Yes, I understood perfectly. You came across loud and clear.
Posted By: Wannie on 2007-11-10
In Reply to: I guess you did not understand - bips
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Hear ya loud and clear!!
I am also having trouble getting my foot in the door anywhere. Frankly, my toes are a little sore!
perfectly stated.
I live in California and 14 cents is not too high out here, but it might be in other places. I agree with your entire post.
Oh, for crying out loud...
I'm really sick and tired of reading this garbage about CS, started by a couple of grads (I wonder is that you above, haggis?) who got their noses in a snit wayyy back when, all because either CS didn't kowtow to their grandiose "suggestions" on how to improve their course, or they decided it was the best way to suck up to the people over at a certain message board (ironically, sponsored by the very two schools you are insisting on.) You can count the number of "dissatisfied" (and yet, curiously enough, still successful) grads on one hand. The rest are successful MTs who are happy with the education they received (and who knew enough to know what they didn't know, unlike the ones who gripe about CS...) I get the impression that these few believed they'd know it ALL when they graduated, which is a pretty stoopid assumption to make no matter WHAT school you graduate from.
CS is a great course for a reasonable price. No, you don't get ALL of the references you'll eventually need to work after the course, but that's simply not as big a deal as they make it out to be. Buy them later. I did, and got to write them off on my taxes, too. There is the infamous computer grader, true...but there ARE also HUMAN instructors, and they are terrific at answering your questions and making sure you understand your stuff. No matter how many times you ask.
As for the errors-yes, there were a few when I was taking the course a few years back, but even then, the course was not FULL of them (that's pure bull) and in no way does CS insist that finding them is part of your training! They are typos mainly-nothing of great importance, nothing that you shouldn't be able to realize for yourself, and certainly nothing that would teach you incorrectly! If that were the case, then not a one of CS's graduates would be as successful as we are.
Finally, might I add...if CS's course couldn't cut the mustard, would AAMT have given them its approval?
Look, I have nothing against Andrews and M-Tec. In no way am I putting them down. I'm sure they're terrific courses-they should be, considering the cost. But CS is a great alternative for those who cannot afford to go to either one.
lol = laughing out loud
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It can really help to say it out loud in the doc's accent! Really! Some things just pop out at yo
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Let's be clear . . .
M-TEC is the only school that has been THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
You made it sound like they're the only one good enough to get the approval. That's not accurate. They're just the only one who's finished the process so far.
Just to be clear . . . (sm)
You received a certificate from your school.
You did not receive a certification, which is only awarded after passing the AAMT exam.
Here is a more clear example SM
1. MT who can work 4 hours during the day only, needs family time. Average line counts, good quality. Runs out of work, only wants certain work to supplement.
2. MT who works 2nd shift, asks for more work from whatever account needs help when work runs out. Will take work late into night if line count needs boost or come on early if TAT is out on his/her accounts.
Who is more valuable to the owner of the business?
I would steer clear. (sm)
You said they e-mailed you offering you work and then asked for money. I'm a little unclear as to if you contacted them first or not. If not, I would definitely steer clear. Employers in this business don't generally do that if they are legitimate because there are so many MTs looking for work. I know people have been e-mailed off this board, and were offered work but they had to shell out money first and it turned out to be a scam. I realize it's only $11.95 but it does sound fishy and if it is a scam you don't want to give those type of people any more money. JMO. Please post again if you find out more information.
To be clear, this is the posters view of the mentioned school
and not the opinion of MTStars. MTStars has no position pro or con on any school even if they are a sponsor. We are merely a venue for people to post within the Terms of Service/Disclaimer of mtstars.com
My final exam was all but ' simple, easy, clear
transcription. It was 70 pages long, 98% accuracy, the audio was mediocre. It was a good school, but not M-Tec or Andrews.
That simple, easy, clear dictation practice is what the crappy schools use.
Then the person graduates, thinks they know what they're doing, and are totally shocked when they start trying to do REAL MT work. One of many reasons these cheap, crappy, found-out-about-it-on-a-matchbook-cover schools AREN'T recommended.
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