Educational Scams 
Report ID:  #2400 Submitted:  2007-02-22 04:41:40 Modified:  2008-01-14 11:29:12  
I am gonna call them and cancel my enrolllment...
Company:  ASHWORTH COLLEGE / PCDI / JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL
Address:  430 Technology Parkway, Norcross, Georgia 30092, United States


I signed up for what I thought was a real college distance learning program through PCDI. The next day I got the call from the so called school, and they enrolled me into ASHWORTH COLLEGE. About 1 week later I got my Materials, Lessons and my 1st book. For the 1st week I studied hard everyday and reviewed for hours. After that week was up, I sent in my first Lesson. Then within the next day in the mail I receive the monthly tuition amount $71 I owed them. Well funny thing is I would have been studying today right now being my 2nd actual week with them for lesson 2 but, thankfully I had some doubts about how everything was looking. It seems all too easy. So I get on my computer this morning and search around the first site. I type in the address of ASHWORTH COLLEGE and it says there was no college of that name, so then I just type in colleges and the address and a whole list of colleges come up but NO ASHWORTH COLLEGE, NO PCDI, and NO JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL so I started to get really suspicious. The next site I went on to search was my good home site, I type in just the address and it shows ASHWORTH COLLEGE, PCDI AND JAMES MADDISON HIGH SCHOOL.
But as I scrolled down more I ran into ripoffreport.com and it said ASHWORTH COLLEGE. So I read it and there it was. So I actually close my bank account.
I am just about to go call them and cancel my enrollment. Beware of such hidden cost as they reveal only after you are enrolled.
Ebreal
Wheatland
WY,United States

    CONSUMER Comment
Submitted: 2008-01-14 11:29:12
I did it...
     
 


I utilized James Madison High School through this company and graduated in 2002 with my high school diploma. I had no problems what so ever with the program, the staff, or furthering my education at a local college. In fact, I used my high school diploma from James Madison High School to get into the local college where last month I finished my associates degree. I just enrolled this month in their Ashworth University program to obtain my BA in Criminal Justice. Many people do not do unbiased research prior to pursuing online degrees. It is true that you must be very skeptical of online programs, however many people jump into them for an "easy degree" then become frustrated when they didn't read up on the information.
JennR
Coalinga
CA,United States

 
     

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