Altierus Career College / Everest Institute
Reviews and Complaints

I attended Everest College From November 2009 - June 2010. For Level 1 Dental Chairside assistant, Everest college disputes that and says I was present for the first day of level 2 and attempted to bill me for it, but thats another matter, I found the whole experience to be a very dim shadow of what an education should be. I not only passed with flying colours I was on the honour roll ( all while missing almost 20% of my program due to having a sick child that was being denied entry to her childcare facility due to daily vomitting) Everest first tried to expell me but since my grades were so high they couldnt. They told me to not bother looking for a job as a Level 1 because " Dental Offices don't typically hire level one dental assistants" -Paula Kelly instructor at barrie Campus informed me, So I never attampted to look for a job as a dental assistant. Now As I have paid for over half of the tuition I feel duped and want to finally persu my feild of training and they are trying to charge me an extra 1000$ ! and take over 100 hours of my time before I can recieve my Diploma. to top it off I found an employer willing to hire me and Everest "lost" my info and told the office I was unfinished with many assignments to complete meanwhile I only needed 13 hours of coop which the employer was willing to provide me with! EVEREST HAS SCREWED ME ROYALLLY AND NOW THEIR TAKING IT A STEP FURTHER!

Started at Everest in 2010 got my AA degree, they told me they wold help me find a job, I am now still working dead end job, no help from Everest at all, employment help is a joke. I never researched their accreditation and now paying for it . Just found out they are not and now I owe 23, 0000 in loans for nothing! I was warned by a friend but did not listen to her and now paying for it! THIS SCHOOL IS A JOKE DO NOT ENROLL, AN ABSOLUTE JOKE!

I went to everest HOPING to change my life and get a career. LOL that place is a joke. Not only are the people you talk with like car salesmen but they exaggerate on getting you a JOB after you get your degree. I got my RMA by the skin of my teeth. I hate everest and wish I would have NEVER went to that school it was a waste of 9 months of my life that i cant get back and 17000 in the hole later. Then they dont tell you if you dont keep up with your student loan in school you wont be able to walk with the rest of the class to graduate. Heres what I would do if you want to come in the medical field, please become a RN. Dont waste and i mean waste your time piddling with a stupid RMA certificate that you cant do anything with. Besides being a cna wiping peoples butts. They deceive to tell you if you dont have a diploma or a GED they are gonna put you in a craphole of a place to learn and its not even a DRS office like they promised. I am now going BACK to another school for something else cause all they are are SCAMMERS FROM HELL.

I am a single mother (age 45) who made the BIG decision to upgrade my skills and go back to school. I met with three schools in Ottawa because I needed to make sure all my courses to be an Executive Office Administrator were instructor led. My learning style is hands on with instrution, something I already knew. I was assured that Everest offered that, and they also offered a placement program. Once the paperwork for my student loan was signed, and the money was safely in the schools hands, I then learned that 11 out of my 19 courses were teach yourself in a computer lab from an expensive book. There are no assignments to be handed in to make sure you are doing things right, and no instruction. The computers are working in Microsoft Office 2007 (It's now 2013) and the books that you order from the bookstore (off your booklist) are 2010 and not compatible with the computer system. I have not graduated yet, but my money is already invested and I am stuck. I know I will not get a job with this diploma, nor do I feel confident enough because I don't feel that I am learning anything. I know alot of students at my campus feel the same. It's not right how this school has been allowed to take advantage of people trying to better themselves. They coral us like cattle, we are only a dollar sign. If I can help anyone else...Please, don't choose Everest College to achieve your education goals...your better off going to Chapters.

This college caters to people that need special education and rather dealing with these people seperatly they have the whole class suffer. They literally dumb down the education and give us the answers that are going to be on the exam for the module. So when people actually graduate they have no education outside of what we are taught on the exam. This leads to failure in the end. False hope that is given to students as they waste valuble time and money. Just because everest has a bad rep about drop out numbers and absentee's. It's pretty bad that when instructors say they have to teach a certain way due to some students lack of understanding. If this just all about the numbers game and seeing a profit, why not waste my time and just give me my diploma, I pretty much paid for it anyways if your gonna sit there and hold my hand through the exams

