High-Tech Institute

I attended this college back when it was High-​Tech Institute. I went all the way through the surgical technology course. I completed my externship and then started looking for work. I got a couple interviews but no job. In the end the pavement department placed me in a job through a temp agency answering phones for a health insurance company. Completely not related to surgical technology. Then again after 3 months of being unemployed and broke I had to take what I could. Also, the person placing people in the externships was homophobic so she placed me in a hospital in rural Oregon. Don’t go here. In fact I recommend not going to any for profit speedy college. Go to city college. You’ll save a boat load of money. This is coming from a dude with outrageous amounts of student loan debt.

They talked me into attending the the Medical Billing and Coding program back in 2007. I graduated with honors and perfect attendance awards. But now that I think back on it, it’s a joke. Our teacher would just read from our books all week then reword the questions on the test for us to study the day before the test! But I’m not complaining about my teacher, she was really sweet. I’m sure she was just teaching the way she was told to. But after I graduated I spent at least a year or two applying for jobs before giving up, just to be told I didn’t have enough experience in the field. What a waste of time and money.

This school is a joke. It’s Anthem college now and their accreditation is BS. Research extensively on the degree they will give you and the degree you want/​need. For me they were misleading me and going to give me a degree that would not get me hired in hospitals. They don’t let you know this until you sign enrollment papers!

It now goes by the name Anthem Education. If you are looking for a high quality education and assistance with job placement in the future; this is NOT the place for you. If you have an extra $ 16k and a year to waste, then sign on up.

PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE!!! This school is a waste of your money. All they want is your money. You don’t earn any type of degree and they miss lead people by telling you they will find you a job after your your externship. I took the pharm tech course. I got a job but if wasn’t from them. Yeah they got me in the extern site but it really didn’t matter what school I came from. I was competing against 2 other students, and it was my performance that got me the job. When I started my extern, everything they taught me in class was irrelevant and I had to learn everything on my own. You only earn a certificate and people don’t know this but, there are 2 ways of earning your lic. 1, you can go to school and waste your money to show the board the amount of hours you completed in durning an extern or, save your money and take the PTCB. I see so many students that come in thinking they are going to get a job because someone tells them that the profession they will be studying is in HIGH DEMAND but in actuality it is compacted, and in my profession it is very hard to get a job with at least 2 years experience. PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH… There are a lot of community colleges that offer these courses for a much cheaper price. DON’T BE FOOLED!!!

It is now called Anthem College. Its an ok school. I came here for my pharmacy tech program. If you don’t want to be on a wait list and don’t mind paying a little more then what the other schools charge, then this is the place for you.

I just went there to check it out for my first time last week. I wanted to see what some of my options were for school. All the staff there was so helpful and the directors of admin Sarah was extremely nice and very willing to help. They offer great programs and at a good cost. No run around just straight forward. I am going to start there soon!