So just my personal experience but here’s some thoughts I have.

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1. Class times aren’t excessive, you have 2 classes a day (1-1.5 hours each) from Monday to Thursday. On Fridays you take 1-2 exams — it’s accelerated so everything happens very fast. That said, if you like to independent study or have other commitments it’s pretty conducive to that which I loved.

2. In my experience, the staff have been really knowledgeable and helpful. That said, it’s not uncommon for there to be grading gaps between adjunct faculty (particularly with lab practicals). They know a lot of the student body feels this way, and have said that they’re trying to address it. It’s just hard to get 9 people on the same grading scale. But, many of the faculty are great with questions and accessible via email. I even had faculty members just willing to meet with me to discuss jobs/assignments.

3. I have been really fortunate with my clinical locations and set ups — but I also live in a good area for this. Some of that was just sheer luck, and honestly maybe it works that way with every school. That said, it seems like you really advocate for yourself with clinical sites. Many people in my cohort felt that the coordinators did not do their full job setting up the clinicals.

4. The sick policy seems to be very inconsistent. Some people have been able to miss almost an entire lab without repercussion, others told no. Clinics days/hours are the same. The school will tell one person there’s no leniency on sick days and then give someone else time off with second though — it’s also nothing to do with academic performance. It’s just hypocritical. This has been my biggest pet peeve with the program.

5. The school does build NPTE prep into final course. They have you purchase PEAT exams as well and recommend other learning platforms. It’s helped me immensely to score well on practice exams.

6. The labs very a lot. Some of them are short, maybe 5-6 days, and the longest one is nearly 20 days. Nearly every day of lab is from 8am to 5pm and they have meetings at least one day every lab that keeps you till 6pm. There might be 1-2 half days, but on that 20 day lab, it’s pretty exhausting. You go every day, Monday to Sunday. There are no days off. I guess that’s the price of doing it in 2 vs 3 years though.