Phlebotomy class think about it twice .you need 3 years plus in order to apply for a job. It will…read morebe hard to get a job. They won't help you find a job.there fast to ask for your money. Not guarantee is given.

These courses are mostly like a crash course for around $7,500 you can go elsewhere and get better…read moretraining plus real job assistance unlike here. If I would have known this before I wouldn't have came here. I would have rather get vocational training somewhere else and been employed by now.

I've completed the welding program and currently a plumbing student here. The instructors that work…read morehere and pretty straightforward with the students. Now, the instructor that said to not come to this school, was never a good instructor. Majority of the time from when I saw him, he was sitting in the office or trying to chop it up with the students. There's a lot more to it as well, which former students would say the same thing. He was never teaching. Instructors would come and go due to never motivating/teaching the students or even caring. Those instructors never even tried to build rapport with the students. Those instructors were the cancer to the school. I'm glad they don't work there anymore The staff now are always working, teaching and motivating. Moving forward, they're very informative and a lot of hands on work. The instructors encourage you to look for helper jobs to start getting the idea of what these jobs are like. They don't beat around the bush, they don't lie to you about how you're doing. They give you their honest opinion and show you how to correct it. I recommend this school. I started here knowing nothing about welding and now I am a welder. You will receive a certificate of completion of the school. Like I said. I am a plumbing student now and I've learned a lot from Jimmy. He also explained to us that he came from different trades. Very knowledgeable man, knows what he's doing and talking about. Zach is the night instructor from when I started and still works there as well. Also a very knowledgeable person and with a welding degree. I enjoyed and learned my first time around and I came back. I understand others had their own experiences and opinions. Take a look, take a tour of the school. Maybe you too will have a great experience like I had.

I've gone through about four different instructors for the welding program since I started in…read moreJanuary. Half the equipment in the shop is broken or down fifty percent of the time. Sure it's nice to get six weeks of practice in for six different weld styles, but the instructor turnover rate is abysmal. Having seen the listing on Indeed I understand why the instructors can't stay because no one can afford to be an eight hour part timer for minimum wage. Furthermore, the lack of airflow and ventilation in the welding lab area makes it extremely difficult to keep practicing and working on your welds unless your intent on giving yourself a heat stroke. There is a section of the welding lab that hasn't had ANY ventilation for the entire seven months I've been here thus far despite it being brought to the attention of the front office on several occasions. A lot of the equipment you need on day one isn't directly provided (such as respirators) so you're expected to go drop around $30 or more for one if you want to protect your lungs and be able to breathe better. Now personally I think that if you're coughing up twenty grand from your own pocket you should be provided all the equipment you could possibly need as well and a sufficient amount of school shirts that you're required to wear to class (you're only provided two shirts for the four day school week and you're charged extra for any additional shirts). It feels that the only way this program can be worth your time and effort is if you're using grants, scholarships, and other benefits. But if you're using money from your pocket or student loans you can likely find something more suiting and affordable. Especially since the interest rate for monthly payments if you go that route is 9.6% which adds up to well over twenty grand.

Well, I have to say I am broken-hearted to read the reviews about Newbridge College. This was not…read moremy experience in 1996. I took the Surgical Tech program in 1996. I got several opportunities after graduation. My externship was at UCLA Medical Center. Locations such as this one were difficult to get...held for top students. I think I waited approx. 2 months. The pickings of surg tech jobs was plentiful back then, to say the least. I ended up with a plethora of experience which eventually afforded me a job as a private scrub tech job at the California Ear Institute at Stanford Medical Center. Prior to that I was a travel tech...I made a lot of money. The instructors at NC were okay. Never left us hanging as the other reviews suggest. But I can see how it may have happened that way for most. The program was kinda ghetto, I could tell. But I over-looked a lot because I really wanted to do this. It panned-out in the end. The only complaint me and the four or five other students had upon completing the program was that there was no graduation party! LOL! In all seriousness though, I'm sorry other students, especially the surg tech students, did not have this experience. My career as a surg tech was awesome to say the least. I met my wife at a surgery center in palo alto in 2002, we have a great son who's now 18. I was very fortunate. Again, my heart goes out to the ones who did not fare well at NC.

