Comments on: Graduating from Massage School in California? New Legislation (Part 1) http://www.massageschoolsguide.com/massage-licensing/graduating-from-massage-school-in-california-new-legislation-part-1/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth http://www.massageschoolsguide.com/massage-licensing/graduating-from-massage-school-in-california-new-legislation-part-1/#comment-39 Elizabeth Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:59:35 +0000 http://www.massageschoolsguide.com/blog/?p=576#comment-39 choosing a school...how will I know which one is the right choice?? Hi! Your information here is very helpful to me in trying to understand the best choice. Maybe you could help me think this through, since I am just getting informed and there seems a lot to understand when it comes to schools and new certificate requirements etc, so I would love for you to share your experience and guidance please. Becoming a massage therapist is what my heart and sole desires, to focus on pain relief or ease of symptoms from various illnesses or injuries and much more. I have wanted to enter this field for a long time and finally have the ability to delve into this wholeheartedly. Here goes... 1) I was accepted for a scholarship ( deep financial hardship currently) to an accredited school, it is a 300 hour course where I would become a massage practitioner. I would have to intern an additional 100+ hours due to accepting the scholarship. I want to however do a full 500 to be a massage therapist so I would have to then pay for the additional 200 hours to earn that. Sounds like it may take nearly a year to complete this? 4 nights a week 4 hours a night plus weekend electives volunteering those extra hours and interning. 2) I contacted another school and have been invited to go sit in on a class and have a look around, then I will meet with the owner of the school whom I spoke to on the phone. He of course wants to sell his schooling to me. Saying that I could attend there and complete the 500 hour course within 6 months. Attending eves and weekends. Since he understands I am to receive a scholarship I could work there, thereby paying for the course out of my income earned. He did have some negative things to say about the other school seemingly like a salesman, but then again he is on a few massage committees and has been in business for 20 years, and is hands on at his school, and he went on and on. So how do I sort this out, please and thank you!! Elizabeth choosing a school…how will I know which one is the right choice??
Hi! Your information here is very helpful to me in trying to understand the best choice. Maybe you could help me think this through, since I am just getting informed and there seems a lot to understand when it comes to schools and new certificate requirements etc, so I would love for you to share your experience and guidance please.
Becoming a massage therapist is what my heart and sole desires, to focus on pain relief or ease of symptoms from various illnesses or injuries and much more. I have wanted to enter this field for a long time and finally have the ability to delve into this wholeheartedly. Here goes…
1) I was accepted for a scholarship ( deep financial hardship currently) to an accredited school, it is a 300 hour course where I would become a massage practitioner. I would have to intern an additional 100+ hours due to accepting the scholarship. I want to however do a full 500 to be a massage therapist so I would have to then pay for the additional 200 hours to earn that. Sounds like it may take nearly a year to complete this? 4 nights a week 4 hours a night plus weekend electives volunteering those extra hours and interning.
2) I contacted another school and have been invited to go sit in on a class and have a look around, then I will meet with the owner of the school whom I spoke to on the phone. He of course wants to sell his schooling to me. Saying that I could attend there and complete the 500 hour course within 6 months. Attending eves and weekends. Since he understands I am to receive a scholarship I could work there, thereby paying for the course out of my income earned. He did have some negative things to say about the other school seemingly like a salesman, but then again he is on a few massage committees and has been in business for 20 years, and is hands on at his school, and he went on and on.

So how do I sort this out, please and thank you!!
Elizabeth

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