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Pima Medical Institute horrible school

I would not recommend this school to anyone. Allow me to share some information about myself first. I've attended other universities in the past and I've also taken a class at a community college before. Pima is definitely the worse school ever. The administration team is total unprofessional. My first day visiting I talked to Financial Aid and the lady in the F-AID office was discussion another students personal information (name, financial situation, birthday) with a co-worker in front of me. This should've been my red flag to not attend, right?

Well I continued my education there because some of the staff (teacher/advisors) are great. Ms. Tobin, Mr. Richard and Jason to name a few, they are very profession and take pride in their job. There is also a lady name Dr.Rafford that work in the back office. She is the most unprofessional of them all. I've watched her lie and say she's in a meeting to avoid calls. She have a very disrespectful attitude and lets not mention that some students in other programs will not graduate on time due to negligence in work-ethics.

Please do your research and save your time.

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george pruett jr
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Aug 11, 2023 9:49 am EDT
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OK to begin with now. My daughter started at Pima medical Institute down in Dillon. She has such a compassion for animals and loves animals so much all she ever wanted to do was help them out anyway, she went down to Pima medical Institute. She end up going with a broken leg and on crutches so right off the bat, the teacher started treating her like crap calling her Gambian all that anyway which she went to school with down for nine months we live in Butte, Montana, which that’s an hour drive every Monday and Tuesday get it. I’m on disability we couldn’t really afford it but we figured it out Anyway after putting up with her teacher being treated like crap for nine months almost 9 months she went down to here in Butte to Saint Francis veterinary externship. Anyway, she done really good there. They really liked her anyway she got all A’s and B’s and pay me anyway in classes and we worked really really hard to get her through that but anyway, during her externship, she done really good all of a sudden when she mentioned that she was going somewhere else to do her vet tech And wouldn’t be working for them. The Veterinary‘s wife start treating her like crap anyway like I said she has such a compassion for animals and we had plans for her afterwards life plans, and anyway all of a sudden veterinary teeth hour veterinary‘s wife sent her home and says I will text you to come back while she never did she end up calling the teacher down a payment and Dillon and telling a bunch of lies about her get it she had 12.4 hours left of externship before she graduated, next thing, you know The teacher called her and said she was kicked out because the vet Turner his wife said that she was being unprofessional interrupting, and my daughters bashful I know better than that so she created a bunch of lies about her to get her kicked out of school and it worked with 12.4 hours left at externship so actually she was devastated. I was even devastated like but she didn’t think she could do anything about it because she said that she signed a paper saying that all answers were final that she couldn’t complain about it at all so I don’t know what’s up with that, but my daughter got screwed over so bad and it devastated her so much and it made her not even really want to do her profession which is a veterinarian but now I finally got her into Penn foster for two years for vet technician so anyway we got screwed over and I’m wondering if there’s anything we can do about it we spent a lot of money and time nine months getting her back-and-forth to Dillon and she had such a compassion for animals and she still does but yet her teacher treated her like crap and then all of a sudden they’re vet Generia his wife got her kicked out of school OK is there anything we can do about it? I would like to know thank you very much.

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Jul 17, 2021 4:42 pm EDT
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I withdrew my offer from attending Pima. Recalling that one of the receptionists taken a look at me and thought that I wasn't "good enough" because I have tattoos. It's also a real pain to drive to and from Angleton. I also agree that they are unprofessional.

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Pima Medical Institute no help looking for work after graduating

Graduated with honors 3 years ago and I have not been able to get any work in the Phlebotomy field. Nobody will hire a newb straight out of school. every employer wants 1- 2 years experience for an entry level job. Well how am I suppose to get ANY experience if I cant get a job? The school wont even help with their supposed "job placement". I have tried to contact the school for help to find work, as they advertise, and no one helps. Nothing but bad attitudes. This place is a joke! Go down the street and go to Mesa Community College.

