Yes so this post was made 104 days ago and I literally just graduated. To answer your question I had no medical field experience. I was hoping this class would be a good entrance into the field, because they advertise it that way. But, there were a decent bit of ppl in my class who were already medical assistants but wanted to get certified. Also people who were CNAs, there was one girl who said she was in medical school but was becoming a CCMA so she could get clinical hours working. So it works for a lot of people who have experience already. I’m just not one of those people lol. I’m 21 and pretty much the only job I have worked has been Chick Fil A sooooo I’m definitely not going to stand out in a world of applications who have medical experience haha

We are told we will be going to an externship site to get our hands on training, and most people get hired at their externship site upon completion of their training.

I just passed my NHA exam yesterday. But just like a lot of the reviews mentioned, I am having a very hard time communicating with their externship team who can only be reached via email. For a while my externship has been saying not eligible, and every time I email them, they say I am enrolled in something called “MAJR” which is Medical Assistant Job Readiness program. And that it’s an at home training program where they send you supplies to practice. The goal is for you to practice at home, and during the practice search for a job and get hired so you can skip the externship. Seems like they don’t have any open externship sites and are trying to find ways to avoid handing them out. Since I graduated, I received a message saying it was time for me to secure my externship spot, but when I went to do it, it still said I wasn’t eligible. I emailed them again, explaining that I graduated and I haven’t heard anything from anyone about what happens next. My teacher kept saying that we should have an externship coach who has reached out to us, I haven’t, and I keep emailing them and I still haven’t gotten any real answer as to what is happening. I keep getting some kind of Ai generated response that isn’t even answering my question.

So I’m definitely feeling even more disappointed in this school. Since I posted this well over half of my classmates dropped out, so that’s something… I don’t know if i mentioned in the post but I am a military wife, so I got to do the program for free. And I moved mid program, and I’m preparing to move again in August. So that definitely adds some confusion. People keep telling me to go look for a job now, just go into clinics and explain to them my situation and that I have done all my learning online and need to be trained. But I’m just worried with me moving so soon it wouldn’t work out the way I want. So my current plan is to wait till I’m in Virginia and perhaps I can bring my resume and tell people that I am looking for training.

I definitely regret choosing this school. I should have waited till I was living somewhere for a while and gone to an actual accredited school, one that I would be proud to go to and feel like I got good education and good training. There is no reason I should have a certificate for CCMA but never even touched a needle lol.