Complaint Review: North West College - Riverside California

 So, where to begin? Well back in i want to say August or September of 2011 i was checking out different medical schools for LVN'S. STumbled upon this school, thought it was an awesome place, it was right down the street from me, the hours were okay, and everyone seemed so nice, BOYYYYYY was i WRONG!!!!!

First i had to go in there, do there little test, and of course passed it, Everyone was oh so nice to me.... Then met with finacial aid, went over everything, even had my fiance come wiht me to make sure it didnt seem shaddy at all. He didnt seem alarmed, looking back now i think he just wanted to make me happy, Luckly he did not sign anything for me. So after paying an innital 700$, they told me i had to take a pre class, which was understandable. until i got in there.. When i started school i had no clue about any of the abbriviations or any medical terms..

We had alot of tests, and there was over 50 people in the class and they told us they were only going to take the best 30 students, which was a little odd to me, but i continued anyways, so when i first started the 5 week class, i was  not doing too good in it, but i was learning, as the weeks went by instead of c's on the tests i would get a's..so i thought that i had a chance to make it, yeah i guesss not. somehow i "Missed making it into term 1 by .5%" Talk about a punch in the face basically.

Then they said that if i wanted i could take the class over again but would have to pay the fees again, which was 700$! i was like oh hell no!!!! i was so pissed after all of this, then after about 2 years i get a collections bill in the mail for 1000$!!!! Which i had no clue i had a balance, or what it was for! THe school never attempted to contact me either. (my addresss, email, and phone number are allthe same!!! HAVE NEVER CHANGED!!!!)

Yeah so then i call the school about my bill, and of course i get the run around... but i kept calling and calling and still could not find an answer, so then i call the main campus in covina. Well what do you know, still getting the run around. So i decided to just stop on in there. Boy oh boyyyy were they surprised....And of course they cant "FIND" My file...imagine that?!?! SO i kept going in there and still no file could be found to tell my why i owe them 1000$... I called the campus director at the main campus about 45 times, left her a voicemail everytime, and needlessto say, SHE NEVER CALLED ME BACK!!!!!!! And its not like i just said my name and hung up, i slowly said my FULL NAME, PHONE NUMBER, WHAT I WAS CALLLING ABOUT, AND AGAIN REPEATED MY NAME AND NUMBER.

Needless to say, i payed the d**n 1000$ because i had no choice, i could not and would not let this affect my credit. I still have no clue what the 1000$ was for!!!!!  I am still pissed to this day about that school. it is a rip off and a crock of s**t. I would not recommend this school to my worst enemies... Save your self the money and your sanity and avoid this school at all cost!!!!!