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Pima Medical Institute fraud / rip off

Someone needs to make a stand
They will lie and tell you anything to get you into their school and take your money. Made complaints to the DOE. They said in the beginning that their credits are accredited and can be transferred to any college including CSN. 3 months into it, after many teachers and staff gossiping, I questioned CSN directly of the transfer of credits and they told me basically "That school is a real joke, we had have many students here fall victim." I confronted the director about the accreditation and I was told "technically its college accredited at one college located in Nebraska" seriously?! So they just generally claimed they were accredited by national colleges because this ONE college in Nebraska would take it. I've asked them to credit back my student loans and returned most of my items that they provided because I felt cheated and wronged. I've yet to hear from anyone from the DOE to help but I'm pretty sure there are many more out there who have had fallen victim to this atrocious school. If anyone wants to join in and do something about this, then shoot me an email at [protected]@gmail.com

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Pima Medical Institute bad program

Pima Medical of Houston Texas is not the best. Well their Hygiene Program is helping Pima to get a bad name. To start off this year was their first year 2012, October to start the Hygiene program. The second week of the program student started to drop. the students did go the Hygiene Director and Clinical Director and gave an opinion, the program is very unorganized. Instead of listening to the student body they got the students out while trying to hide all the facts from the school Administrator. the excuse they gave the school is these students have personal problems. but, the class know that was not the case. The Director and her side kick decides to fire a director in the middle of the program and we all know this will be bad for the student body. Students went to the Director the second week of the program and told them there was a problem and once again the Director covering her back denied and hide it from the school Administrator. The program director pulled instructors from other programs in the school to teach the Microbiology, Psychology, and Anatomy & Physiology class. this was a move to just a band aid on the problem. To make a long story short the student body suffered and this effected some students whole semester with the class schedule change and new instructors coming in and trying to take on a class that has learned NOTHING the first half of the semester. The 18 students in Microbiology ALL failed their final exam and the Director set up a large grade curve system. This only happened after the student body went to the school Administrator. Good student went in and said something or the Directors would have let student fail and once again not share what was really going on with the program. Psychology had a total of 6 student and 5 out of 6 students failed their final exam. I CAN NOT believe the school see no problem with this! but the Director and sidekick blame the students. Most schools would have had them out of there before they could warm their seats the next day. the school will not realize it until a large number of student have lost money and failed out the program. The department heads keep saying student are leaving for personal reasons and that is not the case. They are leaving saying the program is unorganized. student have gone to counselors that the school and there is nothing they can do. I do not see how this program will get their final approval from the state at this rate. I WILL BE SENDING A PROFESSIONAL LETTER TO THE STATE! The Clinical Director seem to be on a high horse like she has a point to prove. She always compare the student to her students up North. But I guess she have nothing to worry about because it does not fall in her lap they will get rid of the Program Director and she will be able to slide on in that seat and take her spot... yes we the student body see it taking place, Because of some of the comments and things she do and say. She also has a plan! Watch your back Director. Short lived position cause someone else want the seat. But I can say Please stick with HCC or any of the other School here in Houston for Hygiene until this program is cleaned up or you will be wasting $50, 000

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Pima Medical Institute unprofessional and don't care

They made me pay for a back ground check and then they did not read it. They terminated me from the school stating that I had been convicted of a felony a spent time in prison. That was all a lie! I never spent one second in prison, I plead guilty of a misdemeanor in 2007 paid my fine. For a medical school they do not pay attention to details, if they had read the report they would have seen that. I feel the only thing this school wants in the money from the grants and loans. How can they throw you out of school for a small mistake that took place 5 years ago then let you take go to school until you have completed your first class, take all your money that you have to pay back and you have not education that you must pay for

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Pima Medical Institute the respiratory program is should be shut down

Pima Medical Institute is a good school. However, the Respiratory department should be shut down. Save yourself 30k and don't waste your precious time. The clinical director is unorganized and unprofessional to the extreme. She is rude, uneducated, and disrespectful. She will turn your Clinical experience into a nightmare. Even a few of the clinical sites I was placed were surprised to see she was the clinical director. They would laugh. Many students have attempted to sue and have called the Board. Save you're money and run. I wouldn't even give them 1 star. If you really want to do respiratory, go to Carrington. The past two years at Pima were horrific. The Respiratory director has told students in the past that they're better off doing something else and aren't built out to be a respiratory therapist in their last semester! Those few students happend to actually get full time hospital jobs. Overall, not only it's unorganized and unprofessional, but the clinical director and director get too personal with you. They don't act the way a professional instructor is supposed to act with a student. They pick at you. If Pima wants to keep their reputation in Las Vegas, they should remove the RT department.

