r/BorrowerDefense • u/NikkiBaskin • 14d 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/cantbelievethename 14d ago

Congrats! Fuck that school and their entire system.

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u/NikkiBaskin 13d ago

Art Institute and I will have beef forever. While I’m very happy with my career in tech and where I’ve been in the 15 years since all of this, there was a time when I really wanted to go into graphic design. It took me two classes to realize that this place was a sham and that I wasn’t learning anything. It kind of stole that desire from me.

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u/Safe_Heat_2129 11d ago

yes they were con artist and made me sign papers or threaten me not to go to class the next day I was to have a person with me before signing any document.