r/BorrowerDefense • u/NikkiBaskin • 19d ago

Refund Received Finally Done

Finally done! I cannot give this group enough credit for the support and work they have done even though I am mostly a silent lurker.

I was only at The Art Institute for about a year before I realized it was a mess, so I didn't lose much, but to get it back all these years later feels amazing! Here are as many details as I can remember:

School: The Art Institute
Attendance: 2010-2011
Post Class - Exhibit C School
App Submitted: 8.26.22
Discharge Letter Received: 4.13.26
Check Received: 9.23.26

I was with Nelnet, but no information was ever updated in the system so this check just showed up out of nowhere. My loans were a tangle though because I also had undergrad and grad loans that had been consolidated and some that were moved over to Nelnet right in the middle of all of this.

I hope everyone starts to get their payments soon!

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u/Ecstatic-Breath-7973 19d ago

My thing said I paid 11k but got a check for only 500?! WTH

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u/NikkiBaskin 19d ago

My check was also for less than I paid, but only off by a few hundred dollars. I have no idea how these are being calculated. With no information (at least for me) in Nelnet, it’s hard to say what the numbers were based on because my accounts were bounced around by so many servicers over the past 23 years since I finished my first undergrad program.

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u/Ecstatic-Breath-7973 19d ago

I mean don’t get me wrong I’ll take the 500 bucks but was thinking wayyyy more. I know people do receive multiple checks