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Since there is no obvious place for me to give feedback to COCC on any of their websites, I'll do it here. As a new student I have found the admissions and registration process infuriating. I have a master's degree, have worked in my current field for 10 years, and am in the process of changing careers. Despite sending over my transcripts, it seems my 1xx and 2xx level writing courses somehow did not satisfy the WR121 requirement, which means I am blocked from registering for, of all courses, Anatomy and Physiology I, which is an important prerequisite for me. As the seats for this course fill up, I am stuck having to petition to get my writing credit added when it is extremely obvious I have satisfied that requirement. I was also required to attend a two hour info session in order to register for classes. This is in addition to the very time consuming "Bobcat Welcome" online modules and "how to take online classes" modules. I thought this info session would be a one-on-one appointment with an advisor from the department I'm taking classes in. Which would have been great because I had some very program-specific questions that had not been answered in a series of previous emails. Nope. Instead I had to drive 45 minutes to Prineville on a work day to sit through a series of PowerPoint slides on how to choose my career, manage my time, and navigate a website because I'm totally not an adult who can figure out how to do those things and ask questions when I need help. The final cherry on top is that the paramedic program here requires a half dozen in-person only-during-the-day-on-a-weekday *prerequisite* courses be completed which are not required in other paramedic programs and would require a year of in-person attendance in addition to the core full-time paramedic program year. (I'm not even talking about the EMT-B courses, which I have already satisfied.) This would mean I would have to save up twice as much money to quit my job and do COCC's program. So instead I'll be taking a few core prerequisites online at COCC and transferring them to Oregon Institute of Technology which does not require a year's worth of in-person prerequisite courses to get into their paramedic program and I'll be getting my degree over there. That's right. I'd rather move to Portland for a year to get my paramedic cert with OIT than spend an extra year and all that money taking the unnecessary prereq classes at COCC. If you want my money, don't make me take classes I don't need, or at least offer them as night or weekend classes so I can have a job that will both pay me enough to live in Bend and allow me to schedule around said classes. Because right now the only jobs that will let me schedule time off every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm involve getting paid less than a living wage.
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Accreditation or State Approval
The accreditation or state approval status of this school's programs is unknown. We did not find accreditation or approval status through publicly available records. Please check directly with the relevant state board about programs at this school.
Admissions
To apply to this school, there is a $25 application fee.
Financial Aid
63% of students received financial aid
On average, students received $4,928 in financial aid.
Student Body
Gender Ratio
55% Female, 45% Male
Race / Ethnicity Ratio
73% White, 13% Hispanic / Latino, 1% African American, 1% Asian American, 2% American Indian, 0% Hawaiian / Pacific, 5% Two or More, 5% Unknown
3,735 students are enrolled in this school
