I have every correspondence with this school as well as several disheartening emails to Pittsburgh about the conditions of the campus here as far as tech and structure. Hello Thank you soo much for creating this page and all the hard work you are doing . Take a look at my Guide to Parent PLUS Loan Forgiveness & Discharge Options for some ideas on things you could pursue. Thats outrageous. I attended in the late 90s early 2000s, so Im not sure if I can qualify for forgiveness, but Im going to try. Brookline 2023 Candidate Profile: Natalia Linos, School Committee, Book Talk with Pulitzer Prize Winner Erin I. Kelly and Patsy Rembert, Balfour Brookline Senior Living Meet the Founders, Newton Piano Summit - Hidemi Akaiwa & Kevin Harris, Newton Piano Summit - Harold Charon & Leo Blanco, Rock Voices community choir 1st rehearsal of summer, Spring Herb Sale Lyman Estate Greenhouse May 5,6,7 &13. They were quite misleading about employment prospects and their job placement assistance was of little help the best moment being when, despite my actual field of study, I was given a lead to a job dressing mannequins. At one point, one of the culinary instructors, who would later become one of my husbands professors (we know his name too), walked by and into his nearby porsche car. For details on how this works, visit my page about Student Loan Forgiveness and Taxable Income. Looking at the BDAR eligibility because I graduated in 2015 from AI Cincinnati. Adriene also guaranteed that once hired, Walt Disney or Sony would cover my loans through their referral program, so long as I work there at least 3 years. For your Federal loan, yes, you should apply for BDAR. Groups representing some of the institutions listed in Sweet v. Cardona filed motions to intervene in the case in mid-July, 2022, claiming that the settlement could negatively harm the schools reputation and may disadvantage them in future borrower defense claims. Unfortunately i do not remember who i spoke to and before i apply for the borrowers defense, Im curious what steps i should take to make a solid case. Records held: Lincoln College of New England, 2279 Mount Vernon Road, Southington, CT 06489 Phone: 860-628-4751 http://www.lincolncollegene.edu/forms/registrar/transcript_request_form.pdf BRYANT AND STRATTON Address (es): Boston, MA Accreditation: never accredited by NEASC Action: closed 1975 Vitry-sur-Seine is a city in Ile-De-France, France. Thank you. Then, the school sent the balance to a collection agency that is threatening to garnish my wages. As a former Art Institute student, ask yourself if any of these things happened to you. They kept doing shady little tricks like telling me to drop classes it would be cheaper but it pushed my Graduation date further and further out. 96% of Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges Report Their Lives Are Its very, very hard to get refunds for any money already paid. If you just say that you couldnt afford it, youre sure to be denied. Thank you. I went to the Art Institute of Portland before it closed down in December, and now owe the school about $1,650 and now have to pay that back in order for my FASFA to go through to my new school. It has been over a year and a half since graduation and while he diligently searches daily for (and has applied for) any and every job he can find in his chosen field and has not had even a single interview to date. Had My School Not Misled Me, I Would Not have Borrowed Money: I was promised a legit high school diploma, and guaranteed a $40-65 dollar an hour paying job. My husband and I took our Parent Plus Loans for my daughter back in 2011 so she could attend The Art Institute in Tampa. The same exact story for me. What an amazing person you are to take this much time to help those of us who are so distraught! Plus I am on disability. I attended the art institute online division from 2015 to decembet 2017 i never finished my degree and had to quit was going to return to finish and have been payi g on student loans since last year i remember them telling me about the graduation rate and job rates that they promised me will i be eligible for this forgiveness. Im not making enough money to afford- rent, car, and monthly needs (gas, until bills, food) but I cant afford to pay these loans with my income. Therefore, assuming that you qualify for both I would suggest going with the Closed School Loan Discharge Program because the applications to the Borrowers Defense program are taking such a long time to process. Good luck! This is definitely grounds for a discharge! When they asked about this, they say she promised as soon as he graduates, hes guaranteed a job, and hell make around $60,000/year. They also promised to help place him in a job upon graduation. This case is filed against the ArtInstitute because of the company's lack of transparency. Combined, I attended for 5 years, and at my 5th year, they told me I had two more years left. Which was something I held on to for the rest of my last quarter up until the last week of school when I was told that the school returned that money to my lenders, which doesnt make sense because my student loans are completely the same amount. If you were really told that youd be making $80,000 a year then you have a SLAM DUNK case for Getting a BDAR Discharge. Im going to create a Guide on Parent PLUS Loans now that I know for certain they can be discharged too. Yeah, so, I dont comment on individual companies. Great Lakes is a servicer of both types of loans, and if your loans are Private, then they probably wont be eligible for the Closed School Discharge or the Borrowers Defense to Repayment Discharge. Thoughts? Do you have a link to that Wayback website? I let them have it. That would be me. The strongest argument you have so far is the 100% job placement, which may be enough, all on its own, to qualify, but Id try to make this case even stronger if you can find something else as well. He graduated owing 120k for a BA. EDMC, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operates nationwide under four post-secondary school brands: the Art Institutes, South University, Argosy University and Brown-Mackie College. However, I would still TRY to apply for the Closed School Discharge Program if I were you, hoping that it will include a refund. All I have paper wise is cards from the financial director and head of culinary that spoke with me during my school tour,testing, and paperwork to attend and loan apps, my parent plus loan paper work from the school, the approved loan papers from the loan company from 2010 & 2011, and my lone bills I got in the mail. We did most of our own teaching in that we often just read through the textbooks and learned on our own, so pretty much all I paid (waaay too much for) was a largely useless piece of paper. I look at both schools and find out only the online will take all credits. Had I not been exposed to these misleading and false statements, I never would have agreed to borrow money to attend their program. Where can I sign up for the lawsuit? Just make sure that you do a really good job of explaining exactly what you were told, who said it, how it impacted your decision to take out the loans, etc., and you should be on the path to a discharge.
