Has anyone had experience with The College Network prior to doing Excelsior College?

[tiggerkat811]

Has anyone had experience with The College Network prior to doing the Excelsior College classes? I'm currently on the brink of filling out the application for online LPN to RN but I'm having some second thoughts and am a bit nervous since I saw that The College Network got an "F" rating with the BBB.

Thank you in advance for any information you may have.

[Red Kryptonite]

Thank you all for your comments...along with the information I have discovered the last few days, it has helped to cement the decision I think I already knew I was going to make. I feel kinda sheepish almost falling into this

I think I will take my husband on a trip with all that money I'm going to save

Thank you all again!

Don't feel sheepish, feel SMART. Stuff didn't add up, you listened to your internal warning bells, and reached out for advice to people who would know the facts. You prevented a financial tragedy by being willing to listen and not going on stubborn pride.

You're way, way ahead of a lot of people.

[RollTide_Nurse]

Its a rip off, don't waste your time or money. Try enrolling in a traditional LPN to Rn program.

[UlanaD]

Just go directly through excelsior and you can get great study guides from studygroup101. Go to ec and download the nursing catalog brochure and go through it cause it tells you everything you need to know.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

In recent news, the New York Attorney General has recently taken legal action against the College Network. It is about time.

Fake college scammed thousands of NY nursing students, according to AG's lawsuit | syracuse.com

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

Yep, I already posted a link to the press release: https://allnurses.com/excelsior-college-online/ny-attorney-general-992606.html

[BarbaraNM, ASN, RN]

Thank you all for your comments...along with the information I have discovered the last few days, it has helped to cement the decision I think I already knew I was going to make. I feel kinda sheepish almost falling into this

I think I will take my husband on a trip with all that money I'm going to save

Thank you all again!

You definitely made the right decision by running AWAY from TCN!! Don't feel sheepish.... they are hard-core high-pressure sales people!! I went to a couple of presentations 5 years ago and got the same uneasy feeling....started to Google TCN and found this site. They even kept hounding me for a while after I said NO!! I found an entire set of TCN binders on eBay for $200 and bought them. I also had some textbooks and a few SG101 discs. I started in 2012 and completed the program last year and have no regrets.

Take that vacation and then start working hard toward your ADN from EC!! GOOD LUCK!!

[BarbaraNM, ASN, RN]

Its a rip off, don't waste your time or money. Try enrolling in a traditional LPN to Rn program.

The College Network is a ripoff.... not to be confused with Excelsior College, a fully-accredited ADN program, which is in no way affiliated with The College Network!!