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Apr 26, 2013 2:00 pm EDT

Before I found this post, I posted something similar at Yelp to try to warn others against this program. I am astounded that these two people are allowed to get away with demoralizing and degrading adults that pay over $30.000 to obtain an education. I have been trying to locate the corporate office phone number to complain to someone higher up because apparently, these two pretty much run the Vegas school. If anyone has an Arizona phone number for the Luebkes, I'd appreciate you passing it on. I will not stop until these two have been dealt with.
Here's my Yelp post:

I understand that Pima used to be a wonderful school for respiratory therapists. Since the arrival, however, of a certain instructor, the program has gone downhill to the point that students are not learning, are feeling pressured into quitting and leaving in droves.

If you are hoping to become a respiratory therapist, please choose another school. My oldest child is a student here and is finding the atmosphere there completely hostile and incompatible with learning. Because he/she would be kicked out for speaking out about the abuse at the school, I shall call him/her M.C. for my child.

M.C. is an adult, as are most of the people in the Respiratory Therapy program at Pima. They have students from diverse backgrounds, with well-established careers that they hope to leave to become a RT. These are not children, yet they are being treated as such.

M.C. loved the school in the beginning. He/she had caring instructors that took the time to ensure everyone got every question answered and that all of them learned.

Unfortunately, the instructor only teaches the beginning students. This semester's instructors are intolerable. Aimee Barnes ("Miss Aimee"), who is also the Clinical Director of Education, and her fiancee, Anthony Everidge (who also happens to be the director) remind me of two freaks from a horror movie. They must go home at night and plot about how much torture they can heap on whichever student they've decided to harass the following day, and believe me, it's pretty much a different student every day. How would you feel being on THAT wheel? Never knowing when it's your turn?

Yes, I suppose that sounds dramatic but it's true. They behave like abusive parents. Those freaky parents that do creepy stuff to their kids -- the over-the-top abusers. People that take pleasure in causing others emotional pain.

Apparently, these two don't believe in the basic dignity of other human beings and find it perfectly ok to ridicule, yell at and humiliate the students. They question the student's motivation to become a RT just for leaving the room to get a drink or use the restroom. This isn't any old yelling either, it's the two of them standing in front of one student, shoulder-to-shoulder, yelling loudly, pointing fingers and basically bullying the student to the point where she broke down in tears.

Another student who left the room to get a drink was followed by Miss Aimee and screamed at. Every attempt he made to defend himself was met with yet more yelling, finger pointing and threats of being rejected from the program. All for daring to leave the room for a drink.

It's not only the students that are bullied -- apparently Miss Aimee finds it perfectly acceptable to text other instructors, demanding to know where they are.

They refuse to answer student's questions about the lessons, so these students are literally paying over $30, 000 and NOT LEARNING. M.C. daily complains about all the questions he/she has on the day's lessons and can't get answers from the instructors. This borderline passive-aggressive refusal to help these students understand what they are being taught is abominable.

Recently, in an informal get together with other students, M.C. learned that to a student, ALL of them, feel the same way. They threw around terms such as "hostage, " "cruel, " "bullying, " and "fear."

If it isn't the lack of answers to valid questions about their RT lessons, it is the utter rage these two display that make learning in the RT program at Pima impossible.

Yet, sadly, because one student that dared to go over their heads to complain was rejected from the program, all of these students are afraid to speak out to anyone. These two instructors have thus made it very clear that their bullying and hostility is something these students have to put up with -- whistleblowers will be rejected.

