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I don't qualify for pell grant this year. My husband makes just over the limit. I will take a loan but that's ok. I hope they will reimburse me, that would be nice.
Did you go to the radiology program too? Was it very hard? I have 2 little kids, worried about study time.
I'm a med tech, not radiology tech. But the people that I know who did it didn't find it taking anymore time than a 9-5 job, except it was like 6 am to 3 pm. The program I saw was set up to have lectures/hand's on experience while there during the day, and some homework at night, a few hours. I can't say how it is with kids though, none of us had any :S. But I don't know how it differs with another program, there's so many of them in the country that I doubt they are all setup the same way.
I wouldn't be too focused on the reimbursement, I say it like it is "small". But a signing bonus can take care of it, if not then just working a few months to a year will take care of it. You mentioned pell grant, so I'm guessing you are a student? If you are a STEM major, you could get the smart grant that's pretty much automatic to any STEM majors.
A benefit to working at the hospital(s) for a family is the health insurance. I don't know if it applies across the board (but it was for the ones I've been in), most of the plans were cheaper than on private market (not sure if it changed with ACA/Obamacare, I never looked on there before) and if the hospital covered it, it was discounted greatly if performed there or out right just "free" (aside from monthly insurance payment). This might save you money for insurance with kids if your spouses isn't on a great insurance. Or get both if you guys want.
While I call it reimbusing, it's more like them putting you through school so they get an employee they like out of it. It's no different than companies paying their employees to go to school. But the hospital can't pay a non-employee to go to school so they reimburse them later after they put in the X number of years. Like how Walgreen pays pharm techs to become pharmacists if they agree to work at Walgreens for 5 years. Air Force paying med school if the future doctor works for 5 years.
Who cares if they are for profit if they teach you what you need to know. I dropped $15k on one of those "for profit" schools, you know with the cheesy commercials. It was a 7 month program, 5 hours a day and 5 days a week. 4 days of hands on learning the trade and 1 day in the classroom. Getting employed after involves hands on tests, so they focused on that. The materials we went through (as much as we could use) made that 15k seem pretty worth it.
I learned enough skills at that school to get me immediately hired at a 55k job with good benefits and experience. Within a couple years of experience at that trade I easily could have been making 100k and work is IN DEMAND. Instead of staying on my tools I got another certification and within 3-4 yrs of that trade school I was making about 150k, which I am now about 5 years later. I have a mostly office job now with great benefits and experience. I'm off 2 weeks over Christmas and getting paid for it.
I went to a trade school and later got my associates. My associates looks good on my resume but doesn't help much job-wise with my experience.
If I had to choose, it would be a tough choice between the tech school I went to or the associates. They are both in the same field. The trade was probably better for the hands on portion, but the associates better for general knowledge. Since the tests to obtain jobs outside of school are hands on, the trade school was better. For learning more on computers, general knowledge, etc. the a.a.s. was good.
thank you for this post, am also interested in the trade school but am yet to locate any in releigh north carolina, i'll be happy if you could suggest any for me
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