I also attended Everest College in Anaheim to become a massage therapist and boy was I excited to become something i was always in love with... then BAM my dream crumbled right from my fingertips. towards the end of my last month i started getting suspicious because not only was my Representative fire my counselor was transferred to corporate. they kept telling me oh return on this day so you can speak to your new rep so I'd return and they would tell me the same thing finally i spoke to someone about getting interviews so when i graduate i had something going. ONE, ONE interview was setup by Everest after i graduated, I went to the interview and the lady loved my review and my resume i was asked to return the following day to work on her to see what i got and had learned. Again she loved my work then she noticed that my file was missing some information that Everest was suppose to fax to her. i told her I'll give them a call and see whats going on, that same day i called Everest nothing was given to me no information no way of contacting the rep nothing. the next day i went to the campus and was trying to get a hold of my rep "NO LONGER WORKING THERE" is what they told me. At this point my blood is boiling my anger went from a 5 1/2 to a 50 I told the lady at the front desk i wanted to speak to someone as soon as possible the President no not Obama, came we went to his office and he told me that the information i was trying to get was already sent to Corporate and all i needed to do is wait for them to submit it to were i was getting interviewed. So, i called the LADY and told her what was going on she told me she was willing to wait a couple days. I kid you not two weeks went by and they never sent her anything she called me asking me if i knew anything about Everest i told her no they haven't tried contacting me at all she said she would wait two more days and that was all... I was so upset i called Corporate they told me the same BS that they had so many students waiting to get the same information and it was a long process to be patient. i told them i had someone waiting for that information so i could start working they said we understand we're doing our best... two days later i get a call from that place that will remain nameless and she told me that they were sorry that they had to fill the position up. i was so heart broken. not i hear MASSAGE THERAPY and i get so angry all because of the horrifying experience i went through with Everest College... i do have a job its not what i was trained for though now i have to get a second job because of the loans i got suck with...

Code of conduct broken by students and staff. No where to make a complaint without having life made miserable by those you complain against.

I do not have any reason to get on here and make false accusations towards anybody, especially when it comes to something as serious as my education. I feel as if my loans and my pell grants were a complete waste of time, the education was not worth it and then when I asked to only attend for two semesters instead of three I was told I could not do it. I have never heard of such. The people you talk to tell you a different thing, every time you contact them to ask them a question. Then I asked for the number to contact the department of education, and was giving a wrong number. The tuition also increased which was already overly expensive. I withdrawed and went to another university. This is a warning to all people looking for an education, please do not attend this school. Anytime a school does not require much, if anything at all it something wrong.

Wow! Talk about scammers. The staff at Everest lie from the start and once they are paid they will screw you over left right and center until you go absolutely insane. They could care less of any problems or complaints you may have once the entirety of your tuition is paid because if you don't like it and you threaten to leave they do not have to refund your money so they just DONT CARE. The paralegal program is so quick and the teachers are so not experienced enough to teach the course. They are students that just graduated. The school literally moved mid semester and the students were forced to follow to the new location no matter how far it was because they would not return your tuition. You couldn't even transfer to a closer school because it was the only toronto Everest school that had the paralegal course. They literally robbed me and when I went to work in an actual law firm I realized I had learned NOTHING that I needed to know. It was the biggest joke and now I'm indebted to OSAP for a long time. DO NOT GO TO EVEREST COLLEGE. It is the worst school ever and the staff are insensitive and scam artists. They are absolutely horrible to deal with once you have signed the contract. They will screw you at every chance they get. Please choose a different school don't make the same mistake I did. I graduated with Honors and did ALLL the work and still I was taught nothing valuable.

I went, it was rough. not a very good place to be. instructors have limited knowledge and the classes are not accredited. The diploma is worthless, its only a "diploma" to say that you went there.. not to say that you have the credentials recognized by the government to work in your choice field. I owe $23, 000, have no job and have 2 kids and they knew what they were doing in the beginning. False promises, for an easy stack of money..