What are their options? Continue on in a program where learning is impossible and you are treated like a child? One of the students, an Air Force veteran, quit because of these two. Many others are scrambling to find out what other schools, if any, will take their Pima units.

When I was in college my professors couldn't care less if we showed up or not. It mattered nothing to them if we had to use the restroom in the middle of class--it was understood that we were adults and would figure out a way to find out what we missed.

The behaviour of these two instructors is beyond acceptable. If you truly want to learn, if you truly want to be a Respiratory Therapist, choose another school. Choose any school that values your tuition money, that treats you with dignity and respect and is happy to assist in your learning. That is, after all, what instructors are hired to do.

Apparently, others feel the same way: Pima Medical Institute — the respiratory program is should be shut down

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Mar 21, 2013 8:53 pm EDT
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I agree with the last 2 bad reviews. They will lie and tell you anything to get you into their school and take your money. Made complaints to the DOE. They said in the beginning that their credits are accredited and can be transferred to any college including CSN. 3 months into it, after many teachers and staff gossiping, I questioned CSN directly of the transfer of credits and they told me basically "That school is a real joke, we had have many students here fall victim." I confronted the director about the accreditation and I was told "TECHNICALLY its college accredited at ONE college located in NEBRASKA" seriously?! So they just generally claimed they were accredited by national colleges because this ONE college in Nebraska would take it. I've asked them to credit back my student loans and returned most of my items that they provided because I felt cheated and wronged. I've yet to hear from anyone from the DOE to help but I'm pretty sure there are many more out there who have had fallen victim to this atrocious school. If anyone wants to join in and do something about this, then shoot me an email at againstpima702@gmail.com

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Aug 30, 2012 10:08 am EDT

I am 60% finished with the second semester RT program at Las Vegas PIMA and was an honor student the 1st semester. I have to agree with your statements, especially in regards to the unprofessional factor that exists with the director. The director just digs and digs at your dignity and then really rubs it in by saying he doesn't want to treat you like a kid. Basically, he is just trying to cover the deficiencies of his own program and/or staff at the expense of the captive students. This method only works once or twice before students start to catch on. Sad to say, I believe the director has soiled his own credibility due to his own ignorance and/or indifference of basic human respect. I do not know whether or not the soiled reputation extends to the staff. I can speak of leadership as I am a retired military member with successful unit command experience. Degrading people with what they know to be untrue has an especially demoralizing effect and I am at a decision crossroads on whether or not I can justify the loss of dignity and suffering with the end goal. As for the labs, definitely disorganized. You are just thrust into the lab and pretty much expected to figure out what is expected for check offs. Here's a novel idea, structure the labs just like the check offs? Do you think that might boost confidence AND performance? PIMA has all the ingredients to be a wonderful school if they could just select and support a respectful staff.

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Pima Medical Institute bad teaching

Karel thompson - I believe she is still the clinical director... Is a total narcissitic #. All she does is talk about herself in the entire class. She will pick on you if you are not loud and outgoing. Well... Hellooo there are different personalities out there and we should not be judged. She did this to me. She is incompetent! She also pretended I was not in class several times. This is discrimination and this woman, karel thompson is a horrible teacher. She has no real empathy. Wonder why she is no longer working in the hospital hmmmmmmmmmmm...?

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Pima Medical Institute admissions

I was at Pima Medical Institute today meeting with the Medical Career Specialist Wendy Naylor she was degrading me when I told her I was graduating with an Associates of Arts degree she said what does that have to do with being a physical therapist assistant, little did she know I was taking the prerequisites for transferring to ASU for there physical therapy program. She never bothered to look at all the medical classes I have taken. I also have ADD a learning disability when I told her this after I was taking the reading test she was upset she said "anyone can just say they have a disability when you where at MCC did you have to provide proof of your disability." I said no they just accommodated me. She was rude and I did not like her condescending tone of voice. I do not want to go to Pima Medical School because of her.

