American Career College

This is a great school to get your medical degree faster! I applied to attend this school. My councilor Sara, was very helpful. She was very encouraging too. All the staff that I met in the school was very nice and helpful. They provide you all the information you need and materials to make sure I can attend there school. The whole transition to become a student for the school went smoothly. They also have a parking garage for visitors with a security consistantly watching over your vehicles.

DO NOT go to this school! I repeat DO NOT go to this school!!! All they want is your money and don’t care one bit about you!!! They told me a week before graduation that I couldn’t walk stage if I didn’t pay them almost all my loan!!! It was so sad and stressful. How do you tell that to someone a week before graduation??? It’s been 3 years and they won’t give my my diploma that I EARNED with my hard work only because my balance is 200 bucks. It’s like really??? I’ve been loyal and been paying you guys and you can’t hand me MY diploma??? I did LVN here and before that I went to Kaplan for my MA. Kaplan is a MUCH BETTER school no doubt. They would call me and see how I’m doing. Ever since I left this school no one has called me to see if I need help with a job or any other questions! They only call to ask for my money! I tried to get a hold of the person in charge of the NCLEX for months now!!! Voice messages after voice messages and nothing. Save you some money and go somewhere else.

I actually came here for my pharmacy tech, the program was really unorganized. In order for me to find my place to do my internship I had to call around and make sure I got an interview. They really don’t care about your education here. I paid close to 20k so I can find a full time job that paid me $ 8 to me it’s not worth it. Also the teachers suck as all they care about is for you to show up to class. The pharmacy tech lab is more for you to sit around and talk to your classmates. Nothing I learned here I was able to use in a real pharmacy!
If you are coming here for a pharmacy tech grab your things and run!

Tina Vera does not return your calls. As a matter of fact no one in that college returns your calls. What kind of business are they running??? They don’t care about customer service

I started the medical assistant program back in 2008 I had the best teacher Mr. G his class was educational & very fun, the reason why I only give it 3 stars is because when I finished the program I didn’t really get the help I needed to find a job it took me 3 months to find one luckily me I applied to UCLA on my own and got hired! I have been there 6 years now! I was very shocked that they gave me an opportunity knowing I had no experience & fresh out of college,
People do your research before you go because as soon as you meet with someone just to check the campus out they won’t give you time to think they will make you sign the contract at least that’s how I felt.

I wana give a shout out too career services for being so helpful when i finished my medical assistant program they did everything for me to get the job i wanted especially suzeet thank you for helping me with the job i have now. And evn so after that she still going to help me. So i highly recommend this specific location cuz L a has the best ppl here at ACC

Today is officially my last day of the Dental Assistant program I feel super excited and ready to go into the field and put this knowledge and skills to work.
Thanks to Mrs. Avea and Mrs. Rodriguez for always helping me out they are outstanding instructors and I enjoyed class everyday, it was never boring :).

They have other optical programs for a lot cheaper. This school charges way too much money

I want to post a shout out to Miss Cruz and her two dental assistant students for doing a good job on their coronal polishing. They’ve been amazing in performing my teeth cleaning. Congratulations for doing a wonderful job to Brenda and Leila, both are excellent students of ACC LA. I want to volunteer again for the next teeth cleaning! Lol Keep on doing a great job!

Graduated in February! Took a nclex boot camp with ms. rogue for a little over a month then headed to the advance course and took a nclex prep with mr.cho. Did my 200 questions a day, took my notes and literally did everything they told me too and I passed my nclex on the first try! Both instructors are extremely helpful and gave me the right tools to pass :) Couldn’t be happier!

So I volunteered for a coronal polishing to be done by ACC Dental Assisting Students… Vanessa and Glendy are 2 months away from completing the program and they’re like pros! ‘Can’t wait for the next appointment (lol)
Awesome instructor in Ms. Cruz and great program you’re heading Ms. Mary Jacob.
Go ACC-​LA! Woot!