I am in my last month at Everest for medical administrative assistant before I go to an externship. I feel that I've been robbed because there are so many faulty things with this school. I love my instructor as a person but as an actual instructor she is horrible. She was actually teaching in another program at Everest, so she isn't really much of help for me and my classmates. We have tests every week and they are on vocabulary (spelling and defining), terminology, and theory (multiple choice), these are fairly easy and the answer is pretty obvious at times. I was told I had to learn word, excel, powerpoint, medical transcriptions, and a program called medisoft on my own in my free time. That was no help at all, i was just handed books on them and do some exercises and print out my work. Since this is my last month, I am expected to know transcription or have a a bit of it down, but my instructor just told me to use the book we were given and read it, that's it, she didn't even taught us how to do them. When she gives us lectures, she just reads out loud what is on the powerpoint, but she hands us print-outs of it, so i don't see the point! One of the books I received came with a flash drive that was supposed to be used for saving work for this book. First of all this USB was very faulty, only a couple of exercises fit there, plus something went wrong when I plugged it in my computer and erased everything, and that happened to almost all my classmates. I was told I have to wear my school ID at all times, but I have never received it, i retook my picture, and until now I haven't received it! I asked at the receptionist where could I get my ID, she said she did not know because they were having problems with the printer and to ask my career service representative, really? I also never got in touch with my career rep. because they had changed the way the handled that department and I have a new person, whom I've never met. I have a report card and it's stated I have a 4.00 GPA, but now I see this as worthless because I feel like all of this I could have learned on my own without having to pay more than $17, 000, which now I owe, when I could have just stayed in community college. All this time wasted for nothing, I basically self taught myself, and to top this off, I was the smartest in class, I helped my classmates, one of my classmates and I organized projects alone, our instructor told us to do so, because she didn't. I could have been in community college these past 7 months, I could have enjoyed my summer. You're better off learning this at community college because some of the externship sites might have you doing simple things, like scanning papers or organizing for 200 hours! Save your time, money and hopes, don't attend here.

Let me start by saying do not go to this school it is the worst, They screwed me over so bad. I went to Everest college to become a pharmacy tech. i finish but when i was done they sent me over to this walgreens and the guy they had training me was a jerk. I missed counted the pills by two where as this other girl that had been there for three years over counted by like ten but he did not yell at her instead he yelled and me and told me to go home for that day and would have to talk to someone too see if he wanted me back. Found out he did not want me back, so then they send me over to this other walgreens where as that lady knew the other guy from walgreens and he told her that i don't know how to count and he did not know why she would take me on cause am so bad. I think that is unprofessional and rude i treated like ### from both walgreens and did not end up finishing the program and now am stuck with the bills from them which i refuse to pay them cause they did nothing for me at all i need to find a lawyer to go after them and walgreens.

administration employee whom attended a meeting with myself and her superior whom I complained to about serving the remainder of clinical hours for a psw course I took with this college, changed the plan at the last minute because she was angry that I had gone above her to complete my hours, and when the time arrived to serve the hours, she doubled them, and stated she didn't agree with her supervisors decision, and that nothing I can do about it since supervisor transferred, and I had to do what she said now. Well I served the amount of hours she requested, but now she is withholding my NACC cert., and my diploma now, because she states she doesn't recognise the signatures. I invited her to call the director of care to verify immediately because I need the certificate and diploma for a job interview the next day. She stated when she got around to it, I could have it. I looked like a fool at the interview trying to explain this to a potential employer. I called the school the next day, and was told sorry we're having a BBQ today, and she's attending it, call back again! Funny thing is whenever I call this girl gets someone to say she's busy, or not there, but, if I block my number and get my husband to call she answers right away. This is no game, it's my life, and this girl holds a position of great importance and uses it to her advantage, to manipulate students, and to cause them hardships when she doesn't like them. I have since missed out on two jobs due to this one person at the college I attend. One employer actually stated that if I was an Everest student she didn't want me as an employee, fortunately she liked my attitude enough to at least give me an interview, of which I went to today, and without my credentials from Everest because this girl will not release them to me, again because she states she's not satisfied with the signatures in my passbook, and refuses to call the director of care that signed them, so I can get on with my life. Last but not least, when my husband delivered this passbook to her, she shared it with secretary in front of my husband, and they were giggling together while they read my passbook, she then approached my husband asking who's' signatures these were, and he answered, they were the ones she asked for from the director of care, she then laughed again and said to my husband, well I don't recognise them, so she has a wait before she gets her certificate or diploma if she gets them at all, because i think she still had some hours to do in long term care. I completed my hours with a signature from my preceptor, and attended the facility this girl sent me to, to do 140 hours instead of the agreed upon 80 hours her prior superior had arranged with me, with her in the room, and she didn't object then, but as soon as that superior was out of the picture, this girl changed everything, and said oh well, I didn't agree to that, this is what I want, do it or leave the course, I don't care either way! This girl has made my life a living hell, while abusing her position at Everest college, and is still doing it right now. I'm also worried now too because she mentioned something about dropping me even at this point. Someone please tell me who I can talk to about this abuse of power, before she ruins my life, and many others are having similar difficulties with this girl.