I'd give this place zero stars if yelp let me. (This is my 2nd edit b/c Yelp removed it from the…read moremain reviews page to the filtered page nobody looks at!) This school is absolutely terrible. I did the Surgical Tech program (daytime, 6 hrs M-Th). The program is 28,000USD for 18 mos. Please do not waste your time nor money at Newbridge College (Santa Ana is awful and I'm sure the San Diego and Long Beach campuses are just as bad). Administration tells applicants that students get jobs quickly but I've learned that no one that graduated has gotten a job and even more of them get sent back from their clinical sites for not being competent. Pros: The first professor for Anatomy is a retired surgeon who is great. His name is Dr. Rahman. He is on-task and lectures - typical college class type lecture. Cons: Teacher Esslinger: Unfortunately 99% of the time with this teacher is spent on personal small talk. You'll only be on-task when the teacher is being observed by her superiors. The good thing is, it's pretty darn easy but you won't learn anything. One experience sums up this teacher - during one class session, she and another student tried to sell us make-up for 1 hr. At this school, you'll get use to this type of thing. So, when you move onto the next teacher, you'll be in quite a panic. Teacher Delgado: Never on topic, shows up late or doesn't show up at all to class she suppose to teach. Wastes time talking only about her personal life. When you ask her anything surgical tech related - instead of admitting she doens't know, she'll make up an answer. This school has a very high turn-over rate for their teachers and "directors." This causes chaos for the students in the classroom and in clinicals. Many hospitals have rescinded their clinical contracts, one example is Hoag Hospital, a major hospital in the Orange County area because the students are not well - trained. This affects current and future students because you will not have a hospital to go to. Some students from the Santa Ana school are being sent as far as Torrance and Downtown Los Angeles to complete their required clinical hours - because this school has such a horrible reputation and no one will take Newbridge students. Currently, most students have to wait for months to go to the few clinical sites left(and remember, without clinical, you can NOT graduate nor get a job!) Newbridge College is still surprisingly accredited but because I've seen so many issues with this school, I constantly check WASC (Western Assoc of School Credentialing) to ensure they've kept accreditation. Otherwise, your certificate from this school means nothing and no one will hire you. Clinical - you're required to complete 80 surgeries and 500 hours at a medical facility. There are so many horrible things with this school that there aren't many medical facilities that will take Newbridge students. Which means, you'll be competing with many other students for your 500 hours. For some students, it takes 6 mos. or more. So good luck trying to organize your personal and work schedule with this. Sometimes, you'll be asked to take a day off of clinical because other students need to get their hours. It's completely unfair. One student was placed at a surgery center. It sounded good at first except in 4 weeks they only had her come in for a total of 30 hours. You're suppose to get 40 hours per week! I know this is completely true because I had a similar experience. Employment - There is no help in terms of getting a job. They have someone in the office "editing" resumes and giving you a list of surgery centers to apply to. Of course, anyone with an IQ of a 2 year old can easily get this information online. Most of the people employed by UCI Hospital and surgery centers who are doing the surgical tech role are actually educated and trained Registered Nurses. Had I known this, I would have just gone to RN school. Of course, no one will mention this at Newbridge. I firmly believe that the teachers they have teaching the surgical tech program are simply techs that can't find jobs elsewhere. Social Considerations - Unfortunately all of the beliefs about vocational schools are true. You're (for the most part though there are exceptions) studying with students who can never succeed at university (nor get accepted). This is also true for the "teachers" who are hired by Newbridge to teach you. They have only vocational schooling and can NOT teach at even a community college because of lack of education and experience. Just google "LA Times vocational schools article" or "NY Times vocational schools article" for more details. In terms of the CST exam (that most hospitals require you to pass), this school has a 25% pass rate.

Pretty fun I did a year and was very fun and a very great learning experience great time.read more

Hi, I called to inquire about the summer program, and when I was told it was $900 a week, my jaw…read morehonestly dropped. That pricing makes the program completely out of reach for many middle-class families. At nearly $4,000 a month, especially in Orange County where families are already struggling just to cover rent and basic expenses, it feels pretty outrageous. I really hope your team reconsiders the cost of the program or offers more affordable options for working families. Programs like this should be accessible to more kids, not just families with extremely high incomes.

Great class today. Lots of good trade help. Cam is the absolute best instructor for futuresread more

By profession, I am a Data Engineer and have made very good money in Stocks, based on what OTA has…read moretaught me so far. I am in the Futures class this week. I had zero knowledge before coming in. Not only the class gave me hands-on real life trading experience (with paper money of-course), it gave me a really good refresher and new insights into reading trends correctly and setting the entry and exits correctly. Day 4, was brutal and I was feeling lost and clueless... But on day 5, things suddenly fell in place. I learnt two valuable lessons, that I was missing in my understanding. This goes to show, that having the company of experts in any field multiplies our effectiveness. I have asked dozens of questions and gotten satisfactory answers. The instructors are not giving the fish but teaching us how to fish. I am truely grateful to have this available. The fee will pay itself many times over, if you are passionate and committed to learn, be challenged and mend your ways (the last one is esp. hard for me!). Thank you Jordan, Joohong, Seema and everyone else on the staff!

I completed my IV certification through this school, and unfortunately my experience has been very…read morefrustrating and disorganized from start to finish. During the course, there were multiple last-minute changes, including in-person skills days being rescheduled the night before, which made it difficult to plan and take the program seriously. After completing the program, I submitted my LVN license on April 27 and requested that my certification be sent and posted to the Department of Consumer Affairs (Breeze) as required for employment. I received no response. I followed up again the next day and still received no reply. Because of this delay, I have already been denied multiple job opportunities since employers require the certification to be visible on Breeze. Only after multiple follow-ups did I finally receive my certificate, but it still has not been posted on the DCA website, which continues to impact my ability to secure a job. The lack of communication and delayed processing is unacceptable, especially when students are relying on timely certification for employment. This experience has cost me real job opportunities. I would strongly advise future students to consider other programs that are more organized and responsive. Also, I have an email stating that this was a three day course, I asked for the days off, and I already referred many people and paid, during the first day of class I was told this was a 4 day course and had to call out of work. I was also charged two times for this course and asked for a refund and received no reply, I had to open up a dispute with my bank. This school is very unorganized and they overbooked our class.

The nurse is here are amazing. It is such a great experience. I learned so much thank you you guys.read more

Staff is always available to answer questions and help guide you through each transition of this…read moreprogram. I finished my LVN program early February with my instructor support I was able to get through my last semester which included passing my exit exam and NCLEX first time. I can proudly say that I am officially a licensed vocational nurse with the help of CCI. Thank you for all of your support. A special shout out to Dr. Ayman Alnems! Thank you for all of your support.

I had a great experience working with Mary in the Financial Aid Office. She helped me tremendously…read morewith my tuition and went above and beyond to make sure I understood my options and received the assistance I needed. I'm truly grateful for all of her help and highly recommend working with Mary if you need financial aid assistance.

Tor Black was a great instructor! His years of experience…read morewere in valuable of giving us a clear picture of what is ahead for us on the test. Tor has a great depth of knowledge in the business and is invaluable to us as students. If you are planning a future in realestate Tor is your best bet for insight knowledge and professional instruction!

Excellent lectures and very clear, concise is provides very good feedback and always willing to…read morelisten to your questions and provides correct answers.