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Pacific College of Oriental Medicine NY Issues 
Posted by goodmedicineforbadschools on February 4, 2012 at 2:58 am
PCOMAT,
Please share the following link with your readers:
This NY Times article published yesterday concerns the private student loan company Sallie Mae. This was the private student loan company that preyed on students (and taxpayers) at the last OM school I attended, until the FFELP was ended by Obama. Proper treatment for parasites: harsh purgatives to expel parasites.
-Thanks,
GMFBS
Posted by Anonymous on February 5, 2012 at 7:22 pm
There’s no consequence for bad customer service or unfair policies when there are ridiculous regulations differentiating student loans from other loans. While my blog is mostly focused on the ludicrous tuition charges of PCOM and the dangers of pursuing an acupuncture degree, this NYT article is worth reading.
Today, I am the victim of a two bad haircuts (one initial bad haircut for $16 and another bad fix for $13) because I tried to save money. I wonder what indignities other PCOM students are suffering to pay the over inflated tuition.
Posted by Molly on November 12, 2012 at 12:56 am
I am finishing my first year at a Chinese Medicine school in California and I am thinking about taking my 35k in debt from this first year and walking away. I stumbled upon your site and found it to be addressing a lot of the same issues I am questioning. When I bring it up to my peers that there are no jobs out there for acupuncturists and we’ll most likely be drowning in debt and unable to sustain ourselves after graduation, they act like I’m crazy and just having a negative outlook. It’s mind-boggling. Anyway, I want to hear more from you. Was here some piece of all this that was icing on the cake for you when you chose to leave?
Posted by goodmedicineforbadschools on November 18, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Molly,
Hello. I’m not sure if your question was addressed to a particular person, but I’m qualified to respond, along with my 70k in debt. If by “icing on the cake” you really mean “straw that broke the camel’s back” then I can address your question. The straw that broke the camel’s back for me were those deluded debtors that you refer to as your “peers.” You describe how those peers are brain washed and locked into the fantasy world of the acu-school. They actually advertise for the school. Those “peers” advertise and volunteer and fawn over the institution that is milking them for tens of thousands of dollars while feeding them a terrible education that is non-transferrable to any self-respecting school. Accreditation? Spell that “Potempkin Village.” Hell, the whole profession is about half Potempkin Villages.
If you graduate from one of those so-called schools then those schools peers will become your acupuncture peers and competitors in a business (mostly) based on milking patients of their money. There are scumbags and toolboxes in every profession, but this profession rivals all in the creation of self-hypnotized tools. That’s actually characteristic of a cult, not a school.
Leave the cult and tell people about it, please,
– GMFBS
Posted by Mike on December 19, 2012 at 6:28 am
Hi GMFBS and Molly,
My partner has been considering PCOM in NYC. Your comments cause serious concerns. Honestly the fact that the school takes in anybody causes concern as well) Would it be possible at all to talk to you (or anybody in this forum) about this? my email is taurus10013@yahoo.com. I thank you so much in advance! MIke
Posted by kochaoji on December 24, 2012 at 7:45 pm
So glad I found your web site. I just finished an acu program and have been thinking about writing a blog about the acu school racket myself. Will be back to comment on specific posts, I have a lot to say and no time at the moment. Please keep writing about this. I hope more students and potential students find your blog and take it seriously. I hope more students (the ones who are critical-thinkers) add comments about their experiences, too.
Posted by pcomacupuncturetransparancy on May 5, 2013 at 9:04 pm
I would really like to hear what acupuncturists from other schools have to say. Please provide a link to your website, comment on these posts or just share info on what you’ve learned and what your thoughts are.
Posted by Molly on January 12, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Thank you for the response, GMFBS. I just wanted to say that I chose to leave and I’ll feeling pretty good about my decision. My acupuncturist and mentor praised me for thinking critically and being courageous about this as it is much easier to stay in the program. I am sorry I gave the school a year’s worth of financial aid and will be paying off my mistake for years to come.
I think this blog is a great resource for people who are deciding whether or not to go to TCM school in the first place. Kochaoji, I am looking forward to hearing more about your experience.
Thanks.
Posted by Anonymous on January 15, 2013 at 6:40 am
Thought you might like this video, even though it addresses OCOM, not PCOM: http://blip.tv/community-acupuncture-network/re-the-changing-demographics-of-acupuncturists-6501674
Posted by Sarah Gibbons on November 23, 2013 at 12:28 am
Please give me more details as to how exactly this works and if there are any costs involved. Please don’t have anyone call me, just send me an email reply. Thank you. Sarah.