I am an LPN and a rep came to my house of course talking up TCN, she came july 8 and that was a thursday...I called on the 16th to cancel, i had worked the previous 4 days midnights 12 hr shifts so i didnt get a change prior, well they told me I could not cancel and i owe them 10000!!! They werent even cashign my first 100 check until the 18th so i stopped payment on the 2nd check, they will not see another penny from me! They are nothing but a scam, scamming nurses and anyone else who goes there, There program is all lies! And i was also told id be able to defer my othe 800 in student loans a month which was a reason i did sign up well siine they are NOT an actual college I cant defer anything! And the advisor name Honesty (Ironically) Bodiford told me i would be able to do that! I called her about it and she completely denied it of course, she said she has worked for this shit hole for 7 years! no wonder she had some big rockss on her hands shes been helping scam all these innocent people in a terrible econmy! How do people live with them selves. This program needs to be shut down, maybe with enough of us there is somethign we can do!

WAS PRESSURED INTO SIGNING A CONTRACT IN WHICH I WAS TOLD WOULD HELP ME OBTAIN MY ADN. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD APPLY FOR A LOAN TO COVER EXPENSES MY GRANT WOULDNT. I WASNT AWARE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SOME UNKNOWN SECONDARY COMPANY NAMED CITY CREDIT. OR THAT I COULDNT USE MY OWN BOOKS AND STILL PAY THEM FOR MATERIALS I DONT HAVE AND DONT NEED. APPROX 2 MONTHS AFTER SIGNING AND BEGINING MY COURSES ASSIGNED, I GET A LETTER STATING THEY NEED A TRANSCRIPT FROM A PREVIOUS COLLEGE TO COMPLETE MY COURSE OUTLINE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR TO ENROLLING. I ALSO WASNT INFORMED PRIOR TO SIGNING CONTRACT THAT EXCELLSIOR COLLEGE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLEGE NETWORK. THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT SPOKE WITH ME TOLD ME WHAT SHE FELT I NEEDED TO HEAR. FOR THE PAST 5 MONTHS, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM TCN. I DECIDED TO CALL AND CANCEL MY ENROLLMENT AS I LOST A JOB AND CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY THIS UNUSED FEE. I WAS TOLD I OWE THEM AND HAD TO PAY. THEY WERE QUITE RUDE. I ASKED WHY AM I REQUIRED TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES THAT I DONT HAVE. THE RESPONSE WAS, "BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO."

I met with a rep/ salesman about their program. She lied during the whole process. Not only did she lie once but three different times. I found out that The College network has 167 complaints with the BBB in their state. TCN is a publishing company only. There is a credit agency that works with TCN by the name of American Credit Exchange. They are in the same building and they are a part of TCN. A man by the name of Gary Eyler has posted something on this site, well he is the principal for TCN. I am in the process of doing more research into TCN but i am going to start with the Commission of colleges and schools in my region. I will also contact the Department of Education in Washington, DC. I am going to file a complaint with TCN and i will mail the complaint to all the agency's listed and some that are not. Too numerous to name. I would suggest that everyone else do the same.

Initially when I signed up for the program. Intended on completing theLVN to RN Program. After 30 days I several large boxes with binders. Which they call study materials. Shortly after that my sister was diagnosed with aggressive Breast Cancer. I became responsible for my sister's care, financially and physically.

Taking her to and from Chemotherapy, dealing with her illness and inability to tolerate the Chemo, paying her bills and mine. I am her sole support. I continued making payments to protect my credit. The payments were being deducted from my Checking Account. I called The College Network to explain my situation. And I was told to write a letter to Bernard Schraeder in Las Vegas Nevada.

I did as I was instructed. I even submitted my siter's medical records and treatment plan. Which is in violation of HIPPA Regulations. I asked Mr Schrader if he would show special consideration to my situation and allow me to cancel my contract. After about a month or so I received a letter from Mr Schrader stating that all learning materials have been sent to me and i am therefore required to continue making payments. And that I could contact Barbara Wiggins @ (800)634-1443.

I continued to call Mr Schrader, he never returned any of my calls. I returned all of the binders. Stopped the payments. I called Ms Wiggins and was told the the same thing. I was responsible for making payments and I have to have a bank acct. Now I am receiving calls from Corporate America (the lender). Not only am I not satisfied with the learning materials, my sister has a battle to fight and she needs me there for her.

I explained this to Mr Schraeder and Ms Wiggins. So basically I am paying for something that I am not satisfied with and fighting a battle with my sister. The program is Bogus and the learning materials suck. Not only that, you have to pay each time you take a test. The contract is designed for The College Network to make money. They have been paid by the lender. And refuse to send the money back to the lender under no circumstance. My back is against the wall. WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME.

This company lures prospective students into it's trap then bleeds all the money it can from you for services you can obtain directly from your college without them. Then they keep adding more charges on.

In an idiotic moment I bought into what they were saying and signed up, Big Mistake! I had already submitted my transcripts to one of their offices before a rep came to our town for a sign-up session. This office had already evaluated them and told me what classes I needed, so when I attended the sign up class I knew what classes were required for my path.

A few weeks later I received a notice saying they had re-evaluated me and I needed more classes, which they added on and sent more materials, of course adding more money to my bill. After talking with other people who signed up with me, I discovered they did this to almost everyone there. And you can forget trying to get out of the program. They sign you up with a credit union or other financial institution for a loan and get their money up front.

I have never used any of the materials, or their services, found it was not for me, could not get out of the contract, so I honored my commitment and made my payments for almost 3 years now, only 4 more payments to go.

Now they are saying they did not charge sales tax to any Texas residents and I owe them another $285+, even though I have a contract from them stating the total due and paid. From reading some of the nursing forums, it seems they are trying to collect from all present and former Texas students for years of their mistake of not including sales tax in their billing.

You can even go to the Excesior college website and find a warning about dealing with companies like this. Their ripoff scams are well documented across the web. Just try searching, many people are unhappy with their tactics. If I only had of know about this complaintsboard.com site before I signed up.

Now I am receiving letters and phone calls from a collection agency, I have been turned over for unpaid debts.

If I hear of anyone starting a class action suit, believe me I want on the bandwagon. I have never sued anyone, but this company makes me think about it.