I am currently researching and applying to ADN and BSN programs in Southern California.
This review is in regards to the ADN program. Firstly, they were approved by the Board of Registered Nursing just last November. I have no idea how that was so. The two women giving the orientation were completely unorganized and extremely unprofessional. She kept making absurd comments unrelated to the lecture and even talked about her boss, saying that she (metaphorically) would get her head chopped off for not knowing the basic information of the orientation. Really? Under no circumstances would that be okay to say. Their ‘information’ packets were barely notable and they were passed out in .50 cent folders. For a tuition of 50,000+ I was looking for a little more than that. (By the way I hold a 3.8 GPA and a 4.0 in my core science classes as of this summer.) Quality education is very important, what American Career College offers falls way below fair standards. There are four RN’s in the family whom graduated from Loma Linda, APU, PCC, and UCR. Your education is important and sets the foundation of your future Nursing Career. DO NOT WASTE your time coming to this school.

Such scammers… So I went in to talk to one of the counselors named Armando, let me tell you this guy is a wannabe hustler. I’ll admit he plays all of his faces very well. He wasted almost a week of my time and me talking off work, not to mention going to my high school to order a transcript because I didn’t have my high school diploma. During the whole process he was very persistent that I would qualify for a federal loan. After I was denied (lol) he tried to scam me into about a $ 30,000.00 debt by financing through TWO different banks… nice try Armando but you can’t hustle a true hustler. Anyways just a heads up to anyone that goes here these people are all about there commission.

Had Mr quevedo as our term 4 theory instructor and he was awesome. One of the few that actually applied nclex style questions during our tests. Yes it was tough but it only benefits us students at the end of the day. Also he would always have a daily motivational speech that wouldn’t keep us going :)

Went to ACC back in 2010 – 2011 for Pharmacy Tech program. The program itself was good, I felt I had a good teacher Ms. Higuera who was wonderful. Training was helpful and passed every module with high marks.
However, the period of looking for a job was very difficult. It took me 6 months to get a job in the field. I had absolutely no job experience but the recruiter I had dealt with in the beginning of the program had guaranteed job placement. Looking back, I wish I had never listened to a word that recruiter said. ACC did offer to reimburse the cost of attaining national certification which might help land a job. It did nothing to help as having state certification is good enough for most pharmacies. I did receive help from the job placement department at ACC and felt they did do their part in helping me. I did a number of interviews, some set up by the ACC job dept and eventually I did get a job with Rite Aid pharmacy which ACC set up my interview with.
Currently, I work in a private pharmacy as I had left Rite Aid. Overall, my experience with schooling and job searching with ACC was alright. However, I cannot recommend going to ACC. Financially, the programs here cost way more than similar programs offered at community colleges. It is a for profit school and they are in the business of making money off students, no matter how prepared they are to take the program. Second, not everyone is able to find a job in their field, especially pharmacy since there are little to no pharmacies willing to hire entry level pharmacy techs. Most pharmacy tech jobs ask for 2 – 3 years experience. Some of my classmates weren’t so lucky in finding pharmacy jobs and like myself are still paying their school loans off, despite not working in the field.
Please, do your research first and consider all your options before going here. With the knowledge I have now, I actually wouldn’t consider ACC an option.

American Career College…
Im a Optical Tech student, and I want thank the Staff for helping me by searching for a job and helping us (those in the program) with mock interviews to understand what to expect in the real world with our future employers. JOINING THE OPTICAL PROGRAM IS THE BEST THING I’VE EVER DONE. Thank you for all the training. WENDDY and I will be taking our ABO exam knowing I’m well prepared, follow by the NCLE.

American Career College… I could NEVER have been more thankful for all the support from my instructors, my advisors, and just the entire staff… Who even on my worst days kept me going with their positive attitudes. Not only did they encourage me constantly when I was in school, but they pushed me and made me believe in myself after I graduated, and I ended up passing both my exit exam AND my NCLEX (state board exam) my first time.
Although instructors change all the time for terms 1 – 3, Ms. Cricki is always there for term 4 and always makes learning fun.
The course is tough and is not meant for people who are lazy and just want an easy way out. If your serious about nursing and see a future in it ACC is definitely the best nursing school for LVNs. It is sister school with West Coast University and has so much to offer. I learned more from my clinicals and my clinical instructors every day and although due to some circumstances didn’t get many opportunities to do some tasks in clinicals, I believe my theory taught me well.
As far as career services… I think I could well say that every person in that office has called me at least once by now. Whether for vent/​trach classes, career opportunities, or just to see how I’m doing with my studies they were always very helpful.
And as far as nclex training… We had nclex bootcamp, review classes, and even review class to pass our exit exam!
The school is beautiful and well kept… But parkings always been a hassle for me… Only because it’s 2 blocks away, but they have a shuttle to take you back and forth, so it’s helpful.
Overall ACC is the best choice when looking for a nursing school. Not to bad mouth, but I went to Glendale Career College, and have had friends who went to other VN schools, and those schools were just looking to take our money and not give us an education, and many of my classmates failed their nclex due to that reason, even though they «graduated».
I’m sure if you research school, ACC will come out better than most.