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I just finish my classes at Pima in the MA program, it has been 2 weeks now and I still have not gotten an externship site yet.. I fear I have waisted my time... I have a 3.85 GPA, I only missed one day of class, cause I had the flu.. Everyone one on my class has been placed including the girls that had attitudes unprofessional behavior to others in the school and had missed multiple days of classes... I am starting to feel the since I busted my butt I waisted my time any advise.

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Mar 23, 2012 9:01 pm EDT
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idk if it is just current and graduates of pima on here but i would like to shair my story i enrolled at the colorado springs campus for medical assisting, (sorry if things are spelled wrong im tired), ok so i started pima in 2010 i loved it the teachers were amazing and i learned alot. I never missed a day of class i got sent home early by one of my teachers because i had a tooth pulled and was not feeling good, my last 6 weeks there my daughter got sick and i missed four days, i was told that even though i missed the days they would still place me on a good externship site, i was excited cuz i was told i would get either family practice or peds, well about 2 weeks before i left i went to ask them why i had not had an interview yet, they told me well we found you an extern site its a talecris plasma resources and its an awesome place everyone that gets sent there gets hired on, i thought ok im a single parent this is a site that will lead into a job. my first day at extern the employees were telling me and the other students sent there that they did not know why pima kept sending student because there was nothing medical about working there (except sticking the cust and you could only do that after getting hired on). I stuck with it anyway cuz as i was told i would deff have a job, i had to call off one day cuz my daughter was sick and i had to take her to the doc got a doc note and everything, on april 19th 2011 was my graduation i had to work that day but they let me leave early as i was walking out the door the hiring manager pulled me aside and said "we cant hire you cuz according to pima and what we have seen here you have an attendance problem" (i had never been late for school or work i had missed a few days of school and one day of work but i had notes for each day missed) went to graduation everything was good talked to some other students i went to school with and they said that they had not gotten hired on at their extern site either, i figured well with career placement ill have a job in no time, it is now march 2012 iv been out of school for almost a year, still no job in what i trained for (medical assisting) and have never gotten an invterview, iv had people tell me that since were i went on my externship was not medical i have no experience at all and that was one reason they could not hire me. I planned on going back to school to get my RN and while filling out gov grant paper work i could not find a federal school code so i had to enter it in manually, iv tried google and everything and still can not find the code, after all of this pima still wants me to pay the 5, 000 in student loans and i will but im not to happy with the program or the way i was lied to at all.

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Dec 14, 2011 10:32 pm EST

I also had this women, and felt as though she was fake. They say when you come to the information session to bring your transcripts, but she didnt even look at them until I said something about it. Also, she took a phone call in the middle of my session with her. I felt like the whole 2 hours I was at this campus that they make you feel like they are better than everyone else and if you dont attend this school you do not matter. And as for her being rude about your disablity I can not even understand how she can be so comfortable with saying anything like that.

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Mesa, US
Sep 25, 2011 6:01 am EDT

I have a disability( physical and mental), live on ssdi and have no college experience and i got treated with respect and was encouraged to do what i wanted to do even though I wouldn't easily get into that program...I wanted to get into Radiography and had bad math grades in high school... and you need good grades to even apply to the program. I did research and decied to start with medical assitant, for now. I had Brian... Maybe you should go back, or try carrington college on country and southern not even a mile away behind chase and mcdonalds...

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Pima Medical Institute screamed at by director, lied to

For the amount of money you have to pay to go here, it is most definitly not worth it. I have had the hardest time with this school. They hired this new director (blake peart) for the rt program and he screams at students if you go to him with a complaint and will call u a liar and to get out of his office. Extremely unproffessional. One time I was up there making up and exam in this room they have next to his office... I could barely concentrate because I kept hearing giggles. When im done, I see the director and this new young teacher chasing each other around, giggling like they were flirting... So unprofessional! And students are up there all the time and could see this behavoir going on. Its ridiculous.
I have worked in customer service before I went here... And I always followed "the customer is alway right slogan". Ansd as students, we are their customers!... Paying 30k and that is how you are treated! Theres more but I will continue with a new complaint submission because there is so much> dont go here

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Sonya McDonald
Mesa, US
Mar 15, 2012 2:07 pm EDT
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Have went back and forth with the BBB and PMI which constantly lies to the BBB about my complaint. The BBB has been no help to me if you have gone another way and made your case please fill me in I would love the help. I feel if we get enough students together class action would be in mind just saying I know others.
P.S. the above statement made by PMI is not true you can search the internet and find many complaints

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Sonya McDonald
Mesa, US
Dec 10, 2011 5:04 pm EST
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I agree they do not address your complaints! make a complaint to bbb and attorney general.

