I have been attending National College of Roanoke VA since June of 2010. I have taken classes at three other colleges/universities in Virginia and have never experienced such an unorganized and unprofessional environment.

I am in a constant state of unbelief as I continue to have or observe one incident after another cascading to form my above opinion.

The list of incidents is astonishing. I have kept record of mine, as well as those of my peers. I will name a few and give anyone planning to consider National College of Roanoke VA an idea of what you are in for.

1) Our photos were taken on the first day of class in June for our student id's and clinic badges (for clinic rotations) which are required to enter our clinic sites. More than 15 weeks later, I as well as several other students still had no id issued to us, even after bringing it to the program directors attention. I would have not been able to attend my first day of clinic at the hospital had I not gone to the Hospital Security dept. and requested an id from their office since my school did not provide me with one.

2) The campus bookstore has posted hours of operation. I needed my Pharmacology book to study for a test. I went to the bookstore 4 times on different days during their "open" hours and the lights were off and no one there. I showed up one day about 15 minutes before they were to close and seen the attendant locking up and I asked to purchase a book and he very rudely told me "you should have purchased your books over a week ago before classes started" and locked the door and walked off as I was speaking to him. He ignored me.

3) I have witnessed the Director stating that he would lie in Federal Court in front of a judge if asked whether or not he denied certain students their federal loan money. He stated that he would lie and say " oh they simply misunderstood me and I in fact said if they were my kid i wouldn't give them any loan money over what covers tuition." It is ILLEGAL to deny students federal loan money. It is a students right to take amounts of loan money above tuition to help cover living expenses and he has denied students that right.

4) During a meeting with the Director, I witnessed him storm out of the conference room and very loudly SLAM the conference room door. This meeting, unknown to him, was recorded by me. 5) My Rescue Operations instructor, saw another student texting in class under his desk and yelled at him and said he was going to "bite his phone in half" (which by the way is illegal i.e. property damage!) The list goes on farther than most prospective students have the patience to read. In closing I will state that I wish I would have never enrolled in this school. I do plan on completing the program, though i do not recommend this school to anyone. I am honestly embarrassed to tell anyone where I attend college, and I do not plan on attending my graduation ceremony because of the fact that I am not proud of where I'm graduating from in May. I am only proud of the fact that I'm graduating the Paramedic program. Myself and several other students have decided on accepting our degree's outside of the ceremony, and organizing our own private celebration of completion of the program.