Trade School

BEWARE of private vocational schools. I am a successful LVN. I have been to public colleges (I am attending one now for my RN) and went to a private vocational school in the Antelope Valley area in So. Calif. for my LVN. Public colleges have a chain of command and protocols to follow. They are more regulated. If you are having a problem in the class there is always someone to go to. BEWARE of vocational schools who grade on a curve! They fool the student into thinking he/she is passing, then when the last installment of the student loan is paid to the school, they take the money and drop the student, keeping the money and the student is SOL. They do this in an attempt to protect their NCLEX pass rates. They will drop students at the end of the year whom they feel will have no chance of passing the NCLEX! The student never gets a chance after all of that hard work! The student is stuck with a $19,000 student loan and no recourse and no chance to sit for the NCLEX. Another tactic is that... Read more

Most of the millionaires in the United States started out as plumbing, heating, siding and roofing contractors.

Today there is a big push to go to college, but trade schools may be a cost effective option. If someone learns a trade, he will most often always have an decent income. It could be a base from which to build. Earn money and take college courses if your goal requires a college degree. When I attended college right out of high school, I saw the older students, who spend time in the military, or worked in the trades, were much more focused on the course material and did better overall. They had their act together. They were not there just taking up space like the majority of the students I saw there.

Like a technical school, trade schools won't make you waste your time learning subjects that have no bearing on the desired degree. An excellent idea, but they get a bad rap.