Ok, Ya'll know the drill. Whats up with this school? It talks of approval for the master's in counseling as an MFCC under California licensure. I'm weary. Any thoughts? http://www.ryokan.edu/online.html - Shawn
And why would you be wary? CA is the only state that will allow one to sit for the Bar Exam with an unaccredited DL JD. Why would you be suspicious about whether CA would allow one to sit for the state licensure exams in counseling and psychology with unaccredited DL MA and PsyD degrees? (They do.) If there's any caveat, it's that if you wish to practice in a state other than CA, by all means check whether your CA licensure based on an unaccredited DL degree will be transferable to licensure in your home state.
Re: Re: Re: Ryokan College Oops! I just noticed you live in Docontrerasland! I mean Oregon! You especially ought to check!
I never do this but... You surely mean "leery" (or perhaps "wary") don't you? Sorry, but it was just such a glaring error, I couldn't help but point it out. In fact, it amazes me how often I see gramatical mistakes, use of the wrong word and misspellings on a board pertaining to education. We all make typos, but...c'mon! Come to think of it, I'm "weary", too! Just sayin'...
Thanks for pointing that out, Ted. I'm sure the next time I misspell something (which is often), I'm going to hear ALL about it!
Re: Re: Ryokan College I'm wary because a Ryokan is a traditional Japanese Inn. Website looks like a guesthouse gone online school. Of course, we've all seen good schools with bad names before.
It's a CA-approved psych school. They have been around for a long time and their graduates seem to do pretty well on the clinical psychology exams. A year or two ago they put in a DL Psy.D., I believe. I kind of like Ryokan. But given the increasing abundance of accredited psychology programs, I'm not sure if it makes sense to go the unaccredited route, unless Ryokan offers something important that you think that you can't get elsewhere. And besides, my impression is that Ryokan is pretty expensive.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Ryokan College I wasn't implying the building looked like a guesthouse, but the website reminded me of a guesthouse's website. A picture of an office building is on their "contact information" page.
Re: Re: Ryokan College Too expensive. I think it is about 60,000. Decent school with a good nitch, but its lack of RA status makes the tuition unreasonable.
Graduates of Ryokan College's doctoral Psychology program perform very well and even more impressively than many students from RA doctoral programs on the Psychology licensure examination in California. However, their degree programs are exorbitantly expensive especially when considering that the degree is limited in its level of acceptability outside of California as well as prospective employment opportunities within the state.
