Rio Salado College

Greetings:
Rio Salado College once again falls short of expectations. The employees of the college consistently and, may even deliberately, come up short on fulfilling their required tasks. This incident - like the many others – has placed me once again in an economic hardship. One of the past hardships was becoming homeless for 10 days while waiting on my Federal student financial aid (7+ months) – but that’s another chapter in the saga. To further, my experience with the college suggests much more difficulty in dealing with the college’s administrative infrastructure than the college courses themselves. Sadly, this is my fault for placing so much trust in the college. In addition, I am a war veteran as well as a former American Legion Commander (the youngest in the nation in 1993). That being said – I don’t think recommending the college to fellow veterans would be a very-nice thing to do. Also, I don’t feel that Rio Salado College is worthy of the so-called: Serviceman’s Opportunity College designation – PERIOD.

Fall 2011 I was enrolled at Rio Salado , I was dealing with issues stemming from Domestic Violence (I could not continue classes). I was quickly diagnosed with PTSD ,being a victim of violence. I recently enrolled with Rio 2015 and was informed I had SAP issues and was denied Financial Aid. I gathered all documents , police records, 3 years of doctors diagnoses, and a letter of Extenuating Circumstances to challenge the denial- To then be denied again , due to not enough information. This school has no compassion , being a victim of violence in no joke and apparently to this school it is-

I will review this student's record and submit the exception to the refund information so that she may request a refund as outlined in our catalog.  Students have the right appeal decisions, but they must follow procedure.  Thank you.

We are aware of this student's situation and will be contacting her to discuss further.

The response from the business is the same response I have gotten for over 2 years now. They are holding me accountable for money taken out on a loan that I never received and the loan company never paid out. There should be a...

zero balance on my account. Until my account reflects a zero balance, I will not be satisfied.