This school sucks. The career services do not have you first. Not many people are getting hired. The ones that are getting hired do not deserve to. There is rude big African American women who so mean to the students. People are dropping the program. There is no follow up behind the students. I would not ever recommend this school to anyone. They are sorry all they want is your money.

I was a former student at Everest college in Calgary a few years ago.
i moved back to Toronto due to an incident and wanted to be close to my family
before living, i was told i could come to Toronto and continue my education.
once in Toronto i went to one of their schools here to register, in which point i was told i had to start back to zero and pay the entire years tuition again. on top of that their credit was not transferable to any other colleges or universities. in 2012 in the building i work there is an Everest college i spoke to admition and they where surprised to ear my story and said they will contact Calgary, retrieve my transcript and enroll me to the program so i can finish it. in an other had they also told me the program no longer exist. i waited for the transcript only to be told they are unable to retrieve it as they have sold the school. i was contacted by a lady from college and yonge street, who told me they where able to find my name, but not my transcripts that i should contact the school in Calgary my self and there is nothing they could do to help. multiples attempts I've made to contact them no one has ever recontacted me or called me back. i'm stuck paying of a loan i can not prove the education.
i want compensation for all theses years i was unable to work on the field i was supposed to, i went to collection for this piece of crap school.

I went to Everest in [protected] for Medical Adminstration. The financial rep screwed me over. She wanted my prior years taxes which was fine but was not longer employed at same company and was making 30k less. I should have qualified for more grants but she didn't want to do all the paperwork required. Now I am stuck paying 10k + interest on education that I really did not need to get the front desk position I currently hold.

I went to Everest College to become a medical assistant. during school classes were packed, no one on one with teachers, students acted like kindergateners, and most of all the things we were learning about were very vag. I applied to be a Embassetor ( that was a joke) embassetors are suposed to be stand out students. I was denied 3 times with no reasoning. then a girl in our class became an embasetor and I was shocked. She was not aloud to give injections because she was on painkillers and had missed so much school that I barley new her name. how iss she a stand out student when she has been gone almost the entire 3 months and could not give injections? well I got over that and continued... I finished class room material... it was time for my externship, they suposidly find you a externship... NO I had to find myself an extern. I was getting close to the end of the time period they give you to get an extern so they sent me to a place to interview for a externship... I live in lynnwood, they sent me to granit falls it took 75 minutes to drive there and was not offered a extern because I had to be off in time to get all the way back to Lynnwood and get my children by 6 pm when their day care closed.

I finally found an extern. the doctor that took me on was shocked at hopw little I new. she would ask me things like didn't you learn this in school. "they shouild have taught you this." she would say. I was astonished how out of date the skills they taught were. Once I graduated and finished my externshp I got in contact with thier carreers department to set up services with them to assist me in job hunting and interviewing. in 9 months of classes we learned a total of 9 hours about interviewing, looking the part and such... any how the lady in carreer services told me to create a facebook and befriend her and check my facebook everyday. she would post job openings there. Are you kidding me.

I applied to 267 jobs as a medical assistant or similar, got 42 interviews, got zero job offers. Almost every interview I went on the interviewera would ask if I was trained in ... and I would answer the way I was taught at everest, " No but what I lack in that I make up for in personality." almost each interviewer said they would not hire me because I would have to be completely retrained.

employers have had bad students from everest. Everest has a bad reputation with the community. It got me NO where.

EVEREST IS A JOKE. THOSE COMMERCIALS ARE JOKES. LIES AND THIEVES.
9 MONTHS AND 16 THOUSAND DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN. NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.

EVEREST COLLAGE IS A VERY BAD SCHOOOL THE TEACHERS DONT NOW S**T.THEY MAKE YOU PAY LOTS OF MONEY FOR BOOKS YOU NEVER EVEN USE. THEY DONT EVEN HELP YOU LIKE THEY SAY. THEY TAKE YOU FOR YOUR MONEY AND YOUR F**CK OVER AT THE END WITH NO JOB AND A LONE TO PAY!