I was in the part-​time VN department.
This program is not for the lazy! Many bring up the fact that the school is expensive without realizing that we are also paying to have smaller classes and to be in an accelerated program with no waiting list!
During my schooling, I had a great term 1 instructor– Ms. Du: she was a dedicated instructor and cared about helping us achieve our goals. She would drill us with things to remember.
For term 2– we had a rough start when the instructor quit and the ADON at the time began teaching us. This was not the ideal scenario, but our education is not only up to the school. There were several things we had to teach ourselves and that happens at ANY school.
For term 3– Our teacher at the time (she is no longer there) would have conversations of her private life and we wouldn’t always get what we needed out of our theory classes.
For term 4– Ms. Ayo– for me she was the best. She genuinely cared about our future and preparing us for the next step: NCLEX.
The reason for my 5 stars was clinicals. Other students had problems with clinical sites or instructor at one point or another, but the experience I received was great! The experience prepared me enough for the real world. The clinical instructors not only cared about clinicals, they also helped with theory subjects!
After term 4 was over there was HESI review with Mr. T and I was able to pass HESI on my first try!
After HESI review there was NCLEX review with Mr. Laurino– which was a great addition to this school! With his review I learned to think like the NCLEX. They were keeping track of the students that passed and the majority of students that completed this review passed NCLEX on the first try. I passed NCLEX on the first try!
I passed NCLEX on August 7, two days before graduation!
On September 25^th I received a call from Rachel at Career Services with a potential job. I received my license on September 27^th which was my first day working as an LVN for a home health agency.
Bottom line: I have to thank ACC for changing my life. No school or campus is perfect, but they were trying to stabilize everything for our success. You cannot expect teachers to teach you everything. When you don’t understand there are many people you can ask for help, but you must be willing to help yourself as well with research and reading the books.
Paying the amount of tuition was hard during school. I lost my job but always kept in touch with Student Services and they were willing to work with me.
I would only recommend this school to someone that will take school seriously. Someone that is responsible enough to help themselves as well and will not just quit when things get hard. I wanted to quit along the way because it does get overwhelming having to remember many subjects, working full time and dealing with day to day life problems. But what kept me going was my dream!
I was dedicated and persistent. I did forget about friends and family parties. While other students were out partying on weekends I was dedicated to studying and my hard work paid off!
I am now a licensed and working LVN with the drive to obtain my BSN!

LVN
Did the part time course 20 months graduated 6 months ago passed my boards 1^st try! :) career services kept in contact with me even when I was done with school so did consolers. They really helped me out even when I was done with school I couldn’t thank them enough for everything they have done for me. I recommend part time for anyone with a full time job who wants to get a license in nursing it’s less stress with studying and jugging work. Good luck study hard and you’ll pass

I am an American Career College Alumni. I was in school from May 2010-​Jan 2012 I graduated with my Associates of Occupational Science in Surgical Technology and, with my CST certification. I had such a wonderful experience at this school! I had the most amazing set of teachers. They were all so very knowledgable and could always answer any questions that the class had. I just want to thank those teachers Dr. M, Lia Arredondo, Latoya Rush, David McCreight, Peggy Kimball, Edward Riva, and Ben Cole for all of their had work and dedication.
The classroom size was perfect and the lab set up was incredible. All of the equipment, supplies and instrument trays were very helpful for when I went out on my clinical rotations. All the different scenarios that were thrown my way during the mock surgeries that were done in the Lab really helped prepare me for when I was in the actual OR.
Not only was the staff wonderful but my Career Service Specialist Melissa Baghoumian has been phenomenal! Even up until this day we have kept in contact. She is so full of energy and really cares about her job and helping others. I have always felt so comfortable when talking with her. I am so lucky to have had her as my Career Service Specialist. Thank you for all you have done for me Melissa! Your beyond amazing!!! :)
Bottom line this school has given me an amazing career and it is truly thanks to all of the staff that was there while I was in school. Thank you American Career College! :)