space to study. I found the student demographic to be very young.Connor Hill

I would not waste my time going to this school. All they are trying to do is to set you up to fail, even if you have not worked in the health field while you are at school, they will find a way to weed you out.Nicole Dunlap

I had a great experience at CSPN. It is a quality program at a great value. If you're looking for a perfect nursing school….it doesn't exist. CSPN came pretty darn near that for me. As a nursing student I was stressed out a lot of the time, and as students we grumbled at the imperfections of the staff but the reality is those were coping skills not real dilemmas. The instructors were down to earth and did everything they could to help us succeed. If I faced dilemma's because of the school they were handled very professionally and I always felt heard and seen. I would highly recommend this school. The admission process is swift and easy, they walk you through every step. Thanks CSPN for all you given to helping me achieve my dream to become a nurse. I would recommend this school to those seeking a nursing education.Andrea Maxwell

I graduated from this school in 1979. The lessons I learned from the instructors helped me remain professional and continue to work in nursing for 40 years.joyce hopson

I just had the pleasure volunteering here and Inhad so much fun and they are creating amazing healthcare workers for the future.Dennis Overholts

I didn’t get into the BSN program at Ohio State so I decided to go through the Health Sciences program. I received zero guidance from the staff/professors in this program. I knew I had potential somewhere else so I decided to apply to other Nursing schools and got into almost all of them. I decided to transfer out of this program and the school. My academic advisor has hardly EVER reached out to me and they don’t care about your future plans/goals whatsoever. Pick a different major and save yourself the stress.Dana D'Auria

Dr Bollinger is a wonderful health sciences instructor! She communicated with her students efficiently and was super helpful in writing a recommendation letter for my grad school application.Jiawen Wang