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Sep 24, 2011 1:03 am EDT

Pima Medical Institute has a 40-year track record of changing students’ lives. We are committed to student success and take pride in employing high caliber faculty who are dedicated to our students. We regret this particular student feels this way, and encourage this individual to communicate directly with campus administration or seek appropriate channels as outlined in our student complaint and grievance policy. We have investigated this claim and have reports from multiple witnesses. We confidently stand behind our Program Director and faculty. We have the utmost trust and respect for the ethical character of these individuals and their standards for professionalism. We remain steadfast in our mission to improve the quality of people’s lives by providing the best value in medical career education.

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Pima Medical Institute - bait/switch unprofessional

I am sharing my husband’s story as fair warning to anyone considering attending PMI (Pima Medical Institute) either as a nurse or in any of their other classes. My husband made a mid-life career change in 2008 and wanted to get into the medical field. He didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do, so it took an expensive Medical Assistant course at PMI. He...

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Here's the email I sent to Pima Headquarters (No reply btw):

To Whom It May Concern:

I'm emailing to inform you of a surreal, hostile, and extremely disappointing interaction with Nancy Laetsch, Medical Center Specialist at the Pima Seattle Campus.

I'm an Assistant Professor at a University in another state and am considering a professional change in order to live in Seattle with my fiancee. A health degree in a vocational field would allow my personal life to be less tied to my current specialty.

When making an appointment earlier this week, I explained to the Seattle Campus point person of my situation. I explained that I was busy traveling and wouldn't be in Seattle until late Thursday evening. The Seattle Pima campus booked me an "audit" appointment time because of the unusual circumstances. I was promised an 8AM appointment.

Today, I arrived on campus for my 8AM appointment about ten minutes early. I filled out paperwork and was asked to wait.

Eventually, Nancy Laetsch arrived late, with another employee. Waving dismissively at me in a no, up and down fashion (far from a friendly hello wave). Nancy Laetsch said, "_ you're funny. I know you got my messages!" Nancy Laetsch's loud, degrading tone, was surreal and shocking. I felt humiliated as sat in the waiting room in with other people starring at me.

Well after 8:15AM, Nancy Laetsch finally called for me (from in her office; yes, her loud voice traveled from her office down the hallway then to the waiting room). Much like an enraged, bad parent to a child, I was yelled for, not invited or asked in any neutral sense. Is this the Pima way? To belittle, attack, and infantilize?

Having never met Nancy Laetsch, let alone seen her office, she led me to her office with a belligerent and arrogant tone - not a greeting, handshake, or any eye contact. Yes, I had to follow her loud, demeaning, voice to find her office.

As I took a seat in her office, Nancy Laetsch re-stated, "_, you're funny." Her glares were personal and mean. It appeared that Nancy Laetsch might have a problem with diversity and working with the public.

When in her office I stated that I didn't appreciate being called "odd" and she became even louder and more adversarial. Nancy Laetsch then restated that she called me "funny, not odd".

In the above context, I was "funny" either because I was laughable or odd. Regardless, both meanings are insulting, offensive, inappropriate, unwelcoming, and when coupled with her tone, pitch and mean glares (when we finally had eye contact)- it was hostile, belligerent, and worse than rude. If you have, or do, receive complaints from other employees about Nancy Laetsch's behavior, she might be a liability in another sense. This is further documentation.

Please know I even tried to calm Nancy Laetsch down and reset the conversation in hopes that she'd realize how unprofessional and hostile she was behaving. I apologized to Nancy Laetsch that it was perhaps a "bad time" for her and asked for some paperwork on the program. She refused, saying "my hands are tied"and proceeded to blame me for showing up and called me "funny" again.

