Nursing students left in the lurch by the sudden closure of Dade Medical College are looking for a way out and are hoping Management Resources College can provide it.
"It was such an abrupt situation, all of us were in different classes, different places, some of us were gonna walk in two weeks, and we just wake up one morning and there's no school," former DMC student Ashley Farrell said.
"I was seven months away, I was in my medical surgical class 2," Julio Soto said. "I struggle a lot to come to school, go to work."
Everyone NBC 6 spoke with Tuesday said they chose Dade Medical College's nursing program over public options, such as Miami-Dade or Broward College, because the training program was faster and class times were more convenient.
"But I'm very angry because yesterday you have a future, and today, what do you have? Raisa De La Granja said.
At least the former DMC students aren't going to jail. The school's majority owner, Ernesto Perez, the man used used to run DMC, surrendered to authorities Tuesday. He's charged with making illegal campaign contributions and is expected to plead guilty.
That news was hardly enough to cheer up his former students.
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"I'm as angry as everybody else but I'm not gonna let that get to me, I'm gonna continue and I'm gonna be a nurse at the end of the day," Soto said.
Management Resources College officials said they're trying to recruit some of the former DMC students.
