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THE COLLEGE NETWORK And Eyler Gary(CEO) Complaint
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by KARMATCN

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To all of you who are suffering from The College NETWOrk write an email to the Department of Justice at:

[protected]@usdoj.gov

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead.

After writing an email please post on your Facebook account and then on your Twitter account. Remember the song from John Lennon "Power to the people, power to the people". What this company is doing is ripping people off and they are working together with a credit union(maybe one of them is a member of the board) and all of this loans are bringing our economy down the drains becuase of unpaid consumer loans.

Everyone MUST READ THIS POSTING! ...It is the absolute truth, A year into their program I realized it was ###-(no academic support.. no wonder they never advertise their completion rates!) I refuse to pay them anymore money!...I'm was so disgusted, that I didn't care it appeared on my credit report..you know why?...I am now able to afford the costs of repairing my credit since I was actually able to FINISH my coursework in a focused, guided, time specific, legitimate RN program..if I could teach myself, why do I need TCN.

Buyer Beware!
The recruiter is smooth talker. They will meet you in a pubic place or your house promising you LVN-RN BSN program in 18-24 mos. Which is not true, they leave out it depends on where you are with prerequisites. The program is actually 4-5 years and depending on how dedicated and studious you are. Plus you are paying a publishing house to test out of classes and then apply to Indiana State University. Which may or may not accept you. Only to find yourself paying a hefty amount of money for a publishing house that promises you a degree. The College Network, completely represents themselves as a school when in fact they are not. Then if you start questioning them they refer to Indiana State. Indiana will not take part unless already a student with Indiana. How could the boards of nursing ever approve this program. College Network has you sign contract, they don't all tell you about the 3 day cancellation time frame. Then you are locked into a publishing house for testing out classes. Not actual school. Think twice before signing on the dotted line. I hate to see anyone else be defrauded.
California

In the year 2007, I had enrolled in their so called wonderful program. They told me they were working with the company I work for to have them pay for tuition. I received the so called modules. Open them up and started to work on the first one. Not understanding some. I called the number and emailed to get some assistance. To this day still have not received any help. Here I am paying 20, 000 for modules that sit still wrapped in plastic except for one. What can I do, obviously this program is not working. I think they should offer the money back to all of use students but good luck with that.

I have been a LVN since September 2008. Shortly after graduating, I went to work with a hospital that was doing a bridge program with a local college. I was informed that the credits for the prerequisites were accepted through TCN. After thinking about it, I, too, called to cancel the courses and not long after this, I moved. I then was contacted about a pkg that was left at my last address. It was 7 modules. I immediately called and asked if I cancelled the program, why did i get these modules. I was informed that there was no docutmentation that I called and that NOW, it had been to long to do anything. After a heated discussion, I hung up my phone. Frustrated and mad, I decided I was not going to pay to be treated this way. I was contacted to make payments up to 3 times a week. I finally was able to stop these with a change to my phone number. I soon forgot all about this problem. Then a yr later, my EX husband called me at work and said that someone had contacted him in r/t MY LVN licensure. I then called the number and it was a collection agency that stated that I have 3 days to pay the balance owed, or my licensure be revoked. I contacted the Cheif Clinical Officer at the hospital and he laughed it off stating that it was not anything I should worry about. I contacted the BON and was informed that they can not take my LVN status from me. I was comforted by this and decided to continue to not pay them. Recently I was contacted 2 times in a weeks' period. I was informed that they were hired by the financial institution (but failed to inform me who or what company I owed). I politely asked them not to contact me at work and refused to give home information as I worked 8-5 and unable to address the matter. I then sent a cease and desist letter and requested loan information to the institution that i owe. I did get a response, but it was a rude one. I was given a letter that highlighted the area that stated that I had 3 days to terminate and that I would be liable for the balance. I was told that The Law office of LMM was going to send a request that my license taken due to non payment of a student loan. I was outraged! And worried at the same time. I am scared but I know that I will not give up with out a fight. I contacted the BON again and was told that they can NOT take my LVN but they can petition that it not be renewed and advised to do whatever is necessary to avoid this. I feel cheated and angry! Cheated out of an education that apparently was not worthy of my time or effort. I would love to say that it was resolved without conflict, but I see that is not happening. I have contacted the BBB. I hope others will too.

