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Complaint Review: American Intercontinental University - Hoffman Estates Illinois
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American Intercontinental University GA HOPE Financial Aid Ripoff Hoffman Estates Illinois
I spoke with a GSFC representative regarding the GA HOPE Scholarship disbursement process and was informed that a certain amount each year is automatically sent to GA colleges for the purposes of disbursing GA HOPE funds to students that qualify.
I applied for, and was awarded the GA HOPE Scholarship and the GA Tuition Equalization Grant at the school I was attending (AIU). The GA HOPE award and Tuition Equalization Grant both showed up in my financial aid package at AIU as having been awarded.
However, after graduating, AIU is now claiming I owe them $1300.00 (the amount of the HOPE and Grant combined) even though, previously it said I had been awarded both amounts.
According to AIU's financial aid representatives, GSFC has not released the funds to them, and as a result, I owe them $1300.00 until they receive the money from GSFC.
Research into AIU's past reveals they have a history of financial aid discrepancies and have been investigated on multiple occasions by the FTC in the past.
I have already filed a complaint with the FTC, BBB, and Dept Of Education, against AIU in addition to possibly pursuing private legal representation. I am also in the process of preparing subpoena's for AIU's financial records and GSFC's audit files regarding their disbursement records for AIU.
I strongly believe AIU already has the $1300.00 and is trying to double their profit by forcing me to pay another $1300.00 on top of the amount they received from the state of GA.
What is worse is that I am supposed to start Colorado Tech's graduate program in the fall, AIU has yet to send me my degree, and I'm pretty sure their records will not show that I have graduated until I have met my 'financial obligations'. I called a financial aid rep regarding this discrepancy over a month before I graduated, and she assured me that my degree was completely unrelated to any account balances, and that she had never known a student to not receive their GA HOPE funds before graduating.
Tony
Atlanta, Georgia
U.S.A.
I applied for, and was awarded the GA HOPE Scholarship and the GA Tuition Equalization Grant at the school I was attending (AIU). The GA HOPE award and Tuition Equalization Grant both showed up in my financial aid package at AIU as having been awarded.
However, after graduating, AIU is now claiming I owe them $1300.00 (the amount of the HOPE and Grant combined) even though, previously it said I had been awarded both amounts.
According to AIU's financial aid representatives, GSFC has not released the funds to them, and as a result, I owe them $1300.00 until they receive the money from GSFC.
Research into AIU's past reveals they have a history of financial aid discrepancies and have been investigated on multiple occasions by the FTC in the past.
I have already filed a complaint with the FTC, BBB, and Dept Of Education, against AIU in addition to possibly pursuing private legal representation. I am also in the process of preparing subpoena's for AIU's financial records and GSFC's audit files regarding their disbursement records for AIU.
I strongly believe AIU already has the $1300.00 and is trying to double their profit by forcing me to pay another $1300.00 on top of the amount they received from the state of GA.
What is worse is that I am supposed to start Colorado Tech's graduate program in the fall, AIU has yet to send me my degree, and I'm pretty sure their records will not show that I have graduated until I have met my 'financial obligations'. I called a financial aid rep regarding this discrepancy over a month before I graduated, and she assured me that my degree was completely unrelated to any account balances, and that she had never known a student to not receive their GA HOPE funds before graduating.
Tony
Atlanta, Georgia
U.S.A.
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Nadine
South Haven,Michigan,
U.S.A.
AIU is wrong
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, August 26, 2006
My sister graduated from AIU in July 2005 and has yet to recieve her degree. When contacting AIU she has been told that she has to pay of her tuition ($58.000 for a bachelor which incl. grants, FA, and GI-bill) before she get her degree and transcript. Further, she can not go or transfer to onther school for her master since AIU will not transfer her credits. Good luck
