I went to Michael's School of Hair Design and Esthetics, I started on March 13, 2001 and quit on November 11, 2001. I quit because they kept putting me on front desk duty and I wasn't learning a darn thing. Anyway I had a student loan through Direct Loan Services. They paid out $2313 and then I had a Pell Grant for $3300. It was a part time class and after I left nobody said anything about owing a thing. Today I get a letter in the mail from a collection agency named JNR Adjustment Company Inc. saying I owe Michael's $2104.65. What can I do if anything? I feel since I quit well before I was even half way through, they got plenty of money.
Most colleges (I'm not sure about technical schools) have a drop date. If you drop before that date, the terms and conditions of your studies says you are either only responsible for a portion of the education. Other schools are more liberal and say that you aren't responsible for anything if you drop within the first week. I'm not aware of any schools that allow you to take half of your classes and then not pay anything. You need to check the contracts you signed to go to school there. If that doesn't help, then you might have to seek legal action to prevent from paying the amount due. Buckets
I think you misunderstood. I am not looking to get money back. How in the world could they charge me for services they didn't do? When I left it was straight forward that they were not giving me the education I was paying for. How am I learning to do cosmotological techniques if I am on a desk all night. The night I left was a last straw, one of my regular customers, came in to have a haircut and a facial and I was stuck on the desk, No one else could take her and she walked out. I was devistated.
No, I didn't misunderstand you. Any time I have taken classes at a university, I have been given clear instructions on when I can drop a class without having to pay for that class. Some allow you to drop the class one week into the course. Some do it four weeks into the course. Some charge you 0% of the cost of the class after week one, 20% of the cost of the class after week two, 40% of the class after week three, and so on. Like I said above, you need to check the policies for dropping classes at your particular institution. I'm fairly confident that they would address this in the information given to you before you signed up for the class. If they did not specifically address this, then you might be able to find legal means to getting the technical school off of your back. Buckets
Years ago, I worked for a proprietary school. After I certain amount of days attendance, the school "earned" its tuition, and could order money from Pell. Depending on where you were in the big scheme of things, they may have been close to being entitled to a second disbursement. I would just proceed with validation, and make them show you how they calculated it. Although these types of schools have their place, you have to watch them very closely. At the time I was working for one, these schools were running default rates as high as 90%. I don't know if the industry cleaned up or not. Part of the problem was, for example, you attend 3 days - boom the school was entitled to a disbursement. If the student dropped on Day 4, they owed something like $1,200. in student loans.