I enrolled in classes at this school to study nursing. They signed me up for classes and we arranged the whole thing. I took a few classes with the school. Then, I get a bill saying that my payments went up. They added an extra class that has nothing to do with nursing. They said I needed the extra class to get my degree. When, I said that I only wanted to pay for the classes I had signed up for and agreed to, they told me that I had to pay for the full program. This school is not about getting a degree I feel they just want my money for an online degree that does not even mean that much. I also found it cheaper at other places.

tried to cancel contract never took a class or got abook. lost my job and cant pay for iot anyway. was told it was a life long thing and had to pay 10, 000 dollars. every month they take 170.00 from my cheaking account and its not in there. how the hell do i get out of this mess! fch

Signed into this in 2006 to study LVN to RN. Paid for a year or so (can't remember exact amount of time). Became ill and had to have surgery. Am no longer able to work as a nurse so RN is not something I wish to pursue. Also realized it is another of those scams so decided to ignore it. Have not paid since 2007. Just recieved a call from someone claiming to be from the "Dept. of Justice" and that a subpeona is being sent out this Monday (today is Friday). Caller ID says out of area. After speaking to the guy who says the attorney working my case is working late and will call me in 30 minutes, I'm questioning the validity of this call being from who they say they are. I'm thinking the Dept of Justice would show their ID on a call, not block it. Gonna ask for a number and will post here, who shall I report this to? P.O me off that they can just claim to be someone they are not. I'm not paying for this, I'm not using it, have a huge box of worthless books they can have back if they want them. I looked through a couple of them. They didn't even begin to make sense to me. Any suggestions?

I made it clear throughout my meeting with the rep who wrote my contract that I DID NOT want a Bachelor's, only an AS and he wrote it for the BS anyways. I should have read it more carefully, but I cancelled less than an hour later to be rewritten for the AS when I came back from Ohio as I was leaving that night. He assured me he would hold it but LIED. I'm being harassed for payment of a BS I don't want and they won't cancel. My phone calls are proof I cancelled.

I believe trully that the TCN is a big scam. I graduated from nursing school in 11/5/08 and because I was so interested in furthering my career to get my RN BSN that I was actually excited about the program. When the advisor came to speak to my cousin and I, he painted the pretty picture. He explained to us what classes we needed to complete and what needed to be done and how much it would cost us through TCN and then the cost through Indiana University. He never explained to us that we need to find a site and a proctor, that the modules were completly different from the test and that there is a 300.00 fee for each time you take the exam. I called to cancel for them to tell me that we only have 3 days to cancel. I have nevered used anything from them, except some of there questions to review for my state broads that was free, but it is so unfair how they are messing indiviuals credit up and and taken theirmoney.

They knew exactly what they were doing with having to cancel a contract within 3 days, that doesn't give anyone a chance to really go through the papers and everything. On top of them telling me that there isn't anything that they can do for me and I'm not even using the program.

I signed a purchase agreement to get educational material to do the Lpn to Rn mobility on October 16th 2009, studied for hours took the Anatomy and Phsysiology exam paid 345.00 and did not pass. The material I studied did not even come close to what was given to me on the exam that took 3 hours. Now I am required to pay another 345.00 to take it again. Why should I stdy the same material again, that will not even help me pass. I was told by the smooth talking salesman that it would take about 16 weeks to study for A and P, Excelsior College rep. told me it would take a good year. what is going on here. I am not going to pay anymore on this loan that I am not getting anything for. What do I do now, I do not want a mark against my credit. JoAnne Luke 7659 St Croix Trail North branch minnesota 55056

In May of 2008 I allowed an "advisor" from The College Network to come into my home and give me his spill on all the great advantages of obtaining my RN license online from TCN. I should have been smart and done my research on this company. I must say, they employ some GREAT SALESMEN. This man had me convinced that this was right up my alley as I have always been an independent studier. After a couple of months I realized what a mess I had gotten myself into. I have only received one module. It has been three years and i have not used any more of their study materials or online modules. This company has recieved thousands of my dollars for NOTHING! I have been forced to close my bank account to stop the automatic monthly drafts and in doing so have ruined my credit. This company is a FRAUD! They prey on hard working people and make promises they know full well they can't fulfill. I am disgusted that they are still in business. I too would love to be a part of a class action lawsuit to put these scammers out of business for good!

I signed up 15 months ago and have been satisfied so far-have taken and passed 4 exams with TCN material. My complaint is twofold-both having to do with money.
First, TCN has been paid in full for my materials and tests. I got my University to give me credit for a course that TCN didn't think I'd get, so they agree they owe me a refund of $730. I have been trying to get the money since January. In April they fianlly sent me a document in writing agreeing that they owe me, and still no money-it is now June. Worse yet when I tried to call them at 6:23 pm EST they had a recording that said I had reached them outside of normal business hours, which supposedly are 8am to 9 pm EST Mon-Thurs-today is a Tuesday, 6:23pm EST. So where are they?
Second, I referred a coworker to them. She signed up and has taken two courses and tests. They are supposed to be paying me a $200 referral fee, which takes 90 days from when the person signed up(they don't tell you that up front). The 90 days was up May 8th, I was promised to have the money by May 28th, and guess what? Watch out for this scam!

