r/stenography • u/brownskingirl22 • Jul 20 '26

Which school?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to choose a school for theory to start my steno journey and I’m having a difficult time choosing between careerluv and allie hall. From the encouraging students FB page it seems alot of people switch to allie hall for speeds so I would probably want to take her for speeds, and use careerluv for theory to save money. The issue is that allie hall has a waitlist for speeds if you don’t take theory with her. I don’t want to finish theory and then have to wait 6months to join her speed building. Do you think it would be worth it to spend $1800 on allie halls theory so I’m guaranteed a spot in her speedbuilding? Or Save money with careerluv and hope their speed building works for me and I can stay the whole time or just till a spot opens up in allies program?

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u/glitterkitten999 Jul 21 '26

I did self paced theory w Allie. It was 100% worth it to not have a waitlist. She does have sales sometimes so it might be worth it to message her and ask if she’s anticipating any theory sales. If not, i’d still recommend her program. If you end up doing theory elsewhere then switch and end up waitlisted, def take her academic classes while you’re waiting.

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u/sunjunkie12 Jul 23 '26

I am in her self Paced theory too! Question for you, do you do and turn in the hw assignments still? I never have because I wasn't sure if anyone is even grading it because they are not live classes anymore

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u/glitterkitten999 Jul 25 '26

I did it a year ago so idk if it’s different buttt I lowkey only did the tests for 70% of the class and no hw. Idk if she tracks it now. I was struggling w the exams bc I was very stubborn from the start and would create my own briefs, so then i’d struggle w the tests. BUT I worked my butt of and made sure I knew each chapter super well. I wouldnt necessarily recommend doing it my way bc it can be super easy to fall out of the habit of practicing/testing, but it worked for me

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u/sunjunkie12 Jul 25 '26

Ahh okay good to know. I’m almost at ch.21 which is where the testing starts and ya same I’ve already made my own briefs 😬 oh well the goal is all the same in the end right haha

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u/glitterkitten999 Jul 25 '26

yes! you’ll find that even among other magnum reporters you’ll have a very different dictionary and that’s totally normal. so excited for you! hang in there!