Premiere Career College - Irwindale, California

Nessa

Go somewhere else.. Keep in mind I am a Straight A student minus math I got a B.. I was well behaved and caught onto things quick.
I did Sirgical Tech program. 2022-2023
I had a gut feeling and I didn't understand why until:
So much drama between staff, so many switching between staff due to being fired and hiring new people. I had to teach my classmates inside our Mock O.R when Veronica didn't care to teach us. We wouldn't get clear answers on our questions.
They can fake how many hours you have completed in clinicals. School has bad reputation with many hospitals due to students not knowing how to behave and keep there mouth shut. USC doesn't like Premiere students and getting a job there in Main OR they refuse to hire us unless you are a guy.
There " Help on finding jobs" is just them emailing you job openings every once in a while or every month (when you can do that yourself).There resume help didn't help me get jobs at all.
Answers on test would be wrong and I would always correct them .. super confusing and adds stress. They help you on your certification exam though lol. So many people would complain about a teacher we would have because she was rude. We would learn to just drape one position. Until my finals week they taught us Lithotomy position and different procedures, finally used actual peeled packages instead of pretending to open packages sterily. I am glad I have my certification but I was scared we would also lose our program or would lose credentials as well. (I believe it was LVN program lost credentials due to cheating)
Alot of people haven't spoken up. I'm tired of covering the schools bad system up.. They need to be shut down

P.S
After 1 year of waiting we get our graduation which the information continually changes about color of gowns and location.
When I went to graduation pictures Aurora made a unprofessional remark regarding ny employment and potential. After I didn't know who she was I asked for her name and she stated " My name is Aurora, This is why you dont advance you dont answer my emails regarding job opportunities" I kindly responded " I am employed but not thanks to you guys" If they didn't help you DO NOT give them information because they will put it on there statistics of the school to make them look good and give themselves credit. Also, you are not obligated to respond to there job opportunity emails.
Most of the students got the jobs themselves not thanks to the school. Keep that in mind. Some students 1 year later still do not work in the field, it can be hard due to being newly grad but dont give up.

Only a handful of good staff. Classes 2020-2024 deserved better

Victoria Sahagun

Classes for the AOST program are informative and offer available online classes. Staff is friendly and can be helpful. On campus classes are really helpful and informative with different ways to incorporate different techniques. Overall a good experience going into this field.

Jose Barrios

This is great college to going the medical field. I went for the program Hospital Central Service Technician and when I was doing my externship I got hired at UCI Medical Hospital. Now Iam pursuing my career in becoming a surgeon.

David B.

I’ve had a couple family members complete the Surgical Tech program at Premiere College. They finished the program in months and are now both at private surgical practices! I recommend Premiere College to anyone looking to get in the medical field.

Isaiah Camacho

Graduated 2014!Came back to further my education & this has been the best college. Best Staff & Awesome teacher thank you!Dr.Glen I appreciate it.

Rozalie Pinedo

Started here in January 2022 for the LVN program. Not even a month later they lost their accreditation for said program but did not notify us until mid April, after our classes for the pre-vn were finished. And even then still telling us everything was okay. They then wanted us to pay for said classes because “you took the classes, spent the hours” when if they would have told us in February their accreditation was gone I would have left. They took that option away from me. Made me waste 4 months that could have been spent at a different school that was actually accredited. None of the classes I took were transferable. When all of this was going down I’d try calling to get information and they kept passing me off to the next person who knew nothing, until ultimately I was rudely hung up on.

lexi salazar

The program was very unorganized to begin with, then lost accreditation and license, didn’t tell any students , continued to teach, and if anything lied to us about how we’d be taken care of after. All students from different terms and cohorts were very very upset. The school handled it very unprofessionally and was unhelpful. There are many other schools that are better than this.

Joseph De Leon

I had some good times at premiere. I met some great people but the school wasn't what I expected. We did have some great clinical sites but the faculty wasn't very professional. I just don't think it's right to speak another language regularly during class to students who understand and leave the rest of the class not knowing what was said. It happened so often that it wouldn't bea normal day with out it. Police's were changed all the time with short notice. I felt like only the elders and people of the Filipino race were treatable with more respect but there were a few great teachers. Well in the end passed all the inconveniences I passed my boards.