im just finding out that this is a scam.i called them the other day to withdraw from the courses but little did i know that u cant.well u can stop doing them but u still have to pay back the loan. i was never told by the piece of crap that signed me up that i couldn't get my money back if something happened and i couldn't finish the courses. also thought that this was a school i had no idea college network was a publishing company until today when i read these complaints.i have been enrolled for almost a year now and haven't even taken the first test all i want is to be refunded for the classes i never even started i dont even mind paying for the one that ive tried to study for but when i called they said that i have access to all the courses so they won't refund me for the other classes. is there any kind of lawsuit against these people or has anyone ever gotten out of this bs contract if so please let me know. NEVER ENROLL IN COLLEGE NETWORK THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. BEWARE !

People who has enrolled in this college should be refunded. The State of Indiana should recognize this as a scam and act on it. Where do the people enrolled in RN find a hospital with the insurance to cover their clinicals, because they are not a ligit college? Three different colleges has came up on my search: College Network [protected]-University of Phoenix, Excelsoir College N.Y., TCN-Tennessee Center for Nursing [protected].
I wish to recieve a letter from this college stating a refund. The State has it's hands full by busting this scam up!

The College Network has charged my credit card for a program I never even utilized. I was unable to stop the monthly charges and ended up paying thousands of dollars over the past 5 years. When I tried to cancel the program 3 years ago the representative offered no resolution. I was also shipped several books that look like downloaded copies of pages from Wikepedia. This ad continues to run in some nursing journals. Why? I would like to talk to one person who completed the course and was actually awarded a BSN. My credit is now ruined and even though I've nearly paid off the credit card the course was charged to, the effect of the financial devastion linger with me to this date. Now that I see others with the same complaint I really feel duped.

The College Network scammed several of us into thinking that we were signing up for a distance education program for nursing school. After a lack of description of what we were signing up for, we found out that all we paid for over $5000 were books that were supposed to allow students to challenges college credits with testings. They never sent us the books, we were unable to get into the Indiana University as promised, and now we are stuck paying a monthly fee for 5 years for NOTHING. This has happened to dozens of people that we know in the same nursing field. The recruiter explained the program to us under false pretenses, only to find out that he was not a college recruiter but just a BOOK SALESMAN. We figured they should at least send us the books since we ARE paying for it but they explained that we cannot even obtain books unless we pass each test (tests that they are not even affiliated with!) So we do not even have any BOOKS! hundreds of dollars for absolutely NOTHING! DO NOT SIGN UP FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COLLEGE NETWORK!

You are right about the fast talking salesman, and lies, and rude and ruthless customer assistance. I signed up with The College Network in March. They came to my home and did a pretty good job of explaining everything. The salesman told me that even though I signed up for the bsn program; I could change to the adn at any time. Ok that sounded great. I knew about the 3 day cancellation.

I got a letter from the College Network a little while later stating that my gpa was not high enough to get into Indiana and that I would have to pay more money for another course, and I would have to enroll in Indiana and take this prereq and this prereq and I think fitness or something in order to get the gpa to get in the nursing program. Shouldn't that have been determined before the started making me pay 9000?

So, I didn't want to jump through the former hoops to get into Indiana nursing program and I called the College Network to switch to the adn program. I inquired as to when the excess amount would be removed from my loan amount, and was swiftly and rudely informed that it would not. Of course I protested, but like many others, I was informed that no matter what I had to pay. They did say that they would credit me for future classes, but I refuse to do anything further with the Company.

Now, This is for Rick! The College Network Rep.
Before you get in touch with me and tell me that I am wrong. I do not wish to hear your ###, generic response. No matter what you say or how you say it. This is wrong. It is ok to step down to a lesser program that costs about 3000 less but it is not ok to refund said 3000. I HAVE MET CRIMINALS WITH BETTER INTEGRITY THAN YOUR COMPANY!

Just in case you can't find me in your Database, My name is Danetta Kerns. I am curious as to what ### you can come up with because I have never been late on these ridiculous payment.

Oh yeah and you are going to hell for using a Christian Credit union to rip people off. I called them today and asked how it is possible that after a loan has been issued that you could add more to the balance. She said that she didn't know unless it was in the contract. I am sure it is slithering around in there somewhere, but I did inform the bank rep of your unscrupulous practices.

This program is nothing but a big scam with alot of fradulent promises i caanot believe they are still in business does anyone out there know what to do about this company, very frustrating to have to pay for something i did not use. they send my account to collections damaging my credit and on trying to call for customer service you can hardly ever get a hold of anyone. during signing up they promised a tutor which they are not able to provide, we work hard for our money and for the tune of 5, 200 the service should be satisfactory.