I got up and left her office, promising to contact headquarters about her behavior.

That said, as working education professional, I've had great interactions and wonderful working relationships with admissions staff and nearly all types of post-secondary education professionals (from private universities to community colleges).

Nancy Laetsch is perhaps one of the rudest employees I've ever encountered in any education / public services setting.

Nancy Laetsch cost you my business.

Nancy Laetsch does not belong in this role.

Nancy Laetsch is a liability to your workplace and other employees.

Should you have any questions, please contact me in writing.

If I don't here a Pima official, I will go ahead and broadcast my experience.

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She has a twin in Las Vegas-- only this one is an instructor -- Aimee Barnes. I swear you could be talking about her. Is it something in the water coolers at Pima? My God, how do they stay in business with hiring decisions like these?

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Pima Medical Institute ripped off, treated badly

PIMA charges more tuition than any other school. I was half way through the program when I found out from the DANB state board that the school, PIMA Medical's Dental Assisting program is not CODA accredited. I cannot take the state board to become a Certified Dental Assistant. I would have to work for 2500 hours before I could be eligible to take the state board. I had graduated in June 2009, and I still have not found a job. They were supposed to send my tax form to me for my student loan Jan.31st and I still have not received it. I called them and they said that corporate had sent them all, but I have not received it. I can't file my taxes without it. Also, while going to PIMA, I felt like the only moral professional person there. Students were talking loudly and inappropiately most of the time. And the teacher was rarely available to answer questions. The class size was so big, I hardly had any hands on skills in the lab, it was crowded.

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Pima Medical Institute unprofessinalism

I am a student at Pima in the veterinary technician program and I have a instructor that's rude and unprofessional that picks on people that aren't guys or aren't big breasted. I am tired of getting picked on by this instructor. He tells my other classmates the same thing and makes them feel bad about themselves as well. I have been in the program since June 2010 and found out that he talks about who will make it in the program and who won't. I personally think he should keep these comments to himself and not voice them. I feel like I have made a mistake in returning to this school.

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Pima Medical Institute rip off

I attended PIMA Medical Institute in Seattle for the Veterinary Assistant Program. I was charged about $5, 000.00 to attend. I could have attended a community college for half that price and been state certified and made real money. I came out making minimum wage only to find out that you can walk in off the street and get the same position. It took a long time for me to pay off the debt and I even had wages garnished because of it, making me poorer. Whatever happened to integrity? A real education, a chance for a better life, and a chance to help people and animals was all I wanted. These people are unconscionable.

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Pima Medical Institute harrasment and unfair treatment

This school has teachers that stomp on your feet, they show favortism and even that does not beat all they shall confidential inforation with one another about another student they threaten to takeyour certificate away from you if you tell, and then they bully the teachers that are doing right, I have seen two teachers leave and I see why, and the worst thing is I am being singled out if you are having issues it is an inner office thing and they will nothelp you but hrough research you will get relief my email address is [protected]@ymail.com if you need help I can help you

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I had high hopes for this school and was really excited about going to the campus and talking to an advisor. When I was called by their call center and given an appointment time I had spoken to Jeff. He said I had a full hour with the advisor to ask any questions I had and more time could be taken if I felt I needed it. I was told I'd receive a tour of the...

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I first enrolled into the Dental Assistant program and was scheduled to complete my training within 9 months time. It has taken over 2 years to finally graduate from Pima. 1st reason: my Dental instructor wanted me to be his sexual pet, I refused and then he failed me for a whole sequence (6week section). 2nd reason: after failing me went to the faculty and...

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Pima Medical Institute - unprofessional

I started on jan 13, 2009 at pima on jan 14 our placement coordinator spoke to our class and mentioned if anyone had an issue with completing externship because of a full time employment that they would make accommodations. I explained and spoke to michelle mcmannis who assured me there would be no issue placing me in the evening at an extern site. I wa...

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